Tag Archives: Aviation

1920: Edinburgh

Posted on October 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

Alfred G. Buckham: Aerial view of Edinburgh (c. 1920)

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1914: Wings!

Posted on September 26, 2017 by corvusfugit

Alvin Langdon Coburn: Wings! (1914)

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1978: The Medusa Touch

Posted on September 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

Jack Gold, director: The Medusa Touch (1978)

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1918: Landscape with Crash

Posted on September 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Singer Sargent: Crashed Aeroplane (1918)

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1908: Flying Machine

Posted on September 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Harry Grant Dart: Cover illustration for the magazine The All-Story, October 1908

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1933: Zeppelin

Posted on September 3, 2017 by corvusfugit

Carel Willink: The Zeppelin (1933)

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1938: Death Loop

Posted on August 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

Tullio Crali: Upside Down Loop (Death Loop) (1938)

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1784: First Woman to Fly

Posted on August 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

On June 4, 1784, at the age of 19, a French opera singer named Élisabeth Thible became the first woman aeronaut in history by ascending in a hot air balloon in Lyon. A painter named M. Fleurant had been scheduled … Continue reading →

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1937: Black Flag

Posted on August 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

Rene Magritte: Le Drapeau Noir [The Black Flag] (1937)

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1875: Flight

Posted on August 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

“Lunar halo and luminescent cross observed during the balloon Zénith’s long distance flight from Paris to Arcachon in March, 1875.” drawn between 1875 and 1880, possibly by Albert Tissandier (source)

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