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Photographer:Frank Hurley
Year:1917
Location:Palestine
Description:Fighter planes parked outside the hangar of the 1st Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps in Palestine.
Source:Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Photographer:Frank Hurley
Year:1918
Location:Mejdel, Palestine
Description: Lieutenant General Sir Harry Chauvel conducts an inspection of the men and Bristol F.2B fighter planes of the No.1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, at Mejdel around January 1918.
Source: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Photographer: Frank Hurley
Year:1918
Location: Mejdel, Palestine
Description: Captain Ross M. Smith (left) and an observer of the Australian Flying Corps, No. 1 Squadron, analyse a document together near a parked Bristol F.2 Fighter plane at an airfield in Mejdel on February 1918.
Source:Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
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Fêtes D'Aviation. 1911. Goth.
47 ¼ x 63 in./120 x 160 cm
Practically the mirror image of Le Petit Parisien’s poster for the Paris-Madrid race, we are here offered the skyline of the small town of Le Puy. The text below advertises a rivalry between Jules Vedrines (who would become the first pilot to break 100 mph the following year) and the Peruvian Juan Bielovucic Cavalié (the second aviator to make it across the Alps).
Available at auction February 25, 2018.
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Grand Prix d'Aviation. 1912. Ernest Louis Lessieux.
28 3/8 x 40 ¾ in./72 x 103.5 cm
Military men look on, skeptically and thoughtfully, as a ground crew struggles to manage a Blériot XXVII on the turf outside Angers. This was “the first contest to show the extent to which the aeroplane could be depended upon as an instrument of war” (Looping the Loop, p. 83). In the actual competition, an early summer date proved unwise as terrible rains and winds descended upon the course. Just before the event was postponed, however, Roland Garros landed his Deperdussin “Demoiselle,” winning the event to the consternation of the other 34 pilots who hadn’t been able to compete. “‘It was a moving, at times agonizing, demonstration,’ reported Le Matin. ‘The most marvelous show of valor in aviation,’ chimed in writer Jacques Mortane. The exploit of Garros against a fierce wind had placed him ahead of all the pilots in the world” (p.83).
Available at auction February 25, 2018.
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An early bit of photographic fakery detailing the 1st National Aviation Meet at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1910. The airplanes were added from other negatives before the final print, resulting in a composite photograph of multiple planes. Huzzah!
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The enemy of biplanes
Maughan’s Curtiss Pursuit plane (LOC) by The Library of Congress
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Bain News Service,, publisher. Maughan’s Curtiss Pursuit plane [between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes: Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Format: Glass negatives. Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.htmlRepository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.printPart Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517 General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbainHigher resolution image is available (Persistent URL):hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.36076Call Number: LC-B2- 6024-11
