Images Dated 15th May 2008

Edward Higgins White II (1930-1967), American astronaut, 1960s

Edward Higgins White II (1930-1967), American astronaut, 1960s. Higgins was a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. On the 3rd June 1965, he became the first American to conduct a spacewalk. He was killed during the Apollo 1 training accident and posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and was previously awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal for his Gemini 4 spaceflight

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Shorts seaplane, Dundee to South Africa, 6 October 1938

Shorts seaplane, Dundee to South Africa, 6 October 1938. World record, 5997.5 miles. Short-Mayo Composite aircraft: the Short S20 aeroplane G-ADHJ Mercury and the Short S21 flying boat Maia

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