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Photograph of several men working on a Wright (Co) Model A aircraft, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909. Inscription on album page: "First Wright plane purchased by U.S. government. Ft. Myer; VA, July 1909."Item from the William Preston Mayfield Wright…

Photograph of a LePère 11 aircraft, circa 1910s-1920s.Inscription: "LePere -- Liberty motor."

Magazine illustration of an America Sopwith Dolphin fighting German Fokker and Albatros aircraft, circa 1910s-1920s. Includes an unidentified signature.

Photograph of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft in flight, circa 1910s-1920s.

Photograph of a Handley Page O/400 aircraft in flight, circa 1910s-1920s. The aircraft's designation ("Langley") is painted on its fuselage.Inscription: "x 19937."Inscription on verso: "The Langley in flight."

Technical drawing, "Apparatus for securing aeroplanes to a steel deck when landing," circa 1910s-1920s.Part of a photograph album related to John Sylvester Wheelwright's service with the Royal Naval Air Service, circa 1907-1943.

Photograph of a serviceman working on a Beardmore W.B.III aircraft, circa 1910s-1920s. A securing device is underneath the aircraft.Part of a photograph album related to John Sylvester Wheelwright's service with the Royal Naval Air Service, circa…

Photograph of a serviceman working on a Beardmore W.B.III aircraft, circa 1910s-1920s. A securing device is underneath the aircraft.Part of a photograph album related to John Sylvester Wheelwright's service with the Royal Naval Air Service, circa…

Photograph of a Beardmore W.B.III aircraft, circa 1910s-1920s. A securing device is underneath the aircraft.Part of a photograph album related to John Sylvester Wheelwright's service with the Royal Naval Air Service, circa 1907-1943.

Photograph of a serviceman in the cockpit of a Beardmore W.B.III aircraft, circa 1910s-1920s. A securing device is underneath the aircraft.Part of a photograph album related to John Sylvester Wheelwright's service with the Royal Naval Air Service,…