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[People with Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 1 "Red Wing" aircraft]
Photograph of people with the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 1 "Red Wing" aircraft on the iced-over Keuka Lake, New York, circa March 1908.Caption on verso: "Red Wing. The first aeroplane to make a public flight in America, on March 17, 1908, when it flew 319 feet from the ice on Lake Keuka, N. Y., F. W. Balwin, aviator. Aeroplane was wrecked."Stamped on verso: "Photo by / H. M.…
[People working on Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "Loon" aircraft]
Photograph of people working on the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 3 "Loon" aircraft, Keuka Lake, New York, December 1908. Caption on verso: "The Loon. This was the first attempt with a water aeroplane. The June Bug being transformed into a hydro-aeroplane and tried out on the waters of Lake Keuka, N. Y. Dec. 1908."Stamped on verso: "Photo by / H. M. Benner / Hammondsport, N. Y."
[People gathered around Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 2 "White Wing" aircraft]
Photograph of people gathered around the Aerial Experiment Association's Aerodrome No. 2 "White Wing" aircraft, Hammondsport, New York, circa May 1908. Typed caption on verso: "White Wing. The first aeroplane to make a public flight starting from the ground with J. A. D. McCurdy, aviator, May 8, 1908, at Hammondsport, N. Y."Stamped on verso: "Photo by / H. M. Benner / Hammondsport, N. Y."
Wreck of Red Wing
Photograph of people with the wrecked Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No. 1 "Red Wing" aircraft, Lake Keuka, New York, circa 1908. Caption on envelope: "Wreck of Red Wing / 50."
J.A.D. McCurdy in plane number 4 Silver Dart
Photograph of John A. D. McCurdy at the controls of the Aerial Experiment Association Aerodrome No 4 Silver Dart aircraft, Lake Keuka, Hammondsport, New York, circa 1907-1909. Caption on envelope: "J.A.D. McCurdy in plane number 4 Silver Dart."