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Aviators and Airplanes in DC

Airplanes and blimps above National Mall, Washington Monument, Potomac river and around.
[Aircraft at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.]
1904
1904
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1979
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1979
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[Exhibit of early aircraft, probably at Smithsonian Institution]

Airplanes are seen indoors, in hangar-like structure.

The C 7 passing over the White House this morning on her trip from Hampton Roads to Bolling Field

Photograph shows Navy C 7, the first lighter-than-air ship to be inflated with helium, flying over the White house in Washington, D.C.

Lawrence Sperry

Head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, seated in cockpit of Sperry airplane; Lincoln Memorial in background, Washington, D.C.

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