Wesley May, known as “Daredevil”, accomplished the feat of passing from one plane to another in flight.
Anonymous photographer, ca. 1920. Gelatin-silver bromide. / src: Lumière des Roses
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Alfred G. Buckham :: Aerial View over Edinburgh, ca. 1920, courtesy of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery / via
John Gutmann :: Omen, 1934.
Gelatin silver print. / source: Metropolitan Museum
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Amelia Earhart. The aviatrix vanished in 1937 during an attempt to fly around the world along the Equator. When women fail, she said, ‘their failure must be but a challenge to others.’
Photograph courtesy Hulton-Deutsch Collection-Corbis / source: National Geographic ‘Failure Is an Option’
Visual Trickery. Flushing, NY: Headed on a crash course? – No, the just just appears to be aimed toward the left field stands at She stadium. It actually is flying far beyond the stands on its way to La Guardia airport. The optical illusion was created by the cameraman’s 135mm lens. UPI Photo 7/2/69 (written on verso) / source: VTG
Mai Nam :: An American F-105 warplane is shot down and the pilot ejects and opens
his parachute near Vinh Phuc, north of Hanoi,
September 1966.
This photo is one
of the most recognized images taken by a North Vietnamese photographer
during the war. The pilot of the aircraft was taken hostage and held in a
Hanoi prison from 1966 to 1973. (AP Photo/Pioneer Newspaper/Mai Nam)
/ source of text and image: patriotfiles
Hydro Experimental Plane with Child Looking at. View from Behind at Beach, ca. 1915
/ source:
Anonymous photographer. Fance, ca. 1914
/ src: Lumière des Roses
One of the first airplanes seen in Holland. The Netherlands, about 1911 / source: Nationaal Archief
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