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[Curtiss Fledgling (Model 51) flying low over field]
Photograph of a Curtiss Fledgling (Model 51) aircraft, piloted by Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley, flying low over the field at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Hopping, skipping and jumping around the field he went. But like all playful boys he found much delight in dipping his wings into the mud puddles and splashing about in a ripping old way." …
[Orville Wright and Philip O. Parmalee with Wright Model B]
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) from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio. This is credited as the first commercial transport flight.Item from the William Preston Mayfield Wright Brothers…
[Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley with Curtiss Fledgling]
Photograph of Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley, a Royal Air Force flight commander, standing in front of a Curtiss Fledgling (Model 51) aircraft at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. Atcherly is dressed in formal wear, including a top hat.Caption on adjacent album page: "Flight Commander R. L. R. Atcherley of the Royal Air Force, right from jolly old England, if you please, and would…
[Boleslaw Orlinski, Dorothy Hester, and Ernst Udet]
Photograph of (from left to right) Boleslaw Orlinski, Dorothy Hester, and Ernst Udet posing with Hester's Great Lakes (1929) Model 2T-1A aircraft (tail number NC 315Y) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Captain Boleslaw Orlinski, Dorothy Hester and Major Ernst Udet representing three countries, executed three distinct types of flying and were…