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Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "June Bug" aircraft, piloted by John A. D. McCurdy, in flight over a race track near Hammondsport, New York, July 27, 1908.Inscription: "Drome No. 3, Curtiss' June Bug, carrying Mr.…

Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "Loon" aircraft, piloted by John A. D. McCurdy, attempting to take off on Keuka Lake, New York, November 5, 1908. The aircraft did not get airborne.Inscription: "Drome No. 3, Curtiss'…

Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "Loon" aircraft on Keuka Lake, New York, November 5, 1908.Inscription: "Drome No. 3, Curtiss' June Bug, placed on pontoons and renamed the Loon at Hammondsport, N.Y., Nov. 5,…

Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart" aircraft, piloted by John A. D. McCurdy, in flight over a race track near Hammondsport, New York, December 1908. Conflicting dates (December 12 and December 13) are given…

Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart" aircraft, piloted by John A. D. McCurdy, in flight over the ice at Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia, February 24, 1909. Inscription: "Drome No. 4, McCurdy's Silver-Dart, carrying…

Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart" aircraft, piloted by John A. D. McCurdy, in flight over the ice at Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia, March 8, 1909.Inscription: "Drome No. 4, McCurdy's Silver-Dart, carrying Mr.…

Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 4 "Silver Dart" aircraft, piloted by John A. D. McCurdy, in flight over the ice at Baddeck Bay, Nova Scotia, March 8, 1909.Inscription: "Drome No. 4, McCurdy's Silver-Dart, carrying Mr.…

Photograph of several members and associates of the Aerial Experimental Association at an airfield near Hammondsport, New York, April 6, 1908. Standing, from left to right: Thomas Scott Baldwin, Frederick Walker Baldwin, J. Newton Williams, John A.…

Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet I aircraft being towed by the steamship Blue Hill (not pictured) at Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, December 4, 1907. The catamaran below the aircraft is its launch vessel, the Ugly…

Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Cygnet I kite, manned by Thomas E. Selfridge, in flight over Bras d'Or Lake, Baddeck, Nova Scotia, December 6, 1907. The kite is being towed by the steamship Blue Hill (not pictured). The captions…