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[Closeup view of the Wright brothers' tent at Kitty Hawk, a half mile from Captain Tate's home]

Title based on: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 47. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy i More

Miscellaneous: EC03-0163-16 The mural was created...

EC03-0163-16 The mural was created to celebrate the achievements of Wilbur and Orville Wright and to commemorate a century of powered flight. Central to the composition is the 1903 Wright Flyer. ''On Dec. 17, 1 More

Lt Cmdr. Klas. 1900s Japan, public domain image.

Jockey\'s Ridge State Park, N.C. (Oct. 03, 2002) Lt. Cmdr. Klas "Santa" Ohman, from aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), completes a flight in a replica of the 1902 Wright brothers' glider. Ohman, one of only three m More

Lt Cmdr. Klas, US Navy Photogrpah

Jockey\'s Ridge State Park, N.C. (Oct. 03, 2002) Lt. Cmdr. Klas "Santa" Ohman stationed aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), completes a flight in a replica of the 1902 Wright brothers' glider. Ohman, one of only thr More

[Wilbur gliding down steep slope of Big Kill Devil Hill; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

Title based on reference print and information in: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 53. Attributed to Wilbur and/ More

The Langley Aerodrome, Wright Brothers National Memorial, 1903.

Just nine days before the Wright brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, Samuel P. Langley, the third director and secretary of the Smithsonian had failed to prove that his man-carrying aerodrome could fly first when it c More

[1903 machine on the launching track at Big Kill Devil Hill, prior to the December 14th trial. Four men from the Kill Devil Hills Lifesaving Station helped move it from the shed to the hill, accompanied by two small boys and a dog]

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The Wright Brothers' First Heavier-than-air Flight

Description (December 17, 1903) On December 17, 1903, at 10:30am at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, this airplane arose for a few seconds to make the first powered, heavier-than-air controlled flight in history. Th More

Wright brothers aeroplane - patented plans, 1908

Four plans: The top plan of the Wright aeroplane / drawings by W.B. Robinson from Wright Brothers' specification in the Patent Office; Fig. 1 - Wright flying machine; Fig. 3 - figures descriptives du brevet fra More

The Wright Brothers Flyer arrives at Fort Myer, Virginia (VA) aboard a wagon, attracting the attention of children and adults

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Myer, Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub More

The Wright Brothers test fly their aircraft on Fort Myer's parade field. This series of test flights resulted in the Army purchasing its first aircraft. In the first flight, Sept. 9, 1908, Orville Wright kept the plane aloft 71 seconds. The second flight resulted in a crash that left Wright severely cut and bruised and his passenger, Army LT. Thomas Selfridge dead -- the first powered-aviation fatality. (Exact date shot UNKNOWN)

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Myer, Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Pub More

[Group portrait in front of glider at Kill Devil Hill. Sitting: Horace Wright, Orville Wright, and Alexander Ogilvie; standing: Lorin Wright, and group of journalists, including Van Ness Harwood of the New York World, Berges of the American News Service, Arnold Kruckman of the New York American, Mitchell of the New York Herald, and John Mitchell of the Associated Press; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 117. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L More

AVIATION, ARMY. COLLEGE PARK AVIATION FIELD. WRIGHT BROTHERS' PLANE, WRECKED

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[Three-quarter left rear view of glider in flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 115 Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO More

Orville Wrights Test His Glider at Kitty Hawk, NC

(October 24, 1911) This photograph of Orville Wright in his glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, was taken on October 24, 1911. His new glider broke all the previous gliding records by actually soaring and sta More

[Right front view of glider in flight]

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 116. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in L More

Airplanes - Historical - The first Aircraft Landing Field Identification Marker in the U.S., laid at Boiling Field D.C., similar markers are being placed along the line of America's First Airway from Washington, D.C., to Dayton, Ohio

Airplanes - Historical Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wright Brothers' 1903 Aeroplane Kitty Hawk in First Flight

Original caption: Original Wright Brothers' 1903 Aeroplane ("Kitty Hawk") in first flight, December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, N.C. Orville Wright at controls. Wilbur Wright standing at right. (first flight was 12 More

Airplanes - Historical - Wright Brothers' 1903 Aeroplane ("Kitty Hawk") in first flight, December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, N.C. Orville Wright at controls. Wilbur Wright standing at right. (First flight was 12 seconds). Copy of photo given by Orville Wright

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Airplanes - Historical - Wright Brothers' Aeroplane. Dayton-Wright Airplane Co. Plant, Dayton, Ohio. May 14 -18, 1918. Historical Note: The Wright Company manufactured aeroplanes under their own name until about 1916, then a merger was made with Glenn Martin to form the Wright Martin Company. Glenn Martin reformed that company under his name alone and the next appearance of the name Wright came soon after the opening of World War-1 when the Dayton Wright Co was formed. Their principal product was De Haviland airplanes (English design general purpose type). The aeroplane shown had been reframed by Orville Wright as his personal plane, but was not the property of D.W. Co. In this photo Orville has the controls; the plane is pitted with his automatic stabilizer

Date Taken: 1918 Photographer: Dayton-Wright Airplane Co. Airplanes - Historical Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Weick W-1A of 1934. NASA public domain image colelction.

(1934) Fred Weick's homebuilt W-1A of 1934, one of the first aircraft to employ tricycle landing gear. Weick and a group of nine other Langley engineers built this small experimental airplane in their spare tim More

X-1 On Display, NASA history collection

Description (1948) A Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1 series aircraft on display at an Open House at NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit or High-Speed Flight Research Station hangar on South Base of Edwards Air Force Base More

YF-93A (AF48-318 NACA-151) Flight evaluation and comparison of a NACA submerged inlet and a scoop inlet. The YF-93A's were the first aircraft to use flush NACA engine inlets. Note: Used in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology NASA SP-1998-3300 Fig.25 ARC-1969-A-16545

YF-93A (AF48-318 NACA-151) Flight evaluation and comparison of a NACA submerged inlet and a scoop inlet. The YF-93A's were the first aircraft to use flush NACA engine inlets. Note: Used in Flight Research a More

ARC-1969-A-16591 NASA history collection

Flight evaluation and comparison of a NACA submerged inlet and a scoop inlet on the North American YF-93A (AF48-317 NACA-139). The YF-93A's were the first aircraft to use flush NACA engine inlets. aircraft to More

NACA Aircraft in Hangar - Clockwise from front center: YF-84A, D-558-1, D-558-2, B-47, X-1 ship

Description (1953) In the center foreground of this 1953 hanger photo is the YF-84A (NACA 134/Air Force 45-59490) used for vortex generator research. It arrived on November 28, 1949, and departed on April 21, 1 More

NACA Aircraft on Lakebed-X-3, D-558-1, XF4D, D-558-2

Description (1954) A group picture of Douglas Airplanes, taken for a photographic promotion in 1954, at what is now known as the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The photo in More

X-1E Loaded in B-29 Mothership on Ramp

Description (1955) The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E airplane being loaded under the mothership, Boeing B-29. The X planes had originally been lowered into a loading pit and the launch aircraft towed over the More

P-51 Mustang on Lakebed. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

Description (1955) This photograph shows a NACA research pilot running up the engine of the F-51 Mustang on the taxiway adjacent to Rogers Dry Lake at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station in 1955. A P-51 Mustang, More

Always Keep Trying - National Parks Gallery

On December 14th, 1903 Wright Brothers had several crash landings. They didn't give up, and three days later they made history, flying the first controlled, powered flight in the world.

A replica of the 1911 Wright "B" Flyer on display in front of a C-5A Galaxy aircraft to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Wright brothers historic flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The flyable replica was built by volunteers from the base and the Dayton area

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Wayne W. Specht Release Sta More

Wright Brothers plane in the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. More

Artwork: "The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, December 17, 1903"- Artist: John McCoy

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A replica of the Curtiss pusher seaplane designated A-1 is suspended from the ceiling of the US Naval Aviation Museum. The A-1 was the first aircraft purchased by the Navy crew during a 1973 spaceflight. All Hands - April 1985

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Paul T. Erickson Release Sta More

An R4D Skytrain aircraft named "Que Sera Sera" on display at the US Naval Aviation Museum. On October 31, 1956, this plane became the first aircraft to land at the South Pole. All Hands - April 1985

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Paul T. Erickson Release Sta More

A replica of the Curtiss pusher seaplane designated A-1 is suspended from the ceiling of the US Naval Aviation Museum. The A-1 was the first aircraft purchased by the Navy. Below is the Skylab command module that was manned by an all-Navy crew during a 1973 spaceflight. All Hands - April 1985

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Air Station, Pensacola State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Paul T. Erickson Release Sta More

F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft of the 169th Tactical Fighter Group, South Carolina Air National Guard, are parked on the flight line during Exercise SOLID SHIELD 85. The first aircraft in the line is an F-16B

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD 85 Base: Mcentire Ang Station State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera O More

SR-71B - Mach 3 Trainer in Flight at Sunset

Description: The setting sun peeks beneath a SR-71B Blackbird, silhouetted against the orange hues of the western sky on a 1995 flight from at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California. Two SR-7 More

A P-51 Mustang and a C-130J sit in the newly renovated McKinley Climatic Laboratory, one of Eglin's most famous landmarks. A P-51 Mustang was the first aircraft to be tested when the chamber opened initially in 1947 and the C-130J will be the first aircraft tested in the new facility. After three year and seventy five million dollars the facility, which is capable of temperatures ranging from minus 85 degrees Fahrenheit to plus 165 degrees Fahrenheit, reopened on June 3, 1997

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eglin Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Kenneth Moyer Release Status: Released t More

In 1973 it was the first aircraft to carry POW's out of Hanoi. This C-141 Hercules aircraft still flies today, supporting operations in Kosovo and around the world. To many former POW's, tail No. 660177 represents a sort of homecoming. This image was used in the October 1999 issue of AIRMAN Magazine article "A Sort Of Homecoming"

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Randolph Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Steve Thurow, USAF Release Status: More

Path through what is now, as it was in 1904, mostly a pasture at the Huffman Prairie Flying Field, a historic spot in aviation history, located in Dayton, Ohio

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright had already flown their Wright Flyer III, the world's first practical heavier-than-air plane, for 5 More

AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Matthew Palmer, USAF, 31st Maintenance Squadron (MXS), Aviano Air Base (AB), Italy, puts a sealant on the new Air Force approved "Lets Roll!" nose art. Wing Commander, Brigadier General (BGEN) Donald J. Hoffmans, F-16 Fighting Falcon, was the first aircraft to have to new nose art applied. Let's Roll!' onto a C-130 Hercules at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. "Lets Roll," the now famous phrase United Airlines Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer uttered as he and fellow passengers foiled terrorist hijackers, bringing down the aircraft in a Pennsylvania field that fatal morning

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Charlein C. Sheets, USAF Rel More

A US Air Force (USAF) C-37A Gulfstream aircraft lands on the runway at MacDill Air Force Base (AFB) Florida (FL). The aircraft, piloted by USAF Colonel (COL) Robert Kane, Commander, 6th Operations Group (OG) is the first aircraft to land here since the runway closed for construction and repairs

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rich Puckett, Usafs Release Statu More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Cliff Oney, with the 86th Expeditionary Contingency Response Group (ECRG), marshals the first aircraft in from Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany, delivering supplies and equipment in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rich Puckett, USAF Release Statu More

US Air Force (USAF) personnel with the 86th Expeditionary Contingency Response Group (ECRG), use a 25K Halverson pallet cargo loader to unload the first aircraft to arrive from Ramstein Air Base (AB), in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Rich Puckett, USAF Release St More

A view of the Wright Brother's National memorial at Big Kill Devil Hill, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (NC), showing the bust of Wilbur Wright

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kitty Hawk State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Jim Varhegyi, USAF Release Status: Rel More

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) operates in the Arabian Sea before the first aircraft launch of the day.

ARABIAN SEA (Apr. 25, 2009) The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) operates in the Arabian Sea before the first aircraft launch of the day. The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is underway on a s More

An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) became the first aircraft to be catapulted from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).

ATLANTIC OCEAN (May. 19, 2009) An F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, piloted by Lt. Patrick McKenna and Cmdr. Beau Duarte, became the first aircraft to be catapulted from More

Wright brothers' flyer, Wright Brothers National Memorial, 2014.

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Wright brothers' flyer, Wright Brothers National Memorial, 2014.

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An F/A-18C Hornet from the Blue Blasters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 is the first aircraft to launch from the flight deck

PACIFIC OCEAN (Dec. 09, 2014) An F/A-18C Hornet from the Blue Blasters of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 is the first aircraft to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. More

Naval Air Station Key West's MH-60 Sea Hawk search and rescue helicopter is the first aircraft to take advantage of the newly installed pantograph hot refueling system at NAS Key West's Boca Chica Field.

KEY WEST, Fla. (Jun. 20, 2019) Naval Air Station Key West's MH-60 Sea Hawk search and rescue helicopter is the first aircraft to take advantage of the newly installed pantograph hot refueling system at NAS Key More

Naval Air Station Key West's MH-60 Sea Hawk search and rescue helicopter is the first aircraft to take advantage of the newly installed pantograph hot refueling system at NAS Key West's Boca Chica Field.

KEY WEST, Fla. (Jun. 20, 2019) Naval Air Station Key West's MH-60 Sea Hawk search and rescue helicopter is the first aircraft to take advantage of the newly installed pantograph hot refueling system at NAS Key More

Naval Air Station Key West's MH-60 Sea Hawk search and rescue helicopter is the first aircraft to take advantage of the newly installed pantograph hot refueling system at NAS Key West's Boca Chica Field.

KEY WEST, Fla. (Jun. 20, 2019) Naval Air Station Key West's MH-60 Sea Hawk search and rescue helicopter is the first aircraft to take advantage of the newly installed pantograph hot refueling system at NAS Key More

Naval Air Station Key West's MH-60 Sea Hawk search and rescue helicopter is the first aircraft to take advantage of the newly installed pantograph hot refueling system at NAS Key West's Boca Chica Field.

KEY WEST, Fla. (Jun. 20, 2019) Naval Air Station Key West's MH-60 Sea Hawk search and rescue helicopter is the first aircraft to take advantage of the newly installed pantograph hot refueling system at NAS Key More