
Erich Hartmann :: Barbed wire at Majdanek concentration camp, near Lublin, Poland, 1994 / src: Magnum via yama-bato
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Constantin Brancusi :: Raptor in flight, Romania, ca. 1937-1938/ via
regardintemporel / via RMN
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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”.

Claudia Ruiz-Gustafson :: Flying Lessons, from
The Space Between series. / source: claudiafineart.com

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

Henry Giffard’s moored hot air balloon in front of the ruins of the Tuileries, Paris, 1878

Henri Giffard’s captive balloon above Paris in 1878.

Arc de triomphe du Louvre and ruins of the Tuileries Palace during Paris World Fair of 1878