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![[Bedouin and Circassian chiefs on the Aerodrome at Amman, 1921]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvYmVkb3Vpbi1hbmQtY2lyY2Fzc2lhbi1jaGllZnMtb24tdGhlLWFlcm9kcm9tZS1hdC1hbW1hbi0xOTIxLTEwMjQuanBn/320/234/jpg "[Bedouin and Circassian chiefs on the Aerodrome at Amman, 1921]")
![Wings over Palestine-Certificates of Flying School, April 21, 1939. Young pilots who received their flying licenses with instructors [Lydda Air Port]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzkvMDEvMDEvd2luZ3Mtb3Zlci1wYWxlc3RpbmUtY2VydGlmaWNhdGVzLW9mLWZseWluZy1zY2hvb2wtYXByaWwtMjEtMTkzOS15b3VuZy1waWxvdHMtMS02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "Wings over Palestine-Certificates of Flying School, April 21, 1939. Young pilots who received their flying licenses with instructors [Lydda Air Port]")
![[Evacuation of and firing of Manassas Junction]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvZXZhY3VhdGlvbi1vZi1hbmQtZmlyaW5nLW9mLW1hbmFzc2FzLWp1bmN0aW9uLTE0MTQ5MS02NDAuanBn/40/13/webp "[Evacuation of and firing of Manassas Junction]")
![Two American Conquerors of the Air [July 1909]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvdHdvLWFtZXJpY2FuLWNvbnF1ZXJvcnMtb2YtdGhlLWFpci1qdWx5LTE5MDktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "Two American Conquerors of the Air [July 1909]")
![[Walter Wellman with unidentified man at aviation meet]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvd2FsdGVyLXdlbGxtYW4td2l0aC11bmlkZW50aWZpZWQtbWFuLWF0LWF2aWF0aW9uLW1lZXQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Walter Wellman with unidentified man at aviation meet]")
![The Motor Kite- Flight and the Americans [Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger, 16 May 1908]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvdGhlLW1vdG9yLWtpdGUtZmxpZ2h0LWFuZC10aGUtYW1lcmljYW5zLWJlcmxpbmVyLWxva2FsLWFuemVpZ2VyLTE2LW1heS0xOTA4LTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/48/webp "The Motor Kite- Flight and the Americans [Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger, 16 May 1908]")
![Aviators, Braving Gale, Circle Manhattan in Times Aerial Derby... [New York Times, 14 October 1913]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvYXZpYXRvcnMtYnJhdmluZy1nYWxlLWNpcmNsZS1tYW5oYXR0YW4taW4tdGltZXMtYWVyaWFsLWRlcmJ5LW5ldy15b3JrLXRpbWVzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "Aviators, Braving Gale, Circle Manhattan in Times Aerial Derby... [New York Times, 14 October 1913]")
