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Photograph of the Aerial Experiment Association's Hammondsport Glider in a field, likely in Hammondsport, New York, February 12, 1908. Inscription: "The Hammondsport Glider, Feb. 12, 1908."Caption from bulletin: "9. The Hammondsport Glider, Feb, 12,…

Photograph of Glenn H. Curtiss gliding down a hill in the Aerial Experiment Association's Hammondsport Glider, Hammondsport, New York, February 12, 1908. Inscription: "Mr. Glenn H. Curtiss gliding down hill in the Hammondsport Glider at Hammondsport,…

Manual titled "Construction manual for the Gotha Glider, designed by H. P. Hutchison and Charles. J. Glasser," published by the Gotha Glider Company, circa 1925. Includes general information about gliders, instructions for building a Gotha Glider,…

Photograph of a group of men with a Cessna CG-2 Glider, circa 1930s. Inscription on verso: "Cessna Glider CG-2."

National Aeronautic Association of U.S.A., glider's certificate for William H. Cook, Jr., August 5, 1935. Certificate is bound in a red leather cover and includes an identification photograph of Cook.Title on cover: "Federation Aeronautique…

Photograph of a G.A.L. GAL.48 Hotspur Mk.II glider, circa 1940s. Inscription on verso: "Earl, Happy Days, [illegible]."

Photograph of a Waco CG-4A Hadrian glider (nose number 6) of the United States Army Air Forces parked in a field, circa 1940s-1950s. Three servicemen sit in a jeep next to the glider.

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Aerial photograph of damaged Royal Air Force Airspeed Horsa Mk.I gliders, Normandy, France, circa 1944-1945. Typed caption: "British 'Horsa' troop gliders - Normandy."

Photograph of several G.A.L. GAL.49 Hamilcar Mk.I gliders and Handley Page Halifax aircraft lined up at RAF Woodbridge (England), 1945. Inscription on verso: "RAF Station, Woodridge, 1945. Gliders destined for crossing the Rhine. This is 12% of the…