Unidentified photographer (Russian ?) :: Balloon. “Andrew Pilstrema” in flight, 1898. / src: Photograph, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow via luminous-lint
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Unidentified photographer, German Graf Zeppelin flies over St. Paul’s Cathedral while on a press visit to London, 1930. Gelatin silver print, National Archives. / src: luminous-lint
Konrad Brandel :: Self-portrait in a balloon gondola, ca. 1865. Albumen print. Creative Commons – National Museum, Warsaw. / via Luminous-lint
Louis Paulhan flying near a gas-filled balloon in his Henry Farman biplane, during his record-breaking flight (4600 ft.) at Dominguez Field, January 12, 1910. Paulhan is sitting at the center of the front wings in this primitive biplane. His biplane passes a nearby balloon with one person piloting it. The advertisement painted on the balloon reads: “All in the Examiner”.
Wright Brothers glider in the midst of a record flight in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, 1911 / source: topdesignmag
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Wilbur Wright in Glider Test Flight :: Wilbur Wright gliding in level flight, single rear rudder clearly visible; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 1902. The image shows an early Glider Test Flight by the Wright Brothers./ src: old-picture.com
Hanging on the telephone wires. / source: C&T Auctions via The Telegraph
Wright Brothers, with Orville in the ‘Cockpit’
“This flyer, seen at Kitty Hawk in 1901, was unsuccessful as a manned kite but was used as a glider.”, 1901 / src: Swann Galleries
Newly-uncovered photos from First World War catalogue multitude of bizarre collisions before ‘magnificent men’ mastered skills of flying. / source: The Telegraph
Orville Wright :: The pictures depict the brothers’ No. 2 glider, their
subsequent heavier-than-air craft flying at Sims Field (including the
Model R) and close ups of machinery. Silver prints, 1901-1928. / src: Swann Galleries
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