Beginning Of Aviation Collection

Start of aviation: American biplanes during an aircraft race in 1910. The pilots are flying around the brand in
NWI4953129 Start of aviation: American biplanes during an aircraft race in 1910. The pilots are flying around the brand in the wind

Samuel Pierpont Langley, with signature
NWI4948820 Samuel Pierpont Langley, with signature.; (add.info.: Samuel Pierpont Langley, with signature.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a soldier in an airplane flies with the French flag an Alsatian waiting
LUX4741058 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a soldier in an airplane flies with the French flag an Alsatian waiting for him with impatience

France: A glider and his pilot in a protective suit, 1900
LUX4810991 France: A glider and his pilot in a protective suit, 1900; (add.info.: France: A glider and his pilot in a protective suit, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

France, Lower Normandy, Calvados (14), Deauville: landing of a Farman biplane on the beach of Deauville, 1910
LUX4801976 France, Lower Normandy, Calvados (14), Deauville: landing of a Farman biplane on the beach of Deauville, 1910; (add.info.: France, Lower Normandy, Calvados (14)

First World War: Patriotic map showing a Bleriot plane flying over Metz Cathedral, 1915
LUX4744379 First World War: Patriotic map showing a Bleriot plane flying over Metz Cathedral, 1915; (add.info.: World War I - War 14-18 (1914-1918) - World War I (WWI or WW1)

First World War: France, Patriotic Calendar Map showing a French plane flying over enemy troops
LUX4742656 First World War: France, Patriotic Calendar Map showing a French plane flying over enemy troops, titled 'Victory Calendar'

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a child in marine uniform carries a flag under a sky filled with French
LUX4738451 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a child in marine uniform carries a flag under a sky filled with French airplane, 1915

First World War: France, Comedy map showing an observation patrol at work, 1917
LUX4734543 First World War: France, Comedy map showing an observation patrol at work, 1917; (add.info.: World War I - War 14-18 (1914-1918) - World War I (WWI or WW1): France

Saint-Cloud, Hauts de Seine (92): Santos-Dumont welcomed by notables and military personnel descends from the basket of
LUX4728547 Saint-Cloud, Hauts de Seine (92): Santos-Dumont welcomed by notables and military personnel descends from the basket of his balloon, 1899; (add.info.: Saint-Cloud)

France: Two soldiers pose in front of their Farman biplane, 1910
LUX4726491 France: Two soldiers pose in front of their Farman biplane, 1910; (add.info.: France: Two soldiers pose in front of their Farman biplane, 1910); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

France: whimsical representation of a Bleriot with a child pilot, 1909
LUX4726496 France: whimsical representation of a Bleriot with a child pilot, 1909; (add.info.: France: whimsical representation of a Bleriot with a child pilot, 1909); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Les Grandes Manoeuvres de l'Ouest, a Maurice Farman in Menneton
LUX4796304 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: Les Grandes Manoeuvres de l'Ouest, a Maurice Farman in Menneton, 1912 - plane Maurice Farman: MF 569; (add.info.: France, Centre)

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Air Show, 1919 - Airco, Morane-Saulnier, Caudron, Farman, Louis Breguet
LUX4798889 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Air Show, 1919 - Airco, Morane-Saulnier, Caudron, Farman, Louis Breguet, Louis Clement, Le Goliath; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

France, Centre, Loir-et-Cher (41), Pontlevoy: the great manoeuvres of the West
LUX4797624 France, Centre, Loir-et-Cher (41), Pontlevoy: the great manoeuvres of the West, a biplane lands in a field of the Tourangelle countryside, 1912; (add.info.: France, Centre)

Aeroplane Esnault-Pelterie (1906), monoplane aircraft designed by Robert Esnault Pelterie (1881-1957). Photography
YOU4418515 Aeroplane Esnault-Pelterie (1906), monoplane aircraft designed by Robert Esnault Pelterie (1881-1957). Photography

France, Ile-de-France, Hauts-de-Seine (92), Issy les Moulineaux (Issy-les-Moulineaux)
LUX4746130 France, Ile-de-France, Hauts-de-Seine (92), Issy les Moulineaux (Issy-les-Moulineaux): photo of the neighbouring biplane with his driver Henri Farman, 1908; (add.info.: France)

France: man sitting on chair in gym showing a reduced model of aircraft, 1910
LUX4760525 France: man sitting on chair in gym showing a reduced model of aircraft, 1910; (add.info.: France: man sitting on chair in gym showing a reduced model of aircraft)

Postcard Patrie showing a Zouave going to assault while playing the bugle - French soldier sounds the charge
PCT4298151 Postcard Patrie showing a Zouave going to assault while playing the bugle - French soldier sounds the charge, 1914=1918 (postcard); © Patrice Cartier. All rights reserved 2023.

Flying machine built by Jacob Degen, a clockmaker from Vienna (the ornithoptere, a flying machine built by Jacob Degen)
FLO4576551 Flying machine built by Jacob Degen, a clockmaker from Vienna (the ornithoptere, a flying machine built by Jacob Degen, a kind of helicopter driven by muscular force)

The Antoinette monoplane by Hubert Latham (1883-1912), 1910
LUX4746098 The Antoinette monoplane by Hubert Latham (1883-1912), 1910; (add.info.: The Antoinette monoplane by Hubert Latham (1883-1912), 1910); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

First World War: Patriotic map showing a soldier in uniform coming from an Alsatian woman while a Farman plane flies
LUX4744431 First World War: Patriotic map showing a soldier in uniform coming from an Alsatian woman while a Farman plane flies over the scene and titled Les oiseaux de France

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a drawing representing the superiority of French weapons, 1915
LUX4740584 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a drawing representing the superiority of French weapons, 1915, Map titled: Revenge of Our Weapons; (add.info)

First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a woman holding a French flag collecting money to buy planes for
LUX4739088 First World War: France, Patriotic Map showing a woman holding a French flag collecting money to buy planes for the French army

First World War: France, Drawing postcard showing a hairy watchman in a snow landscape flying over by a French plane
LUX4736288 First World War: France, Drawing postcard showing a hairy watchman in a snow landscape flying over by a French plane driven by a baby

First World War: France, Humorous propaganda postcard showing the force landings, 1917
LUX4734658 First World War: France, Humorous propaganda postcard showing the force landings, 1917; (add.info.: World War I - War 14-18 (1914-1918) - World War I (WWI or WW1): France

Saint-Cloud, Hauts de Seine (92): Close-up of the Santos-Dumont balloon engine with gas tank and radiator, 1899
LUX4728574 Saint-Cloud, Hauts de Seine (92): Close-up of the Santos-Dumont balloon engine with gas tank and radiator, 1899; (add.info.: Saint-Cloud)

France: Fancy photo depicting a woman on a farman biplane, 1914
LUX4726404 France: Fancy photo depicting a woman on a farman biplane, 1914; (add.info.: France: Fancy photo depicting a woman on a farman biplane, 1914); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

Anticipation: Air battles of the future as imagined in 1909, using modern air transport vehicles and defensive weaponry
NWI4952842 Anticipation: Air battles of the future as imagined in 1909, using modern air transport vehicles and defensive weaponry: airship, biplane, anti-aircraft fire and bomb

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: April-May 1910, aviation week in Rochepinard, Touraine meeting
LUX4796289 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Tours: April-May 1910, aviation week in Rochepinard, Touraine meeting, Farman by Geo Chavez (Jorge Chavez Dartnell) (1887-1910) in full flight

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Cour des Invalides, trophees of German weapons: Cannons
LUX4785735 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): Cour des Invalides, trophees of German weapons: Cannons, self-guns and planes visited by American tourists and soldiers, 1919; (add.info.: France)

Red Laughter, Satirical in N & B, 1915_8_14: War of 14 -18, Aviation, Barbaria/Kultur
ICA4851644 Red Laughter, Satirical in N & B, 1915_8_14: War of 14 -18, Aviation, Barbaria/Kultur; (add.info.: Red Laughter, Satirical in N & B, 1915_8_14: War of 14 -18, Aviation)

France, Basse-Normandie, Calvados (14), Deauville: landing of a Farman biplane on Deauville beach, close-up, 1910
LUX4801987 France, Basse-Normandie, Calvados (14), Deauville: landing of a Farman biplane on Deauville beach, close-up, 1910; (add.info.: France, Basse-Normandie, Calvados (14)

Germany: monoplane plane plane in front of its hangar, 1912 - E Rumpler Luftfahrzeugbau, G M B H
LUX4783150 Germany: monoplane plane plane in front of its hangar, 1912 - E Rumpler Luftfahrzeugbau, G M B H; (add.info.: Germany: monoplane plane plane in front of its hangar)

France, Ile de France, Paris (75): at the Grand Palais, Air Show, Interieur, 1913 - Borel, Morane-Saulnier, Bleriot
LUX4797862 France, Ile de France, Paris (75): at the Grand Palais, Air Show, Interieur, 1913 - Borel, Morane-Saulnier, Bleriot, Ponnier, Farman, REP establishment; (add.info.: France, Ile de France)

France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Epinal: BM120 squadrille, Henri Lemaitre at the command of his Breguet 14 no 91, 1919
LUX4797346 France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Epinal: BM120 squadrille, Henri Lemaitre at the command of his Breguet 14 no 91, 1919; (add.info.: France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Epinal: BM120 squadrille

France, Centre, Loir-et-Cher (41), Pontlevoy: the great manoeuvres of the West
LUX4797620 France, Centre, Loir-et-Cher (41), Pontlevoy: the great manoeuvres of the West, Henri Lemaitre at the command of his Farman in a field of the Tourangelle countryside

France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Epinal: an accident monoplane, 1914
LUX4797342 France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Epinal: an accident monoplane, 1914; (add.info.: France, Lorraine, Vosges (88), Epinal: an accident monoplane, 1914); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

First World War: France, Patriotic greeting postcard showing a drawing of France on a Bleriot plane accompanying a
LUX4736614 First World War: France, Patriotic greeting postcard showing a drawing of France on a Bleriot plane accompanying a cavalry load, 1915

First World War: France, Patriotic postcard of a studio photo showing Father Noel bringing warrior toys to two children
LUX4736927 First World War: France, Patriotic postcard of a studio photo showing Father Noel bringing warrior toys to two children thinking of their father fighting at the front

First World War: France, Drawing showing the distribution of mail at the front, 1915
LUX4737242 First World War: France, Drawing showing the distribution of mail at the front, 1915; (add.info.: World War I - War 14-18 (1914-1918) - World War I (WWI or WW1): France

First World War: France, Postcard showing the image of a Bleriot monoplane plane plane flying under the snow
LUX4736431 First World War: France, Postcard showing the image of a Bleriot monoplane plane plane flying under the snow and with the title " the bird of France watch"

Wilbur Wright
NWI4948997 Wilbur Wright.; (add.info.: Wilbur Wright.); Photo © North Wind Pictures

Portrait of Jean Francois Pilatre de Rosier, 1880 (engraving)
ELD4837803 Portrait of Jean Francois Pilatre de Rosier, 1880 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean Francois Pilatre de Rosier (1757-1785)

First flight: two pilots in an American army reconnaissance aircraft. 1910
NWI4952698 First flight: two pilots in an American army reconnaissance aircraft. 1910. Colour lithograph reproducing an illustration by William Harnden Foster (1886-1941).; (add.info.: First flight)

First World War: Christmas Patriotic Map showing a child in a Bleriot plane thinking admiring over a dragon regiment
LUX4744256 First World War: Christmas Patriotic Map showing a child in a Bleriot plane thinking admiring over a dragon regiment

First World War: Patriotic Map showing an Alsatian and a Lorraine near the Lion of Belfort Watching French Aircraft
LUX4744690 First World War: Patriotic Map showing an Alsatian and a Lorraine near the Lion of Belfort Watching French Aircraft Approaching

France: Spad 13 single-engine biplane with officers on an airfield, 1917 - Spad biplane aircraft
LUX4769061 France: Spad 13 single-engine biplane with officers on an airfield, 1917 - Spad biplane aircraft; (add.info.: France: Spad 13 single-engine biplane with officers on an airfield)

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"The Beginning of Aviation: A Journey Through Time and Triumph" Step back in time to witness the remarkable beginnings of aviation, captured through a series of captivating hints. In a black-and-white photograph, we see Raymonde De Laroche taking her place at the helm of a biplane, marking her historic ascent into the skies. The image transports us to an era where dreams took flight against all odds. In another snapshot from 1914, "L'alsace Heuree; L'aeroplane, " we catch a glimpse of the souvenir from Colmar prison - an aircraft that symbolizes both freedom and innovation. It serves as a testament to human resilience and determination amidst adversity. Wilbur Wright's portrait by D'ostoya in "L'Assiette au Beurre" showcases his pioneering spirit as he fearlessly explores new frontiers above the clouds. His unwavering passion for flight ignites our imagination and fuels our desire to conquer uncharted territories. "My village, those who do not forget: July 14" captures the collective memory etched in history when aviation became intertwined with national celebrations. The sky becomes a canvas on which patriotism soars high above borders and boundaries. Aviator Wilbur Wright sweeps through an exhibition at the Motor Show with a Ducellier lighthouse illuminating his path. This moment immortalized in "La Vie Parisienne" epitomizes progress and technological advancements that continue to shape modern aviation. However, progress is not without its setbacks. On October 1st in Milan, tragedy strikes as two aircraft collide – marking one of aviation's first air accidents. This somber reminder reminds us of the risks pioneers faced while pushing boundaries beyond what was thought possible. Alberto Santos-Dumont's portrait reveals yet another visionary mind behind this revolutionary era. As a Brazilian engineer dedicated to conquering the skies, he personifies courage and innovation that transcends borders.