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Those Magnificent Men (And Women) In Their Flying Machines

Created on Jul 21, 2016 by Kathy Pinna

From the flight of the Wright brothers (Orville and Wilbur Wright) in 1903, to the first man on the moon on July 20th, 1969.

These daring men and women helped push the limits of human experience into the air with the creation of airplanes.

These pictures from 1909 through the 1960's show the people and technology in the first half of the 20th Century of the history of machine flight.

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Photos of Early Aviation

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Orville Wright flight

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1909 Virginia

The camel is bigger than the plane?

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1920 Bi-plane

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What a way to honeymoon!

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World War II

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Photo of Thomas Montague Thomas Montague
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Aviator, engineer, inventor

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Frenchman Louis Blériot

U.K. circa 1930

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Oh, to have space for your legs and seats this luxurious!

Flew 50 miles at 40mph

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Orville Wright & Lt. Lahm

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Posing by a plane, not a car

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Photo of Steven Mostyn Steven Mostyn
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I had that outfit - and my father had that plane! (But no, that's not me.)

Amelia Earhart

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Need we say more?

World War I?

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Photo of Jan Lowe Jan Lowe
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Rhumba Rita crashed

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Photo of Grace Bergloff Grace Bergloff
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shared on 04/07/2014

But it was WW II!

Jimmy Doolittle's 1922 cross country flight

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Randy Hartman
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So many people to prepare him to fly!

Christening a Sikorsky

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Canadian Air Force, WW II

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At the Mexican front, 1916

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Famous French aviator Jules Védrines

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"Fly Girl Betty"

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Photo of Elena Mcgee Elena Mcgee
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She soloed just 1.5 months after joining the Apache Club.

World War II

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Caryn Sastre
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shared on 11/11/2014

Don't you love the nose art?

"Naval submarine plane"

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World War II flyer

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Young Charles Lindburgh

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Can you spot him?

Orville & Wilbur Wright, 1909

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What goes up . . .

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Must come down?

The plane and the license

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Joseph Kinz
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The President's dog

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Harding's dog (Laddie Boy) is identified, but not the female aviator!

First man in recorded flight

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Orville Wright at about age 3

First man on the moon

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Neil Armstrong at about age 10 (when he was born in 1930, the airplane was a new technology).

Dashing millionaire aviator

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(Straight from central casting!)

The "Mary Lou" & crew

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David Weise
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Wright Brothers - and sister

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Wilbur, Katherine, & Orville, 1907

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