Record Breaker Gallery

Dorothy Levitt, the Fastest Girl on Earth (w/c on paper)

2601994 Dorothy Levitt, the Fastest Girl on Earth (w/c on paper) by Ball, Frederick Hammersley (1853-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Commissioned for Tatler Magazine. Dorothy Levitt (5 January 1882 - 17 May 1922), first British woman to compete in a motor race, and holder of several speed records.); Bourne Gallery, Reigate, Surrey; British, out of copyright

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Mr and Mrs Bleriot after the former had flown the Channel, 1910 (b/w photo)

JHL390996 Mr and Mrs Bleriot after the former had flown the Channel, 1910 (b/w photo) by Grant, Thomas E. & Horace Grant (20th Century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Louis Bleriot (1872-1936), French aviator, inventor and engineer;); British, out of copyright

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Fokker T-2 Instrument Panel, 1923. Creator: Unknown

Wooden instrument panel, removed from the aircraft, which contains eight instruments which are secured to the panel with screws. Macready and Kelly used these basic instruments to fly the;T-2 by dead reckoning-"seat of the pants" flying-as they hugged the terrain on their way to San Diego. They made the first non-stop coast-to-coast flight, from Long Island, New York to San Diego, California, with a total flight time of 26 hours, 50 minutes and 48 seconds

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