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![[Two scenes of Louis Paulhan flying Farman biplane - over Salt lake City fairgrounds, 1910; over Somerset House and Thames River, London, 1910 (in Daily Mail contest to fly between London and Manchester, April 1910)]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvdHdvLXNjZW5lcy1vZi1sb3Vpcy1wYXVsaGFuLWZseWluZy1mYXJtYW4tYmlwbGFuZS1vdmVyLXNhbHQtbGFrZS1jaXR5LWZhaXJncm91bmRzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/380/jpg "[Two scenes of Louis Paulhan flying Farman biplane - over Salt lake City fairgrounds, 1910; over Somerset House and Thames River, London, 1910 (in Daily Mail contest to fly between London and Manchester, April 1910)]")
![Flying from London to Manchester [Wilbur Wright, The London Magazine, February 1909]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvZmx5aW5nLWZyb20tbG9uZG9uLXRvLW1hbmNoZXN0ZXItd2lsYnVyLXdyaWdodC10aGUtbG9uZG9uLW1hZ2F6aW5lLWZlYnJ1YXJ5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/63/webp "Flying from London to Manchester [Wilbur Wright, The London Magazine, February 1909]")
![[Three scenes of Harry Houdini as aviator; close-up in Voisin biplane cockpit (1910?); ascending in biplane; flying low]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvdGhyZWUtc2NlbmVzLW9mLWhhcnJ5LWhvdWRpbmktYXMtYXZpYXRvci1jbG9zZS11cC1pbi12b2lzaW4tYmlwbGFuZS1jb2NrcGl0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/45/webp "[Three scenes of Harry Houdini as aviator; close-up in Voisin biplane cockpit (1910?); ascending in biplane; flying low]")
![Flying from London to Manchester [Wilbur Wright, The London Magazine, February 1909]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvZmx5aW5nLWZyb20tbG9uZG9uLXRvLW1hbmNoZXN0ZXItd2lsYnVyLXdyaWdodC10aGUtbG9uZG9uLW1hZ2F6aW5lLWZlYnJ1YXJ5LTctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/61/webp "Flying from London to Manchester [Wilbur Wright, The London Magazine, February 1909]")
![Flying from London to Manchester [Wilbur Wright, The London Magazine, February 1909]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvZmx5aW5nLWZyb20tbG9uZG9uLXRvLW1hbmNoZXN0ZXItd2lsYnVyLXdyaWdodC10aGUtbG9uZG9uLW1hZ2F6aW5lLWZlYnJ1YXJ5LTMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "Flying from London to Manchester [Wilbur Wright, The London Magazine, February 1909]")
![Flying from London to Manchester [Wilbur Wright, The London Magazine, February 1909]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvZmx5aW5nLWZyb20tbG9uZG9uLXRvLW1hbmNoZXN0ZXItd2lsYnVyLXdyaWdodC10aGUtbG9uZG9uLW1hZ2F6aW5lLWZlYnJ1YXJ5LTQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "Flying from London to Manchester [Wilbur Wright, The London Magazine, February 1909]")
![To Fly World’s Air Race Today [New York Times, 29 October 1910]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvdG8tZmx5LXdvcmxkcy1haXItcmFjZS10b2RheS1uZXcteW9yay10aW1lcy0yOS1vY3RvYmVyLTE5MTAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/122/webp "To Fly World’s Air Race Today [New York Times, 29 October 1910]")
