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The First Flight

August 30, 2014

The first successful powered flight by the Wright brothers, 1903.

The Atlantic has posted a series of remarkable photos of the Wright brothers’ early experiments in flight. Above:

First flight: 120 feet in 12 seconds, on December 17, 1903. This photograph shows man’s first powered, controlled, sustained flight. Orville Wright at the controls of the machine, lying prone on the lower wing with hips in the cradle which operated the wing-warping mechanism. Wilbur Wright running alongside to balance the machine, has just released his hold on the forward upright of the right wing. The starting rail, the wing-rest, a coil box, and other items needed for flight preparation are visible behind the machine. Orville Wright preset the camera and had John T. Daniels squeeze the rubber bulb, tripping the shutter.

Filed Under: Odds & Ends Tagged With: airplanes, history

Lartigue

July 28, 2012

Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986). “The ZYX takes off… Piroux, Zissou, Georges Louis and Dédé try to fly, too, Rouzat, September 1910.” Silver gelatine print, around 1965, 60,1 x 74 cm. (Via Galerie Berinson)

Filed Under: Art, Photography Tagged With: airplanes, Lartigue

Robert Longo: Untitled (Windows at Night)

December 9, 2011

Robert Longo - Untitled (Windows at Night)

Robert Longo
Untitled (Windows at Night)
2009
Charcoal on mounted paper
60 x 120 inches

(via)

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: airplanes, Robert Longo

Photo of the Day

February 15, 2011

Eisenhower's Air Force One

Eisenhower’s Air Force One. Photo by Christopher Griffith. (via)

Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: airplanes

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