Aviator Collection

Otto Lilienthal makes one of his last flights, 1896 (1956). Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896) German gliding pioneer and aeronautical inventor, flying one of his gliders

British pilot Captain Albert Ball posing with trophies from his 43rd victory, 1917. Captain Ball was one of Britains most prolific fighter aces of the First World War

The Santos Dumont Air-ship rounding the Eiffel Tower, on October 19th 1901, (c1910). Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) in his airship (dirigible)

Louis Bleriot about to make the first successful flight across the English Channel, 1909. French aviator Bleriot (1872-1936)

Amy Johnson, pilot, c1930s (1936)
Amy Johnson, British aviator, c1920s-c1930s (1936). Johnson created a new record for a solo flight from London to Cape Town, completing the trip in 4 days, 6 hours and 54 minutes

Harry N. Atwood, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Harry N. Atwood, between c1910 and c1915. Shows aviator Harry Nelson Atwood (1884-1967).

Opalard; Prade; Wallace; Van den Bergh; Comte Castillion de St. Victor.., between c1910-c1915
Opalard; Prade; Wallace; Van den Bergh; Comte Castillion de St. Victor; Grunholde; Thomas; Train; Beaumont; Dalziel (London Standard); Barri; Valentine; Tabuteau; Weymann, between c1910 and c1915.

Postmaster Morgan, P.M.G. Hitchcock, & Ovington, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Postmaster Morgan, P.M.G. Hitchcock, & Ovington, 1911.

Sopwith & Mrs. Chudoba, woman passenger, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Sopwith & Mrs. Chudoba, woman passenger, 1911. Shows aviator Thomas Sopwith (1888-1989) in an airplane.

Meckler-Allen Aeroplane, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Meckler-Allen Aeroplane, between c1910 and c1915.

Malcolm Allison - with glider, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Malcolm Allison - with glider, between c1910 and c1915.

Mathieu, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Mathieu, between c1910 and c1915.

Ward says good by [i.e., goodbye] to Gen. Grant, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Ward says good by [i.e., goodbye] to Gen. Grant, 1911. Shows aviator James J. Ward in New York at the start of the Hearst Transcontinental Flight

Helene Dutrieu, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Helene Dutrieu, 1911. Shows Helene Dutrieu (1877-1961), Belgian aviator, cyclist, hospital director and journalist.

Tom Sopwith, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Tom Sopwith, between c1910 and c1915.

Stevens, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Stevens, 1911. Shows professional balloon and airship pilot and stunt man Albert Leo Stevens (1873-1944).

L. Stevens, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
L. Stevens, 1911. Shows professional balloon and airship pilot and stunt man Albert Leo Stevens (1873-1944).

Rodgers (twins? on plane?), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Rodgers (twins? on plane?), between c1910 and c1915.

W.R. Kimball & aeroplane, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
W.R. Kimball & aeroplane, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Wilbur R. Kimball (d. 1940), aviation pioneer, inventor, airplane builder

Helene Dutrieu, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Helene Dutrieu, 1911. Shows Helene Dutrieu (1877-1961), Belgian aviator, cyclist, hospital director and journalist.

Helene Dutrieu, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Helene Dutrieu, 1911. Shows Helene Dutrieu (1877-1961), Belgian aviator, cyclist, ambulance driver and hospital director.

Mrs. G. Curtiss, c1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. G. Curtiss, c1910. Shows Lena Pearl Neff Curtiss (Mrs. Glenn Curtiss, 1879-1951) at the controls of an airplane.

P.M. Morgan, P.M.G. Hitchcock, & Ovington, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
P.M. Morgan, P.M.G. Hitchcock, & Ovington, 1911. Shows the first official airmail flight in the United States with pilot Earle Lewis Ovington (1879-1936) in a Bleriot XI airplane

Capt. Felix of Army Aero. Corps., between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Capt. Felix of Army Aero. Corps., between c1910 and c1915.

Lieut. Ellis (i.e., Ellyson), between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Lieut. Ellis (i.e., Ellyson), between c1910 and c1915. Shows naval aviator Lieutenant Theodore Gordon Ellyson (1885- 1928).

Al Welsh and G.W. Beatty, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Al Welsh and G.W. Beatty, 1911. Shows aviators Arthur L. "Al"Welsh (1881-1912) and George William Beatty (1887-1955) probably when Welsh was training Beatty at the Wright Flying School on Long Island

Al Welsh & G.W. Beatty, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Al Welsh & G.W. Beatty, 1911. Shows aviators Arthur L. Welsh (1881-1912) and George William Beatty (1887-1955) probably when Welsh was training Beatty at the Wright Flying School on Long Island in

J.J. Cole; Bob Fowler; & W.F. Grundy, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
J.J. Cole; Bob Fowler; & W.F. Grundy, 1911. Shows Joseph Jarret Cole (Cole Motor Car Company) and Robert Grant "Bob"Fowler who are sitting in a Wright Model B Flyer called the "Cole Flyer"

Earle Ovington & wife, 1911. Creator: Bain News Service
Earle Ovington & wife, 1911. Shows aviator Earle Lewis Ovington (1877-1839) with his wife Adelaide. Possibly taken in New York at start of the Hearst Transcontinental Flight.

Leo Stevens & Harry Atwood, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Leo Stevens & Harry Atwood, between c1910 and c1915. Shows aviator Harry Nelson Atwood (1884-1967) with pilot Albert Leo Stevens (1873-1944).

Turpin and Lt. Rogers, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Turpin and Lt. Rogers, between c1910 and c1915. Shows aviators Lieutenant John Rodgers (left) and J. Clifford Turpin seated in an airplane, possibly a Wright Model B aircraft.

Tom Baldwin, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Tom Baldwin, between c1910 and c1915.

Parmalee, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Parmalee, between c1910 and c1915.

J.M. Johnson in Bleriotype [plane], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
J.M. Johnson in Bleriotype [plane], between c1910 and c1915.

W.R. Kimball, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
W.R. Kimball, between c1910 and c1915. Shows Wilbur R. Kimball (d. 1940), aviation pioneer, inventor, airplane builder and pilot who was also the Secretary of the Aeronautic Society of New York.

J.M. Johnson in Bleriotype [plane], between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
J.M. Johnson in Bleriotype [plane], between c1910 and c1915.

Tom Sopwith, c1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Tom Sopwith, c1910. Shows English aviator Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith (1888-1989) in the Howard Wright biplane.

Turpin and Lt. T.D. Milling, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Turpin and Lt. T.D. Milling, between c1910 and c1915. Shows early aviators Thomas DeWitt Milling (1887-1960) (left) and Clifford Turpin (1886-1966) (right).

Bertrand Lesseps, Countess de la Bagassiere, and Jacque de Lesseps standing together, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Bertrand Lesseps, Countess de la Bagassiere, and Jacque de Lesseps standing together, 1910.

Cortland F. Bishop, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Cortland F. Bishop, 1910.

Count de Lesseps, G. Curtiss, and H. Latham standing on train platform, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Count de Lesseps, G. Curtiss, and H. Latham standing on train platform, 1910.

Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Bishop next to train, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Bishop next to train, 1910.

Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Bishop, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Bishop, 1910.

Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Bishop with Clifford Harmon, 1910. Creator: Bain News Service
Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Bishop with Clifford Harmon, 1910.

Oscar Erbsloh, ready to go up in balloon, 1916. Creator: Bain News Service
Oscar Erbsloh, ready to go up in balloon, 1916.

Harriman Hydroaeroplane, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Harriman Hydroaeroplane, between c1910 and c1915. Shows hydroplane designed by Frank Herbert "Bert" Harriman, an early aviation pioneer.

Harriman Hydroaeroplane, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Harriman Hydroaeroplane, between c1910 and c1915. Shows hydroplane designed by Frank Herbert "Bert" Harriman, an early aviation pioneer.

Bleriot & wife, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Bleriot & wife, 1912. Shows French aviator Louis Ble´eriot (1872-1936) and his wife who were part of a French delegation sent to the unveiling of a Rodin bust of Samuel Champlain at the Champlain

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