Pilot Collection

Wright Glider Flying
Wilbur Wright pilots a glider with a movable double rear vertical rudder over the Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk. The Wright Brothers camp can be seen in the distance

Wiley Post with Racing Plane
(Original Caption) 6/15/1933-Floyd Bennett Field, NY- Wiley Post, famous round-the-world flier, is shown in front of his globe-girdling plane, Winnie Mae, after his arrival at Floyd Bennett Field

Pilot with Model of Loch Ness Monster He Witnessed
(Original Caption) London

Cartoon, pilot flying green open-topped aeroplane among clouds and waving, his scarf rustling in wind, side view

RAF Scramble
RAF fighter pilots run for their planes. (Photo by Reg Speller/Getty Images)

Flying Teletubby
July 1909: This aviator performs some last minute adjustments on the plane, while his lucky mascot looks on. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Phillips/Getty Images)

Monck Masons Airship
The Victoria, an early airship built by English aviator Thomas Monck Mason, 1843

Nose Art on Mr. Fala
On the side of the B-26 Marauder bomber Mr. Fala shows the President's Scottie running down Berlin's Wilhelmstrasse and encountering a fire hydrant with Hitler's head atop it. Lt

The Curtis Pusher Experimental Flying Machine
(Original Caption) Curtis Pusher ready for experimental flight. Undated photograph. BPA2# 1293

Pilot Receiving Pointers Before Takeoff
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Davis talks to Lieutenant Charles Dryden (in cockpit) before he takes off in a P-40 Warhawk at an army air base

WWI Flying Ace Raoul Lufbery
Portrait of French-American flying ace Raoul Lufbery

Pilot Amelia Earhart wearing a leather flight helmet and goggles

Aviator Charles Lindbergh with Spirit of St. Louis

French Pilot Standing Beside Biplane
An autographed photo of Georges Boillot beside his Nieuport Bebe

Gary Cooper Standing With Amelia Earhart
(Original Caption) Portrait of Gary Cooper and Amelia Earhart. Undated photograph

Amelia Earhart Stands Near Plane'S Rear
(Original Caption) Amelia Earhart, (1898-1937), first woman to crosss the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane. She stands impishly near the rear of her aircraft. Undated photograph

Amelia Earhart Standing In Airplane
(Original Caption) Amelia Earhart (1898-1937), American aviatrix, first woman to cross Atlantic Ocean in airplane. Photograph showing her, from below, in airplane. Undated photograph

Amelia Earhart In Her Plane'S Cockpit
(Original Caption) Amelia Earhart, (1898-1937), American aviatrix, first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane. A low-angle photograph of her sitting in her plane's cockpit

Painting of Wilbur Wright in Flight at Camp d'Auvours by Georges Scott
WRIGHT BROTHERS: WILBUR WRIGHT WITH HIS AIRPLANE AT CAMP D'AUVOURS NEAR MANS. PAINTING BY GEORGE SCOTT

Wright Brothers at Kill Devil Hills
Orville Wright flies a glider over Kill Devil Hills

Antoine de Saint Exupery
Author Antoine de Saint-Exupery, arriving on the liner S.S. Normandie

Amelia Earhart In Plane Cockpit
(Original Caption) Amelia Earhart (1898-1937) American aviatrix, first woman to cross the Atlantic ocean in an airplane. She is shown in plane cockpit. Photographic portrait

Amelia Earhart Next to Aircraft
(Original Caption) Amelia Earhart (1898-1937), American aviatrix, first woman to cross Atlantic. Photograph showing her with airplane

Amelia Earhart Boarding Airplane
Amelia Earhart climbs aboard a small single-engine airplane

Thomas Edison Welcoming Lindbergh
(Original Caption) Thomas Edison welcoming Charles Lindbergh. BPA2# 751

Pilot Amelia Earhart Climbing into Airplane
(Original Caption) Amelia Earhart, (1898-1937), first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane. She is shown climbing into the cockpit. Undated photograph

Launching Wright Brothers Airplane
An early model Wright Brothers plane being prepped for takeoff

Aviation Pioneers Glenn H. Curtiss and John C. Port
John C. Port (R) relaxing with fellow aviator, Glenn H. Curtiss, whose pioneering aviation designs were adapted to World War I aircraft

Advertising Poster With Balloon, Flying C
(Original Caption) 1883-Flying Cloud Balloon. Advertising poster for aerialist, 1883. BPA 2 #397

Wright 1901 Glider
(Original Caption) Wright 1901 Glider. Wilbur Wright in prone position piloting his craft

Stunt Performer Schindler in Flight
Stunt performer Schindler balances above the cockpit of a stunt plane. He was killed moments later when his plane collided with another

Pilot Who Bombed Pearl Harbor
(Original Caption) 3/11/1962-Brookings, OR: The pilot of the only airplane to bomb the continental U.S. in WWII will attend a flower festival here next Ma

Wilbur Wright Gliding
Wilbur Wright glides on the north slope of Big Kill Devil Hill with a double-ruddered glider, at Kitty Hawk on October 2, 1902

Wright Brothers Glider
Wilbur Wright glides on the north slope of Big Kill Devil Hill with a double-ruddered glider, at Kitty Hawk on October 2, 1902

Orville Wright in Glider
Orville Wright getting ready to fly in a glider in 1902, just over a year before the successful test of a powered airplane, at Kitty Hawk. He is flanked by his brother Wilbur, left, and Dan Tate

First Powered Flight
The Wright Brothers successfully test their first aircraft, making the first powered flight in history

Alberto Santos-Dumont
(Original Caption) Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932), Brazilian aeronaut and aviation pioneer

Santos-Dumont In His Plane, 1907
(Original Caption) Santos-Dumont seated in his plane. Photograph, 1907

Wilbur Wright, of Dayton, Ohio, who along with his Orville developed the airplane

Orville Wright at Fort Myer
Orville Wright in flight at Fort Myer, Virginia, demonstrating for the US Army

Wilbur Wright
WIlbur Wright standing at a mantelpiece. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Bettmann Archive)

Wilbur Wright in His Airplane
(Original Caption) 1908-France: Wilbur Wright in his airplane during flight in France, 1908

Orville Wright's Plane Near Ground
(Original Caption) 1908: Orville Wright in flight at Fort Myer

Orville Wright Flying at Ft. Myer
Orville Wright flies a government contracted Wright Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia

Orville Wright Flying Airplane
Orville Wright flies a Wright Model A at Fort Myer, Virginia, on September 12, 1908. The flight was a demonstration for the U.S. Army, the first of a series, and lasted 1 and a quarter hours

Wilbur Wright and Paul Zens
(Original Caption) France : Wilbur Wright (1867-1912), American pioneer in aviation, and Paul Zens, famous French flier, preparing for two man flight in Le Mans, France. Photo 1908

Thomas E. Selfridge and Orville Wright
This picture taken at Fort Myer, Virginia, on September 17, 1908 shows (left to right) Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge who was the first U.S

The Wright Brothers
Ohio brothers Wilbur (left) and Orville Wright developed the first successful powered airplane, which flew at Kitty Hawk in 1903

Aviator Louis Bleriot Aboard Plane
(Original Caption) Bleriot in his cross-channel machine. Photograph, courtesy The Sherman Fairchild Collection of Aeronautical Photographs

Orville Wright Test Struts on Airplane
(Original Caption) 7/27/1909: Wright Brothers Flyer in the starting position on the track. Orville Wright is testing the struts (black jacket and cap) prior to starting the first endurance flight

Stunt Flyer on Top of Plane in Midair
(Original Caption) Croyden, England: Stunt flyer stands on top of his plane. Photograph, England, ca. 1910

Pilot Harriet Quimby Starting Airplane
Harriet Quimby grabs hold of the propeller of her monoplane and prepares to start the engine. In 1911, she became the first woman to receive a pilot's licence

Manfred von Richthofen (1892-1918), known as the Red Baron, is credited with the destruction of 80 Allied airplanes during World War I

Wright Airplane Taking Off
(Original Caption) General view of a Wright Brothers airplane as it just leaves the ground during a demonstration flight. Undated photograph, circa 1910

Inventors Orville and Wilbur Wright
(Original Caption) Orville and Wilbur Wright walking

Pilot Harriet Quimby with Airplane
In 1911, Harriet Quimby became the first woman in the United States to receive her pilot's license

Wright Glider After Bumpy Landing
Orville Wright climbs out of a glider which made a less than perfect landing at Kitty Hawk in 1911. On the ground are (l-r) Alec Ogilvie and Wilbur Wright

Orville Wright Gliding
Orville Wright glides over Kitty Hawk in the Wrights 1911 glider while others look on

Orville Wright Gliding
Orville Wright glides over Kitty Hawk in the Wrights 1911 glider

Orville Wright Gliding
Orville Wright glides over Kitty Hawk in the Wrights 1911 glider while others look on

Calbraith Rogers Sitting in Early Model Airplane
(Original Caption) Calbraith Perry Rogers is shown ready to start his first transcontinental airplane flight from Brooklyn, New York to Pasadena, California

Orville Wright Preparing for Takeoff
Orville Wright prepares to take off in a glider. His brother Lorin (left) and friend Alexander Ogilvie hold the glider steady. | Location: Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA

Orville Wright Gliding
Orville Wright glides over Kitty Hawk in the Wrights 1911 glider while others look on

Wright Brothers Flying Glider
Orville Wright flies a glider over Kill Devil Hills

Wright Brothers Glider In Flight
Alex Ogilvie watches Orville Wright glide over the Kill Devil Hills

Orville Wright Flying Glider
Orville Wright flies a glider over Kill Devil Hills

Orville Wright Preparing for Takeoff
Orville Wright prepares to take off in a glider. His brother Lorin (left) and friend Alexander Ogilvie hold the glider steady. | Location: Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA

Harriet Quimby Climbing into Monoplane
(Original Caption) Harriet Quimby climbing into her Moisant monoplane. She was the 1st woman monoplanist as well as the 1st American woman to try for her pilot's license. Autographed photo, 1912

Pilot Harriet Quimby Sitting in Monoplane
Harriet Quimby sits in the Bleriot XI that she flew across the English Channel on April 16, 1912

Wright Brothers "Model E" Plane
(Original Caption) Wright Brothers "Model E" plane in 1913. Quarter view, in flight, at Simms Station near Dayton, Ohio

Manfred von Richthofen, "The Red Baron"
German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, known as the Red Baron, stands near a Fokker DVII biplane

Billy Mitchell In Cockpit Of Plane
(Original Caption) Brigadier General Billy Mitchell in cockpit of a Thomas Morse Pursuit Plane. Ca. 1910s

Baron Manfred von Richthofen
Baron Captain Manfred von Richthofen, also known as the Red Baron, the greatest fighter pilot of World War I. Personally credited with shooting down 80 enemy aircraft, he died in action in 1918

Pilot Lincoln Beachey in Early Biplane
5/22/14: Lincoln Beachey with his airplane

Taking Off From Sheepshead Bay
A twin engine tractor biplane taking off from the Sheepshead Bay race track, Brooklyn, New York, circa 1915

Winifred Brown and Louise White
(Original Caption) 8/07/1915-New York, NY- Miss Louise White (R) and Miss Winifred Brown (L), sit on steps of a fire-escape, in New York City

Women Walking with Rolled Stockings
(Original Caption) 8/07/1915-New York, NY- Miss Louise White (in white) and Miss Winifred Brown (in brown of the No-body Home Company), stroll past a group of on-lookers on Fifth Avenue

American Soldier Aiming Military Aircraft Gun
(Original Caption) World War I machine gunner. Photograph 1916

World War Flying Ace Eddie Rickenbacker
(Original Caption) 1916- Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I flying Ace and receiver of the Congressional Medal of Honr, is shown wearing flying garb and goggles

Ruth Law Seated In Airplane
(Original Caption) Photo shows Miss Ruth Law as she returned to earth after a spectacular flight at Sheepshead Bay

Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker with Flight Crew
Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker, the most decorated American pilot during World War I, with other soldiers of the 94th Squadron in France

Pilot James C. Edgerton and His Sister Elizabeth
Lieutenant James C. Edgerton holding roses given to him by his sister Elizabeth after finishing the last stretch of the airmail flight from Philadelphia to Washington

Eddie Rickenbacker Sitting in Biplane
World War I fighter pilot Eddie Rickenbacker, known as the "ace of aces", sits in his Spad XIII fighter plane

Frank Luke
American World War I fighter ace, Frank Luke Jr (1897 - 1918), with his SPAD S.XIII biplane, France, 18th September 1918

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