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![Bleriot type airplane of American airplane supply co. [i.e., American Aeroplane Supply House?], Garden City, L.I., May 1912](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvYmxlcmlvdC10eXBlLWFpcnBsYW5lLW9mLWFtZXJpY2FuLWFpcnBsYW5lLXN1cHBseS1jby1pZS1hbWVyaWNhbi1hZXJvcGxhbmUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/246/jpg "Bleriot type airplane of American airplane supply co. [i.e., American Aeroplane Supply House?], Garden City, L.I., May 1912")
![Aeroplanes are 25 Years Ahead of Aviators [New York American, 20 November 1911]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTEvMDEvMDEvYWVyb3BsYW5lcy1hcmUtMjUteWVhcnMtYWhlYWQtb2YtYXZpYXRvcnMtbmV3LXlvcmstYW1lcmljYW4tMjAtbm92ZW1iZXItMTkxMS02NDAuZ2lm/40/287/webp "Aeroplanes are 25 Years Ahead of Aviators [New York American, 20 November 1911]")
![Aeroplanes of Aerial Experimental Association [G.H. Curtiss, American Machinist, 17 June 1909]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvYWVyb3BsYW5lcy1vZi1hZXJpYWwtZXhwZXJpbWVudGFsLWFzc29jaWF0aW9uLWdoLWN1cnRpc3MtYW1lcmljYW4tbWFjaGluaXN0LTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Aeroplanes of Aerial Experimental Association [G.H. Curtiss, American Machinist, 17 June 1909]")
![Wright Aeroplane- A Noteworthy Lesson [L.P. Alford, American Machinist, 1 October 1908]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvd3JpZ2h0LWFlcm9wbGFuZS1hLW5vdGV3b3J0aHktbGVzc29uLWxwLWFsZm9yZC1hbWVyaWNhbi1tYWNoaW5pc3QtMS1vY3RvYmVyLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "Wright Aeroplane- A Noteworthy Lesson [L.P. Alford, American Machinist, 1 October 1908]")
![Aeroplanes of Aerial Experimental Association [G.H. Curtiss, American Machinist, 17 June 1909]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvYWVyb3BsYW5lcy1vZi1hZXJpYWwtZXhwZXJpbWVudGFsLWFzc29jaWF0aW9uLWdoLWN1cnRpc3MtYW1lcmljYW4tbWFjaGluaXN0LTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "Aeroplanes of Aerial Experimental Association [G.H. Curtiss, American Machinist, 17 June 1909]")
![Progress of the Wright Aeroplane Experiments [Scientific American, 1908]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvcHJvZ3Jlc3Mtb2YtdGhlLXdyaWdodC1hZXJvcGxhbmUtZXhwZXJpbWVudHMtc2NpZW50aWZpYy1hbWVyaWNhbi0xOTA4LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/191/webp "Progress of the Wright Aeroplane Experiments [Scientific American, 1908]")
