Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | John Kaminski and his Curtiss pusher were scheduled to fly at the 1912 Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in Milwaukee, along with several other Curtiss aviators ... |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | John Kaminski (who can barely be seen here in his Lincoln Beachey checkered cap), his mechanic, and onlookers attempting to ready his Curtiss pusher for fl... |
Date: | 07 04 1914 |
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Description: | The wreck of John Kaminski's plane, where he had been scheduled to fly at the Fourth of July festivities. |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | Pilot John Kaminski racing a motorcycle at the fairgrounds. |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | A Curtiss hydroaeroplane tied down prior to a test flight over San Diego Bay. Two unidentified pilots rest on the dock in the shade of its wing. |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | Hangar of the Ohio aviation school of Dr. Rudolph Silverston, formerly of Milwaukee, together with three planes: two Curtiss pushers and a Bleriot monoplan... |
Date: | 05 1913 |
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Description: | John Kaminski, his Curtiss pusher, and a young admirer. |
Date: | 08 30 1913 |
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Description: | John Kaminski and mechanic Jack Knight making mechanical repairs to Kaminski's plane during an emergency landing at High Point. Such events were guaranteed... |
Date: | 08 30 1913 |
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Description: | Exhibition pilot John Kaminski preparing to take off at High Point. Here Kaminski is waiting for the engine to warm up; once it is ready he will signal to ... |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | An unsuccessful test of Glenn Curtiss' hydroplane in San Diego Bay. The pilot about to be rescued is thought to be Milwaukee's John Kaminski. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | The cover of "Tom Swift and His Airship or the Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud." |
Date: | 10 1910 |
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Description: | The cover of John T. Trowbridge's poetry book, "Darius Green and his Flying Machine," illustrated by Wallace Goldsmith and published by Houghton Mifflin Co... |
Date: | 06 1914 |
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Description: | The Aerodome, invented by Samuel Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as reconstructed by Glenn Curtiss at Hammondsport. |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | A Wright Model B Flyer at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. Although unidentified, this is believed to be the aircraft that Farnum Fish flew at the fairgrou... |
Date: | 1912 |
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Description: | Calbraith Perry Rodgers, with a cigar characteristically clenched in his jaw, was the first man to fly across the United States. He undertook this flight i... |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | Former President Theodore Roosevelt with pilot Art Smith and his Curtiss Pusher at the Panama Pacific International Exposition. |
Date: | 09 11 1955 |
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Description: | The crowd at "Air Progress Day," an air show sponsored by the Waukesha Aviation Club. |
Date: | 1924 |
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Description: | A barnstorming pilot and curious onlookers at a field on the outskirts of Waukesha that served as a primitive airport. Technically, the term barnstorming s... |
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Description: | Carl, Robert, and Ray Breecher at work on their modified parasol Heath airplane. After months of hard work, the plane was completely destroyed during a tes... |
Date: | 1936 |
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Description: | Refueling a Ford Tri-Motor airplane. Because gasoline truck hoses did not have pumps, airplanes were refueled by filling 5-gallon cans and then lifting the... |
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