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Sinking the Ostfriesland

Date: 07 21 1921
Description: One of the most important moments in the history of American aviation - the sinking of the captured German battleship "Ostfriesland" by American bombers of...
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Atlantic-Crossing Airplanes

Date: 05 15 1919
Description: Navy seaplanes NC-1 and (in the foreground) NC-3 at Trepassay Bay, the jumping off point for the first attempt to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Not in the...
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Wright Brothers Memorial

Date: 1939
Description: Aerial view of a B-15 flying over the granite memorial to the Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The 60-foot memorial was dedicat...
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Lotos Club Dinner to William Howard Taft Menu

Date: 11 16 1912
Description: Autographed one-page oversize menu for a dinner to President William Howard Taft, given by the Lotos Club. Includes an oval quarter-length portrait of Taft...

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