
George Grantham Bain :: Wright’s Flight around Statue of Liberty, 1909
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C.H. Claudy :: Carl H. Claudy Jr. watching the Wright Military Flyer during the Army
Trials at Fort Myer, 1908. National Air and
Space Museum Archives./ source: Smithsonian Libraries
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Carl H. Claudy :: The wreckage of the Wright military plane following the crash at Fort Myer on September 17, 1908. National Air and Space Museum Archives. / source: Smithsonian Libraries
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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

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

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

Photographs document the Wright brothers’ advances in early flight. The brothers made 105 flights on the Flyer II in 1904, some as long as five minutes. / source: The Telegraph