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  1. I begin the new year with optimism, embodied in this remarkable early postcard: “Aeroplane In Flight, Roanoke, Illinois, September 4, 1911.” The aircraft is captured just as it lifts above a grassy field at dawn—an image of ascent, renewal, and promise. It serves as a fitting reminder that transportation history is often about moments of transition and possibility.
    #Aviation #Avgeek #Postcards #EarlyAviation

  2. Curtiss Model D Pusher, 1912 (replica). Glenn Curtiss was engaged, sometimes in a legal sense, in a fight with the Wright Brothers for dominance in the world of early aviation - Curtiss machines had ailerons, rather than the Wright-designed wing warping, for roll control. Although the Model D suffered, as did most of the early pusher designs, from higher drag due to the wide-spaced rear fuselage frame members, it was still a useful machine, performing both the first take-off from a vessel (Nov. 1910) and the first landing (Jan. 1911). This replica is of a 'headless pusher', so called by Curtiss because the earlier forward mounted canard control surfaces were omitted in this model #earlyaviation #biplane #GlennCurtiss #Curtiss #aeroplane #pusher #aircraft #navalaviation #USA #WrightBrothers #avgeek #aviationlovers #CurtissModelD #museum #replica

  3. CW: Flying Pig: Historic picture from before modern animal care adopted.

    The world's first Flying Pig.

    #FlyingPig #FlyingPigs #EarlyAviation