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Lindbergh tests his new airplane. Later, wheel pants were added to increase speed. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000102 		England greets Amelia Earhart, first woman to fly across the Atlantic. Southampton, England. The trans-Atlantic fliers on their arrival in Southampton - left to right, Lew Gordon, mechanic; Miss Amelia Earhart; Wilmer Stultz, pilot; and the mayor of Southampton. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000029 		Curtiss Thrush Monoplane I.J. Fox. Aviatrix Pilots, Frances Marsalis, waving. left and Louise Thaden. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
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Pan Am's China Clipper flying boat passes over the San Francisco waterfront at the start of its historic first airmail flight to Manila on November 22, 1935. The Martin M-130 made the trip in six days and a flying time of 59 hours, 48 minutes, with overnight stops in Honolulu, Midway, Wake and Guam islands. Today Pan American World Airways in 1977 celebrates its 50th Anniversary of international air service. November 22,1935. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000078 		Howard Hughes surveys the cockpit of the H4 Flying Boat prior to his surprise lift off. After the historic one-mile flight, Hughes returned to Spruce Goose to her protective hanger where she was kept closely guarded for 33 years. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000025 		Amelia Earhart, as she takes her place in a plane on exhibit at the museum of Science and Industry. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
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Charles Lindbergh standing in front of the Spirit of St. Louis. Circa 1927. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000101 		NEW GERMAN MAIL SEAPLANE. The four engined dornier seaplane SEEADLER (Do26) built for the proposed North Atlantic mail service of the German Lufthansa Company was demonstrated on the Muggelsee near Berlin. The Machine fully loaded, weighs 22 tons, has a maximum of 207 miles an hour, a cruising speed of 193 miles an hour and a cruising radius of 5,000 miles. Large, though she is, she may still be launched from a catapult, as are the machines on the regular German mail service across the South Atlantic. The Seeadler is driven by four Junkers June Diesel engines mounted in two units, one on each wing. For the first time in the history of seaplane construction her pilot is enabled when alighting or taking off, to raise the two rear engines 10 deg., thus avoiding any danger of damage to the airscrews through splashing water. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000198 		Personnel in photo are not identified. Little America encampment, 1929, was on the ice barrier by the Ross Sea. First flight by Byrd and crew was accomplished November 28-29 1929. (Balchen, pilot; Harold June, co-pilot; Capt. Ashley McKinley photographer. Nov. 28-29 1929. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
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Will Rogers. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000083 		VS-300 Helicoptor. I. Sikorsky at controls. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000085 		COLONEL TOOK OFF ON NEAR-FATAL GLIDER RECORD ATTEMPT:Los Angeles, California--PHOTO SHOWS: One of the few pictures ever made of the Lindbergh's in camp--in the mountains north of here near Lebee where the famous Colonel was experimenting with the Bowlus glinder and came near cracking up. Lindy is seated on the rear steps of the trailer-tent, while Mrs. Lindbergh is on the right with a white band around her head. Los Angeles, Cali. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
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BYRD PLANE. LARGEST OF BYRD'S SOUTH POLE PLANES COMPLETED. HUGE FORD TRI-MOTOR TRANSPORT TO UNDERGO COLD AND SNOW TESTS IN CANADA BEFORE ANTARCTIC TRIP: Detroit, Michigan--PHOTO SHOWS: The flagship of Commander Byrd's fleet of South Pole planes being wheeled from the factory here at Ford Airport. This huge craft is a standard Ford Tri-motor all-metal transport, but is fitted with special fuel tanks to provide for a 1900-mile flight. Bernt Balchen and Floyd Bennett will test the plane in Canada for flights over snow and in cold weather prior to the trip to the Antarctic regions next fall. Detroit, Michigan. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000164 		Katherine Stinson. Only woman to fly official air mail upon completion of trip from Chicago to New York, June 3, 1918. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000081 		FIRST WOMAN AIR MAIL PILOT ASSUMES DUTIES. For the first time in the history of the United States air maila plane carrying a load of mail took of on a scheduled flight with a woman at the control, when Miss Helen Richey co holder of the women's endurance record left Washington for Detroit as co-pilot of one of the big tri-motored Fords operating between the two cities. In addition to serving as co-pilot, Miss Richey will also perform the duties of stewardess, making the passengers generally comfortable while in the air. PHOTO SHOWS: her waving goodbye from the window of the plane. December 31,1934 ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
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EARHART SETS NEW WOMAN'S AUTOGIRO RECORD OF 19,000 FEET. Philadelphia, PA.--Amelia Earhart, famed trans-Atlantic aviatrix, took off from here twice in an effort to break the Woman's Altitude record of 27,418 feet. She failed both times, on account of gas running low, but she did set a Woman's Auto-giro record of 19,000 feet, which is plenty high. Not a bit discouraged she'll try again. She is shown in her plane after coming down to earth. 1931 Philadelphia, PA ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000039 		Allegedly dubbed the Spruce Goose by a newsman from one of the Los Angeles dailies, skeptics doubted would get off the water. Here Hughes taxiies the world's largest airplane prior to taking off on its one and only flight about a mile, and at a height of 60 feet. The flying lumber yard as it was dubbed by Sen. Owen Brewster, was the one who spearheaded a 1947 investigation of Howard Hughes' wartime contracts. Once the ship was completed and out of its hangar dock, Hughes made two fast taxi runs on November 2nd. On the third run at a speed of 94 MPH the ship lifted off and accelerating to 130 MPH. Hughes said afterward: It felt so buoyant and good, I just pulled it up. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000023 		Eleanor Smith Aviatrix Circa 1930. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
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Ed Rickenbocker in his WWI Spod Biplane. Photo taken June 22, 1918 at Toul, France. June 22 ,1918 Toul, France ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000005 		Capt E.V. Rickenbocker and members of the 94th Aero Sq. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000003 		A German WWII Focke-Wulf captured intact and brought back to the U.S. Focke-Wulf 190. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
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Two eras meet in Latin America-Pan American clipper in flight. 18th century Galleon below. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000018 		BYRD & BENNETT. Famous Arctic explorers attend third annual air meet, of the 27th division air service N.Y.N.G Miller Field, New Dorp, Staten Island, with a large crowd attending and many entries participating. PHOTO SHOWS:Lt. Comm. R.E. Byrd, and Pilot Floyd Bennett, the men who were the first to see the North Pole from an airplane. 1926 New York, NY ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000011 		World War II trophy. A captured German ME-262 brought back to the USA. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower presents the Harmon international trophy to Jacqueline Cochran. First woman to break through the sound barrier and establishing the woman speed record of 652MPH in a F-86 Sabre Jet on May 18, 1953. Beside Ms. Cochran is USAF test pilot Major Chuck E. Yager. Beside Eisenhower is Secretary of defense Charles E. Wilson and secretary of the Air Force Harold E. Talbot. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000143 		Even little Shirley Temple got into the act of promoting use of air mail service. This is a photo of her signed water color painting. The time was around 1934. 1934 ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000144 		Autograph photo of Jimmy Stewart in the Spirit of St. Louis portraying Charles Lindberg. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
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The Ilia Mourometz coming to a landing with two of its passengers standing on the upper platform. February 1914. February 1914 ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000201 		Young Charles Lindbergh. Circa 1925. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000139 		Aerial Bombing of the Battleship Ostfriesland, 20 July 1921. SMS Ostfriesland, later USS Ostfriesland as a prize of war, was a Helgoland class dreadnought battleship of the Kaiserliche Marine (German Imperial Navy). Surviving the First World War, she was sunk in an American experiment to prove the effectiveness of airpower against ships in 1920s, along with other U.S. vessels. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
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NEW WINGS FOR THE LINDBERGH'S--FAMOUS FLYING COUPLE TEST LONGEST CRUISING RANGE PLEA SURE CRAFT IN WORLD: Los Angeles, California--PHOTO SHOWS: The famous flying couple--Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh in their new secretly constructed Lockheed Sirius monoplane for the first time, just before taking off. The plane is the longest range pleasure craft in the world, carrying 450 gallons of gasoline. It is equipped with dual controls, and was designed by Jerry Vultee. Los Angeles, Cali. ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000128 		Dramatic progress in aviation of past 41 years is depicted here as a jet-powered Boeing B-47 zips past a 1912 pusher-type piloted by Billy Parker, owner. Although the 92-1/2-ton swept-wing Stratojet is rated in the 600 miles per hour class, it has knife through the stratosphere at a ground speed of 794 miles an hour during an accelerated service test program. The Boeing-designed bomber is produced for the Air Force at the Boeing Airplane Company's Wichita, Kan., Division and also by Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc., Tulsa, Okla., and Lockhead aircraft Corp., Marietta, Ga. Parker, aviation sales manager for Pillips Petroleum Company, can keep his small plane in the air an hour and a half. His estimated ceiling is between 8, 000 and 9, 000 feet, the top speed 65 MPH. THe Boeing plane, in contrast, has a range of more than 3,000 miles and can operate at altitudes above 40,000 feet. (Boeing Airplane Company Photo) ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
EBDV0000054 		Harold Blakely LWF best pilot award Steward Adams in M.F.P. Miller Fairchild and Phipps. 1915. 1915 ŠJesse Davidson Aviation Archive / The Image Works
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