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![[Douglas SBD "Dauntless" dive bomber balanced on nose after crash landing on carrier flight deck, June 21, 1943]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvZG91Z2xhcy1zYmQtZGF1bnRsZXNzLWRpdmUtYm9tYmVyLWJhbGFuY2VkLW9uLW5vc2UtYWZ0ZXItY3Jhc2gtbGFuZGluZy1vbi1jYXJyaWVyLWJiNzZiMC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/253/jpg "[Douglas SBD \"Dauntless\" dive bomber balanced on nose after crash landing on carrier flight deck, June 21, 1943]")
![Wright’s Airship Falls! U.S. Army Officer Killed, Aviator Maimed [New York Journal, 18 September 1908]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvd3JpZ2h0cy1haXJzaGlwLWZhbGxzLXVzLWFybXktb2ZmaWNlci1raWxsZWQtYXZpYXRvci1tYWltZWQtbmV3LXlvcmstam91cm5hbC02NDAuanBn/40/48/webp "Wright’s Airship Falls! U.S. Army Officer Killed, Aviator Maimed [New York Journal, 18 September 1908]")
![Airship is Disabled- Orville Escapes Injury When Plane Drops 75 Feet [Washington Post, 3 July 1909]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvYWlyc2hpcC1pcy1kaXNhYmxlZC1vcnZpbGxlLWVzY2FwZXMtaW5qdXJ5LXdoZW4tcGxhbmUtZHJvcHMtNzUtZmVldC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLTY0MC5naWY%3D/40/312/webp "Airship is Disabled- Orville Escapes Injury When Plane Drops 75 Feet [Washington Post, 3 July 1909]")
![Aeroplanes on Warships & The New Military Dirigible [The Daily Mirror, 5 May 1909]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvYWVyb3BsYW5lcy1vbi13YXJzaGlwcy1hbmQtdGhlLW5ldy1taWxpdGFyeS1kaXJpZ2libGUtdGhlLWRhaWx5LW1pcnJvci01LW1heS0yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "Aeroplanes on Warships & The New Military Dirigible [The Daily Mirror, 5 May 1909]")
![Aviator Parmalee Killed When Wind Upsets Aeroplane [New York World, 2 June 1912]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvYXZpYXRvci1wYXJtYWxlZS1raWxsZWQtd2hlbi13aW5kLXVwc2V0cy1hZXJvcGxhbmUtbmV3LXlvcmstd29ybGQtMi1qdW5lLTE5MTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/90/webp "Aviator Parmalee Killed When Wind Upsets Aeroplane [New York World, 2 June 1912]")
![Wright Aviator Crushed to Death As Wind Upsets His Machine While Flying 400 Feet Up Out In Washington [Dayton Journal, 2 June 1912]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTIvMDEvMDEvd3JpZ2h0LWF2aWF0b3ItY3J1c2hlZC10by1kZWF0aC1hcy13aW5kLXVwc2V0cy1oaXMtbWFjaGluZS13aGlsZS1mbHlpbmctNDAwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/113/webp "Wright Aviator Crushed to Death As Wind Upsets His Machine While Flying 400 Feet Up Out In Washington [Dayton Journal, 2 June 1912]")
