Letter from Wilbur Wright asking for information relating to the creation of a flying machine, May 30, 1899
UnknownView Full Item in National Air and Space Museum ArchivesPage 1 of 2 of letter from Wilbur Wright to the Smithsonian Institution dated May 30, 1899 asking for information relating to creation of a flying machine. Letter is on Wright Cycle Co., letterhead. N…
Photograph of Wilbur and Orville Wright flying their 1901 glider as a kite
Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville WrightView Full Item in National Air and Space Museum ArchivesWilbur and Orville Wright flying 1901 glider as a kite. Left side view of glider. [LC Title: Side view of glider flying as a kite near the ground, Wilbur at left and Orville at right, glider turned fo…
Wright brothers first flight in their 1903 Flyer just after lift off from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, December 17, 1903, 10:35 a.m.
John T. Daniels (Kill Devil Hills Lifesaving Station crewmember)View Full Item in National Air and Space Museum ArchivesCROPPED VERSION of "the first flight" photo, 10:35 a.m. December 17, 1903, showing the Wright 1903 Flyer just after lift off from the launching dolly at Kill Devil Hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Or…
Article about Wright brothers flight experiments with various airplanes, 1908
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948, Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912View Full Item in East Carolina University"The Wright Brothers' Aeroplane" from The Century Magazine, Vol. LXXVI No. 5, written by Orville and Wilbur Wright. The article describes the brothers' flight experiments with various airplanes couple…
Report of airplane crash and Wright Brothers’ intentions for future test flights
Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau. (7/1/1891 - 6/30/1940)View Full Item in National Archives at AtlantaReport describing the airplane crash on May 14th and an insight to the Wright Brothers' intentions to return to Kill Devil Hill in August, 1908 to conduct further test flights.
1909 Wright Military Flyer
View Full Item in National Air and Space MuseumCanard biplane with one 30-to-40-horsepower Wright vertical four-cylinder engine driving two pusher propellers via sprocket-and-chain transmission system. No wheels; skids for landing gear. Natural fa…
Alex Ogilvie (kneeling) and Orville Wright make repairs and adjustments to 1911 glider in front of the Wright camp building
View Full Item in East Carolina UniversityAlex Ogilvie (kneeling) and Orville Wright make repairs and adjustments to 1911 glider in front of the Wright camp building. Angle boards on side of building were used to stabilize the building in hig…
Photograph of aviator Ruth Bancroft Law on an apparatus near a plane
View Full Item in The University of Texas at DallasPhotograph of Ruth Bancroft Law. She wears a hat, a sweater, pants, and gloves and is situated on an apparatus near a plane. 1 photograph : b 10 x 16 cm.
Certificate of Flight issued by Ruth Bancroft Law for a flight in Florida on February 21, 1916
UnknownView Full Item in National Air and Space Museum ArchivesCertificate of Flight" issued by Ruth Bancroft Law to Miss Doris M. Hayes for a flight in Seabreeze, Florida on February 21, 1916. Certificate features an image at left of Law at the controls of her W…
Editorial cartoon featuring Ruth Bancroft Law, 1917
John Harmon CasselView Full Item in National Air and Space Museum ArchivesCongratulations." Copy photograph of an editorial cartoon by John Harmon Cassel, circa 1917-1918. Aviator Ruth Law (left), in flight clothing, is congratulated by Hermes or Mercury (right), the mythol…
Scrapbook page about Katherine Stinson’s achievements in aviation, 1913
View Full Item in Rare Book Division. The New York Public LibraryPostcard flown and autographed by Katherine Stinson, the youngest girl flyer in the world. Rare; fewer than 10 known.
Telegram reporting on Katherine Stinson’s 1917 Red Cross Flight
View Full Item in Rare Book Division. The New York Public LibraryMessage card from Buffalo, New York to Washington flight by famous aviatrix Katherine Stinson for subscription to Red Cross 100 million dollar fund Stinson made flight in War Department Curtiss bi-pla…
Card showing John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown, who made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean
View Full Item in George Arents Collection. The New York Public LibraryCarreras; Turf Cigarettes
John Macready and Oakley Kelly in front of the Fokker T-2 in which they made the first non-stop flight across the US on May 2-3, 1923
USAACView Full Item in National Air and Space Museum ArchivesLt. John A. Macready (left) and Lt. Oakley G. Kelly stand in front of the Fokker T-2 in which they made the first non-stop flight across the US on May 2 to 3, 1923. They flew from Roosevelt Field, Lon…
Wooden instrument panel that John Macready and Oakley Kelly used to fly across the US, from Long Island to San Diego
View Full Item in National Air and Space MuseumWooden instrument panel, removed from the aircraft, which contains eight instruments which are secured to the panel with screws. Macready and Kelly used these basic instruments to fly the T-2 by dead…
Photograph of Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman to get an avaitor’s license, 1925
Taitt, JohnView Full Item in Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. The New York Public LibraryPhotograph of Cyrus Bettis, winner of the 1925 Pulitzer Trophy Race, with Curtiss Racer
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor CompanyView Full Item in National Air and Space Museum ArchivesLt. Cyrus Bettis with Curtiss Racer - Curtiss V-1400 - 600 H.P. Motor Winner Pulizer Trophy, Mitchell Field, Oct - 12 - 1925, Worlds Record Closed Course 248.99 M.P.H. T-2923. [Three-quarter leftt fro…
Federation Aeronautique International hydroairplane license for James Doolittle, 1925
View Full Item in National Air and Space MuseumFederation Aeronautique International leather bound hydroairplane license; text; photograph of James H. Doolittle with F.A.I. embossed stamp seal. To compete for the Schneider Trophy, Doolittle had to…
Portrait of James Doolittle in the cockpit of his Consolidated NY-2, which he used for his blind flight experiments, circa 1929
UnknownView Full Item in National Air and Space Museum ArchivesInformal portrait of James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle sitting in the cockpit of his Consolidated NY-2, which he used for his blind flight experiments, circa 1929. National Air and Space Museum, Archives Div…
Flying goggles worn by James Doolittle, 1931
View Full Item in National Air and Space MuseumE. B. Meyrowitz flying goggles worn by Jimmy Doolittle; chrome steel frames with tinted amber glass lenses; rubber eye pieces with embossed text "PAT. 1928"; rubberized tan elastic strap; manufacturer…
Women pilots of the first All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race at Parks Airport during a stop-over
Unknown creator; St. Louis UniversityView Full Item in St. Louis UniversityWomen pilots of the first Women's Transcontinental Air Race gather for photos at Parks Airport while waiting for the fog to lift during a stop-over. Identities are (left to right): #1 Mary Elizabeth v…
Flight suit worn by Charles Lindbergh
View Full Item in Missouri History MuseumThis is a brown cotton twill coverall flight suit with fur collar. Lindbergh recognized the importance of this suit by writing under the collar 'Worn on the following flights: San Diego - St. Louis, S…
Publication about Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 flight from New York to Paris, prepared by the U.S. State Department
United States. Dept. of StateView Full Item in University of CaliforniaOn cover: The flight of Captain Charles A. Lindbergh from New York to Paris. May 20-21, 1927. Presented by the secretary of state, Frank B. Kellogg, June 11, 1927, to Captain Lindbergh in commemoratio…
Film of Charles Lindbergh landing in San Franciso, a major public event, in September 1927
UnknownView Full Item in San Francisco Public LibraryCalifornia Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP)
Button referencing Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight, reflecting his popularity
View Full Item in National Air and Space MuseumA white button with a red checkered pattern along the edge. With black lettering in the middle "I feel like "Lindy" good for a long hop! On May 20-21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh literally flew into histo…
Bronze medallion commemorating Charles Lindbergh’s flight from New York to Paris, 1927
Hinton, Charles Louis, Medallic Art Company, Lindbergh, Charles AugustusView Full Item in Minnesota Historical SocietyBronze medallion commemorating Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, 1927. Made by the Medallic Art Company of New York, New York.
Charles Lindbergh and plane at Pennco Field, Madison, Wisconsin, 1928
Meuer, WilliamView Full Item in University of Wisconsin Digital CollectionsLindbergh standing by his plane at Pennco Field, Madison during his visit to receive an honorary degree.
Board game featuring prominent points in Charles Lindbergh’s flight across the Atlantic Ocean
View Full Item in National Air and Space MuseumA folding game board with a large yellow circle in the center. The game consists of 132 individually numbered spaces, the vast majority of which are circles, arranged in a winding path beginning and e…
Amelia Earhart, the second person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, 1928
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967View Full Item in Boston Public LibraryTitle and date from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.
Amelia Earhart arrives at East Boston Airport, July 1928
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967View Full Item in Boston Public LibraryTitle and date from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.
Amelia Earhart’s flying coat
View Full Item in National Air and Space MuseumLight brown leather with gray tweed wool lining. Amelia Earhart wore this long leather coat with tweed wool lining on many of her flights, though it is uncertain which ones. Standard attire for milita…
Cigarette advertisement featuring Amelia Earhart
American Tobacco CoView Full Item in UC San Francisco, Library, Industry Documents LibraryB+W pen and ink framed drawing of Amelia Earhart in aviator hat with signed testimonial on plaque underneath. Cigarette
Lockheed Vega airplane owned by Amelia Earhart, 1930
Karvinen, CliffView Full Item in St. Louis UniversityLockheed Vega formerly owned by Amelia Earhart. (1931-37) [Photo taken by Cliff Karvinen. compliments of the Fred Roos Aviation Photo Collection.]
Amelia Earhart being interviewed by reporters, July 1932
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967View Full Item in Boston Public LibraryTitle and date from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.
The Fun of It: Random Records of My Own Flying and of Women in Aviation by Amelia Earhart, 1932
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937View Full Item in University of CaliforniaAviation books by women". : [1] p. at end. A first edition copy containing a tiny phonograph record in an envelope mounted on back cover, on which is recorded the speech of Miss Earhart made over a tr…
Photograph of two men and Amelia Earhart in front of airplane at Lockheed, Burbank, California, 1932
Dick Whittington StudioView Full Item in University of Southern California. LibrariesPhotograph of 2 men and Amelia Earhart in front of airplane, Burbank, CA, 1932. "Subject: Amelia Earheart [sic] Client: Pcific Automotive Co., Mr. Thomas; Classifications: Prominent People; Original p…
Amelia Earheart signing stamps as part of her fund-raising efforts for her 1937 round-the-world flight
UnknownView Full Item in National Air and Space Museum ArchivesAmelia Earhart signing one of some 100,000 philatelic first-day covers, part of her fund-raising efforts for her 1937 round-the-world flight. National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322…
William Powell’s book about the first days of the Bessie Coleman Flying Club, which Powell founded in 1929
View Full Item in National Air and Space MuseumAuthored by William Powell, 1934 and dedicated to Bessie Coleman William J. Powell published "Black Wings," a thinly veiled autobiography, in 1934 during the depths of the Great Depression. The book t…
Circular slide rule used by William Powell while teaching classes on aeronautics at the Bessie Coleman Flying Club
View Full Item in National Air and Space MuseumDuring the 1920s William J. Powell led a small group of black air enthusiasts in Los Angeles. He established the Bessie Coleman Flying Club in 1929 and sponsored the first all-black air show on Labor…
Amy Johnson sitting in the de Havilland Gipsy Moth, “Jason” after landing in Australia, May 24, 1930
UnknownView Full Item in National Air and Space Museum ArchivesInformal view of Amy Johnson sitting in the cockpit of de Havilland D.H.60G Gipsy Moth, "Jason" (r/n G-AAAH) after landing in Darwin, Australia, May 24, 1930. National Air and Space Museum, Archives D…
Card showing Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo to Australia in 1930
View Full Item in George Arents Collection. The New York Public LibraryCarreras; Turf Cigarettes
Photograph of pilot Wiley Post (left), the first pilot to fly solo around the world
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967View Full Item in Boston Public LibraryTitle and date from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.
Clipping promoting Wiley Post’s 1933 round-the-world flight in a Sperry Automatic Pilot
View Full Item in Garden City Public LibraryImage of Wiley Post and his aircraft, who made the first round-the-world flight using a Sperry Automatic Pilot control
Compass from last plane flown by Wiley Post, who lost his life in an accident in 1935
View Full Item in National Air and Space MuseumFrom last plane flown by Wiley Post In 1935 Wiley Post scavenged this aperiodic compass from the older Winnie Mae for use on his new plane, a Lockheed Orion. Post lost his life when the airplane crash…
Pilot Herman Banning and mechanic Thomas Allen beside the biplane in which they made a 1932 transcontinental flight
Johnson (Pittsburgh, Pa.)View Full Item in National Air and Space Museum ArchivesFirst Trans-Continental Flight, Los Angelos [sic] to New York, October 9th, 1932. Flying time 41 hrs. 27 min." Full-length view of pilot J. Herman Banning and mechanic Thomas C. Allen posed standing b…
Camera used By Roscoe Turner to take promotional aerial photographs of his barnstorming act in flight
View Full Item in National Air and Space MuseumBlack metal with handles and wooden drawer in bottom (film holder). No lens. Air racer and showman Roscoe Turner probably acquired this French camera when he was a balloon pilot in the Aviation Sectio…
Photograph of Roscoe Turner holding his lion in front of airplane, Southern California, 1930
View Full Item in University of Southern California. LibrariesPhotograph of Roscoe Turner holding lion in front of airplane, Southern California, 1930. "Gilmore; The Gilmore Lion"--on plane.
Roscoe Turner standing with his airplane, the Gilmore Lion, circa 1930
Haase, Joseph (Joseph Malta Fredrick), 1893?-1959View Full Item in San Diego History Center (formerly San Diego Historical Society)Roscoe Turner (right) holding the Charles E. Thompson Trophy, 1934
UnknownView Full Item in National Air and Space Museum ArchivesRoscoe Turner and an unidentified man holding the Charles E. Thompson Trophy, 1934. National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560
Studio portrait of Howard Hughes, 1938
Blackington, Alton HView Full Item in Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst LibrariesCopy image: "Profile of the 32 year old aviator who piloted a silvery monoplane around the world in less than 4 days. Picture was made as Hughes was receiving New York's official welcome.
Photograph of the plane Howard Hughes flew around the world at the 1939 World’s Fair
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)View Full Item in Manuscripts and Archives Division. The New York Public LibraryDale White, pilot of the 1939 ÛÏGoodwill FlightÛ to advocate for African American participation in flight training
Thornton StudioView Full Item in National Air and Space Museum ArchivesFull-length studio portrait of Dale L. White, circa 1939. White stands dressed in Jodhpurs and riding boots, a shirt and necktie, with flying helmet and goggles on his head. "Thornton Studio Chicago"…
Front cover of an aeronautical text owned and used by Dale White with annotations
U. S. Department of Commerce and Dale L. WhiteView Full Item in National Air and Space Museum ArchivesU. S. Department of Commerce Coast and Geodetic Survey. Practical Air Navigation and the Use of the Aeronautical Charts of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. By Thoburn C. Lyon. Special Publication…
Log book belonging to Dale White, used from 1933-1940
Dale L. WhiteView Full Item in National Air and Space Museum ArchivesPilot Log Book. Log book belonging to Dale L. White (log book #1), used from 1933-1940. This two-page spread documents his 1939 "Goodwill Flight" (May 11 to May 16) from Chicago to Washington, DC. On…
