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Aerial View of Cicero Field
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Cicero Field, the airfield operated by the Aero Club of Illinois, as photographed by DeLloyd Thompson from a Wright plane that was piloted by Jesse Brabazon of Delavan, Wisconsin. The photograph comes from Brabazon's album.
1912
Thompson, De Lloyd
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Jesse Brabazon in a Wright Model B
October 8, 1912
Jesse Brabazon of Delavan, Wisconsin, in a Wright Model B following an emergency landing at Cicero Field in Chicago. Inspecting the faulty propeller that caused the landing are DeLloyd Thompson and...
Cicero Field Flight Instructors
1912
Cicero Field flight instructors Edward Finan (left) and DeLloyd Thompson seated in a Wright Model B airplane at the Chicago International Air Show. The plane is outfitted with dual controls for tea...
McCutcheon and Airplane
1911
Chicago Tribune cartoonist John T. McCutcheon with his Wright Model B airplane, probably photographed at Cicero Field. McCutcheon is sometimes referred to as the "Dean of American Cartoonists." Jes...
Jesse Brabazon in Wright Model B
1912
Jesse C. Brabazon of Delavan, Wisconsin in a 1911 Wright Model B, the first Wright plane designed to carry a passenger and a pilot. Previously, the passenger sat on the wing and held on tight. This...
Vin Fiz Rebuilt?
May 11, 1913
The Wright Model B airplane, in which Calbraith Perry Rodgers had crashed and died on April 3, 1912, flying once again. The plane is flying at a Lima, Ohio, exhibition and it is piloted by Jesse Br...
Airplane vs. Battleship
1913
This photograph from the album of aviation pioneer Jesse Brabazon is described by him as the "first simulated bombing in history, using an aeroplane versus a warship." The print was presented to Br...
