Photograph of men with a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1911-1912. Image likely taken during Robert G. Fowler's transcontinental flight across the United States.Inscription on envelope: "Pacific to Atlantic Flight 1911 / Films only."
Photograph of men working on a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1911-1912. Wooden tracks are under the aircraft's wheels. Image likely taken during Robert G. Fowler's transcontinental flight across the United States.
Inscription on envelope: "Pacific…
Photograph of Orville Wright (left) and pilot Philip O. Parmalee (right) with a Wright (Co) Model B aircraft at Simms Station, Ohio, November 7, 1910. The men are preparing for Parmalee's flight to transport bolts of silk (visible next to Parmalee)…
Photograph of Orville Wright sitting at the controls of a Wright (Co) Model B aircraft, Simms Station, Ohio, circa 1909-1917. Inscription on album page: "Orvile [Orville] Wright."Item from the William Preston Mayfield Wright Brothers photograph…
Photographic postcard of Oscar Brindley at the controls of a Wright Model B aircraft, circa 1900s-1910s.Caption: "Mercurial Aeroplane Co. (INC) Presens. Aviator Oscar Brindley, American Altitude record, 11,775 feet, in Passenger Carrying Wright…
Photograph of a group of people posing with a Wright (Co) Model B aircraft at the Wright Flying School, Simms Station, Ohio, circa 1915. Inscription on album page: "Canadians at Wright School – Simms Station. 1915."Item from the William Preston…
Photograph of a Wright (Co) Model B aircraft, piloted by Philip O. Parmalee, in flight over a crowd at Simms Station, Ohio, November 7, 1910. This is credited as the first commercial transport flight, with Parmalee carrying bolts of silk from Dayton…