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Aviator Collection (page 4)

Background imageAviator Collection: Army Aviation, College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Wright Biplane, Type B... 1912

Army Aviation, College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Wright Biplane, Type B... 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Army Aviation, College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Wright Biplane, Type B; Lt. Harry Graham, 1912. [Early test flights in Maryland. Lieutenant Graham flying Wright Brothers aircraft]

Background imageAviator Collection: Army Aviation, College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Capt. F.B. Hennessy, Curtiss Plane, 1912

Army Aviation, College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Capt. F.B. Hennessy, Curtiss Plane, 1912. Early aviation, USA

Background imageAviator Collection: Lieutenant Franklin Kennedy, U.S.A. Aviator - In Curtiss Dual Control Airplane...Maryland, 1912

Lieutenant Franklin Kennedy, U.S.A. Aviator - In Curtiss Dual Control Airplane...Maryland, 1912
Lieutenant Franklin Kennedy, U.S.A. Aviator - In Curtiss Dual Control Airplane, Headless; College Park, Maryland, 1912. Early aviator

Background imageAviator Collection: Aviation, Navy - Commodore J.C. Gillmore In Curtiss Headless Plane, Dual Control... 1912

Aviation, Navy - Commodore J.C. Gillmore In Curtiss Headless Plane, Dual Control... 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Aviation, Navy - Commodore J.C. Gillmore In Curtiss Headless Plane, Dual Control, At College Park Army Flying Field, Lt. Milling, right, 1912. Early aviation, USA

Background imageAviator Collection: Army Aviation, College Park - Tests of Curtiss Plane For Army - Single Control, 1912

Army Aviation, College Park - Tests of Curtiss Plane For Army - Single Control, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Army Aviation, College Park - Tests of Curtiss Plane For Army - Single Control, 1912. [Early aviation, Maryland, USA. Lieutenant Thomas DeWitt Milling was the first rated pilot in the history of

Background imageAviator Collection: Army Aviation - College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Lt. Harry Graham, 1912

Army Aviation - College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Lt. Harry Graham, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Army Aviation - College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Lt. Harry Graham, 1912. [Early test flights in Maryland. Lieutenant Graham flew Wright Brothers aircraft]

Background imageAviator Collection: Army Aviation, College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Lt. H. Geiger, Lt. T. Dew. Milling, 1912

Army Aviation, College Park Aviation Field, 2nd Season - Lt. H. Geiger, Lt. T. Dew. Milling, 1912. [Early aviation pioneers, Maryland, USA

Background imageAviator Collection: Captain C. Deforest Chandler, U.S. Army Aviator, Comdt. College Park Aviation Field, 1912

Captain C. Deforest Chandler, U.S. Army Aviator, Comdt. College Park Aviation Field, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Captain C. Deforest Chandler, U.S. Army Aviator, Comdt. College Park Aviation Field, [Maryaland], 1912. [Colonel Charles deForest Chandler, American military aviator

Background imageAviator Collection: Army Aviation, College Park - Aviator 2nd Lt. Harry Graham, U.S.Army Inf. 1912

Army Aviation, College Park - Aviator 2nd Lt. Harry Graham, U.S.Army Inf. 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Army Aviation, College Park - Aviator 2nd Lt. Harry Graham, U.S.Army Infantry, 1912. [Early test flights in Maryland. Lieutenant Graham flew Wright Brothers aircraft]

Background imageAviator Collection: Claude Grahame-White - Fixing Wing of His Forman Plane, 1910. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Claude Grahame-White - Fixing Wing of His Forman Plane, 1910. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Claude Grahame-White - Fixing Wing of His Forman [sic] Plane, 1910. [Early aviation: British pioneer Claude Grahame-White flew his Farman III biplane over Washington, D.C

Background imageAviator Collection: Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - First Army Flights, 1909 July. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - First Army Flights, 1909 July. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909 - First Army Flights, 1909 July. [The Wright brothers conducted test flights at Fort Myer after the U.S

Background imageAviator Collection: Grahame-White Flights, 1910. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Grahame-White Flights, 1910

Grahame-White Flights, 1910. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Grahame-White Flights, 1910. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Grahame-White Flights, 1910. [Early aviation: British pioneer Claude Grahame-White (5th from right) flew his Farman biplane over Washington, D.C

Background imageAviator Collection: Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - First Army Flights; Lt. Frank Lahm And Lt. Fonlois

Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - First Army Flights; Lt. Frank Lahm And Lt. Fonlois. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909. First Army Flights; Lt. Frank Lahm And Lt. Fonlois [sic], 1909 July. [The Wright brothers conducted test flights at Fort Myer after the U.S

Background imageAviator Collection: Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - First Army Flights; Wilbur And Orville Wright

Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909 - First Army Flights; Wilbur And Orville Wright... Creator: Harris & Ewing
Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909 - First Army Flights; Wilbur And Orville Wright, Charlie Taylor; Putting Plane On Launching Rail

Background imageAviator Collection: Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Va, July 1909
Wright Flights, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909 - First Army Flights; Hangar, Orville Wright, Right, 1909 July. [The Wright brothers conducted test flights at Fort Myer after the U.S

Background imageAviator Collection: Miss Bernetta Miller, Moissant [sic] Aviatrix, in Bleriot plane, between 1910 and 1920

Miss Bernetta Miller, Moissant [sic] Aviatrix, in Bleriot plane, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Miss Bernetta Miller, Moissant [sic] Aviatrix, in Bleriot plane, between 1910 and 1920. American pioneering aviator Bernetta Adams Miller enrolled for instruction at the Moisant Flying School at

Background imageAviator Collection: Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S.Navy, Testing Seaplane On Potomac, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S.Navy, Testing Seaplane On Potomac, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S.Navy, Testing Seaplane On Potomac, 1911. [Ellyson was the first United States Navy officer designated as an aviator ('Naval Aviator No)

Background imageAviator Collection: Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S.Navy, Testing Seaplane On Potomac, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S.Navy, Testing Seaplane On Potomac, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S.Navy, Testing Seaplane On Potomac, 1911. [Ellyson was the first United States Navy officer designated as an aviator ('Naval Aviator No)

Background imageAviator Collection: Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S.Navy, Testing Seaplane On Potomac, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S.Navy, Testing Seaplane On Potomac, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S.Navy, Testing Seaplane On Potomac, 1911. [Ellyson was the first United States Navy officer designated as an aviator ('Naval Aviator No)

Background imageAviator Collection: Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S.Navy, Testing Seaplane On Potomac, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S.Navy, Testing Seaplane On Potomac, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S.Navy, Testing Seaplane On Potomac, 1911. [Ellyson was the first United States Navy officer designated as an aviator ('Naval Aviator No)

Background imageAviator Collection: Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S.Navy, Testing Seaplane On Potomac, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S.Navy, Testing Seaplane On Potomac, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U.S.Navy, Testing Seaplane On Potomac, 1911. [Ellyson was the first United States Navy officer designated as an aviator ('Naval Aviator No)

Background imageAviator Collection: Ascent of Bell's Aerial Machine, from Vauxhall Gardens, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Ascent of Bell's Aerial Machine, from Vauxhall Gardens, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ascent of Bell's Aerial Machine, from Vauxhall Gardens, [London], 1850. The machine which Mr. Bell has constructed...is capable of sustaining a weight of between 500 and 600 lb

Background imageAviator Collection: Male pilot in uniform, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown

Male pilot in uniform, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
Male pilot in uniform, between c1900 and 1916

Background imageAviator Collection: Flight baron Carl Cederström wearing a leather hood. Creators: Allhem publishing house

Flight baron Carl Cederström wearing a leather hood. Creators: Allhem publishing house, Sophus Juncker-Jensen
Flight baron Carl Cederstrom wearing a leather hood

Background imageAviator Collection: A group onboard sea sled Miss England, 1922. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes

A group onboard sea sled Miss England, 1922. Creator: Kirk & Sons of Cowes
Claude Grahame-White in his experimental 45-foot power sledge, Miss England, 3 Sept 1922. Miss England was built of wood by the Cowes firm of S.E. Saunders in 1921

Background imageAviator Collection: Amy Johnson broadcasting from Croydon Airport, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Amy Johnson broadcasting from Croydon Airport, 1930, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Amy Johnson broadcasting from Croydon Airport, 1930, (1933). In 1930, British aviator Johnson (1903-1941) became the first woman to fly solo from Britain to Australia in her DH60 Moth aeroplane Jason

Background imageAviator Collection: Captain Gilbert Rae, BOAC Mosquito pilot, World War II. c1939-c1944 (1946). Creator: Unknown

Captain Gilbert Rae, BOAC Mosquito pilot, World War II. c1939-c1944 (1946). Creator: Unknown
Captain Gilbert Rae, BOAC Mosquito pilot, World War II. c1939-c1944 (1946). Capt Gilbert Rae, BOAC Mosquito pilot, who later lost his life on the Stockholm run

Background imageAviator Collection: London-Paris Air Race: the winner, Mr WL Brock, the American racing pilot, 1914, (1934)

London-Paris Air Race: the winner, Mr WL Brock, the American racing pilot, 1914, (1934). Artist: Flight Photo
London-Paris Air Race: the winner, Mr WL Brock, the American racing pilot, 1914, (1934). The London to Paris Air Race 1914, ran from Hendon to Buc and back with a total distance of 508 miles

Background imageAviator Collection: John Alcock (1892-1919) and Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948), British aviators, 1919

John Alcock (1892-1919) and Arthur Whitten Brown (1886-1948), British aviators, 1919. Alcock and Brown made the first non-stop transatlantic flight on 14 June 1919

Background imageAviator Collection: Otto Lilienthal, German aeronaut, early 20th century

Otto Lilienthal, German aeronaut, early 20th century. Lilienthal taking to the air in one of his gliders. He made more than 2000 flights before being killed in a crash

Background imageAviator Collection: Ens[ign] Noressey and Cadet Thenics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942

Ens[ign] Noressey and Cadet Thenics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
Ens[ign] Noressey and Cadet Thenics at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Background imageAviator Collection: Possibly: International student assembly, Washington, D. C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks

Possibly: International student assembly, Washington, D. C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
[Untitled photo, possibly related to: Washington, D.C. International student assembly. Pilot officer Russell Garlick, a delegate from New Zealand]

Background imageAviator Collection: Test pilot and engineer, USA, 1920. Creator: Unknown

Test pilot and engineer, USA, 1920. Creator: Unknown
Test pilot and engineer, USA, 1920. Double the pilots double the trouble. Goggles at the ready, this test pilot and engineer conducted research business high above the Langley Research Center in

Background imageAviator Collection: Dedication Day - visitors to the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory

Dedication Day - visitors to the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, May 20, 1943. From left to right: Colonel E.R. Page, William F

Background imageAviator Collection: Aviation pioneers at a conference, Langley Field, Virginia, USA, May 23, 1934

Aviation pioneers at a conference, Langley Field, Virginia, USA, May 23, 1934. Eight of the twelve members of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)

Background imageAviator Collection: Jimmy Doolittle with Curtiss R3C racer, c1925. Creator: Unknown

Jimmy Doolittle with Curtiss R3C racer, c1925. Creator: Unknown
Jimmy Doolittle with Curtiss R3C racer, c1925. The R3C was an American racing aircraft, made in landplane and floatplane form

Background imageAviator Collection: American aviation pioneers Charles M. Manly and Samuel Pierpont Langley, c1890s

American aviation pioneers Charles M. Manly and Samuel Pierpont Langley, c1890s. Charles Matthews Manly (chief mechanic and pilot)

Background imageAviator Collection: Amelia Earhart visits NACA, Virginia, USA, Nov. 5, 1928. Creator: Unknown

Amelia Earhart visits NACA, Virginia, USA, Nov. 5, 1928. Creator: Unknown
Amelia Earhart visits NACA, Virginia, USA, Nov. 5, 1928. American pioneer aviator Earhart on the steps of the Langley Research Building, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

Background imageAviator Collection: Jerrie Cobb testing gimbal rig in the Altitude Wind Tunnel, USA, c1950s. Creator: NASA

Jerrie Cobb testing gimbal rig in the Altitude Wind Tunnel, USA, c1950s. Creator: NASA
Jerrie Cobb is tested in the Gimbal Rig in the Altitude Wind Tunnel, USA, c1950s. American pilot and aviator Jerrie Cobb at the Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio

Background imageAviator Collection: First flight of Wright brothers aircraft, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, December 17

First flight of Wright brothers aircraft, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, December 17, 1903. The first powered, heavier-than-air controlled flight in history flight lasted 12 seconds

Background imageAviator Collection: Fred Drinkwater congratulating Neil Armstrong, California, USA, February 1964

Fred Drinkwater congratulating Neil Armstrong, California, USA, February 1964. Test pilot Fred Drinkwater congratulating Neil Armstrong on his first hovering flight in the Ames Bell X-14 Vertical

Background imageAviator Collection: Gus Grissom and Milt Thompson with Paresev, California, USA, 1962. Creator: NASA

Gus Grissom and Milt Thompson with Paresev, California, USA, 1962. Creator: NASA
Gus Grissom and Milt Thompson with Paresev, California, USA, 1962. Mercury astronaut Gus Grissom (L) and NASA test pilot Milton Thompson with Paraglider Research Vehicle 1-A at Rogers Dry Lakebed at

Background imageAviator Collection: Fred E. Weick, Tom Hamilton and Charles Lindbergh, USA, June 1927. Creator: Unknown

Fred E. Weick, Tom Hamilton and Charles Lindbergh, USA, June 1927. Creator: Unknown
Fred Weick, Tom Hamilton and Charles Lindbergh, USA, June 1927. American aviators visting the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: Fred E

Background imageAviator Collection: Portrait of Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906), Before 1890. Creator: James Notman

Portrait of Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906), Before 1890. Creator: James Notman
Portrait of Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906), Before 1890

Background imageAviator Collection: In the Realm of Air, 1917. Creator: Klee, Paul (1879-1940)

In the Realm of Air, 1917. Creator: Klee, Paul (1879-1940)
In the Realm of Air, 1917. Found in the collection of Art Museum Basel

Background imageAviator Collection: Flight over the Red Square, 1937. Creator: Suvorov, Anatoly Andreyevich (1890-1943)

Flight over the Red Square, 1937. Creator: Suvorov, Anatoly Andreyevich (1890-1943)
Flight over the Red Square, 1937. Found in the Collection of State Museum- and exhibition Centre ROSIZO, Moscow

Background imageAviator Collection: Bert Hinkler, 1933. Creator: Unknown

Bert Hinkler, 1933. Creator: Unknown
Bert Hinkler, 1933. Portrait of Australian pioneer aviator and inventor Hinkler (1892-1933), who in 1928 set up a record of 15 1/2 days for a solo flight to Australia, set out to beat his victor

Background imageAviator Collection: Jim Mollison at Croydon Airport, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown

Jim Mollison at Croydon Airport, 1931, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Jim Mollison at Croydon Airport, 1931, (1933). On August 6, 1931, James Mollison broke, by one day, the Australia-England record established but a few days before by his friend C.W.A. Scott



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