Category Archives: Flying Schools
Julia Clark – The Daring Bird Girl
Julia Clark: December 21, 1880 in London, England, Great Britain – June 17, 1912 in Springfield, Illinois, United States of America. The one true thing I can state about Julia Clark, is that she was a pioneer pilot. The second … Continue reading →
Posted in Firsts, Flying Schools, Heavier-Than-Air, Pilots, Stunt Flying
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Tagged Aero Club of America, Bird Girl, Julia Clark
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Mohan Singh – The Flying Hindu
I have been called the “whitest Brown guy” by many a person – recently even… which I am meant to take as a compliment. Yes, even I… a Brown guy …. do love hockey and baseball, and know more about … Continue reading →
Posted in Air Shows, Firsts, Flying Schools, Heavier-Than-Air, People, Pilots, Seaplanes
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Tagged Curtiss Aerial Circus, Curtiss Flying School, Curtiss Hydroplane, First pilot from India, Flying Hindu, Glenn Curtiss, Mohan Singh, Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum, Super Yoga Science, The Benares League of America, Yogi Hari Rama
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Wills’s Aviation Card #75 – Mr. Tom Sopwith.
History Behind The Card: Mr. Tom Sopwith. Card #75 of 75, W.D.& H.O Wills, Aviation series 1911, Vice Regal Mixture – Black-back issue Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith on January 18, 1888 in Kensington, London, England, Great Britain – January … Continue reading →
Posted in Balloons, Fighters, Flying Schools, Heavier-Than-Air, Lighter-Than-Air, Motors and Engines, People, Pilots, Tobacco Card, WWI
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Tagged Albert Fileux, C. S. Rolls, Gnome Motor, Gustave Blondeau, Henri Farman, Hewlett & Blondeau Limited, Hilda Hewlett, Howard Wright Biplane, John Moisant, Mademoiselle Fifi, Royal Aero Club of United Kingdom, Short Brothers, Snoopy vs the red baron, Société Astra des Constructions Aéronautiques, Tom Sopwith
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Wills’s Aviation Card #72 – M. Hubert Latham
History Behind The Card: M. Hubert Latham. Card #72 of 75, W.D.& H.O Wills, Aviation series 1911, Vice Regal Mixture – Black-back issue Arthur Charles Hubert Latham, born in Paris, France on January 10, 1883 – June 25, 1912 near … Continue reading →
Posted in Aeroplane Factories, Air Shows, Firsts, Flying Schools, Heavier-Than-Air, Motors and Engines, Myth, Pilots, Tobacco Card
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Tagged Aero Club of France, Antoinette Aviation Company, Antoinette IV, Antoinette motors, Antoinette VII, Baltimore Air Show, Comte Charles de Lambert, Early attempts to fly the English Channel, First female combat flier, Grande Semaine d’Aviation de 14, Hubert Latham, Infante Alfonso, Louis Bleriot, Marie Marvingt, Riders of the Sky, Spain's first military pilot
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Wills’s Aviation Card #70 – Mr. J. Armstrong Drexel
History Behind The Card: Mr. J. Armstrong Drexel. Card #70 of 75, W.D.& H.O Wills, Aviation series 1911, Capstan Navy Cut – Black-back issue John Armstrong Drexel, born October 24, 1891 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America – died … Continue reading →
Posted in Air Shows, Airfields, Flying Schools, Heavier-Than-Air, Motors and Engines, People, Pilots, Tobacco Card
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Tagged Aero Club of America, Anthony J. Drexel, Anthony Joseph Drexel Sr., Belmont Airshow of 1910, Bleriot monoplane, Bollee motor, British Royal Aero Club, Claude Grahame-White, Clerget motor, Dan Rottenberg, Drexel Morgan & Co., Drexel University, E.N.V. motor, East Boldre Flying School, Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, Flying Scotsman, Gnome Motor, J. Armstrong Drexel, J.P. Morgan & Co., John Armstrong Drexel, John Moisant, Saint Katherine, Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, Wright motor
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Wills’s Aviation Card #69 – The Morane-Borel Monoplane.
History Behind The Card: The Morane-Borel Monoplane. Card #69 of 75, W.D.& H.O Wills, Aviation series 1911, Vice Regal Mixture – Green-back issue Léon Morane on April 11, 1885 in Paris, France – October 19, 1918 in Paris, France; Robert … Continue reading →
Posted in Advertising, Aeroplane Factories, Air Shows, Flying Schools, Heavier-Than-Air, Motors and Engines, Museums, People, Pilots, Seaplanes, Tobacco Card, WWI
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Tagged Borel Model A Seaplane, Borel Monoplane, Borel Seaplane, Borel-Morane Monoplane, Canadian Aviation and Space Museum, Cicero Aviation Field, Daily Mail newspaper, Early air race, Flight magazine, Gabriel Borel, Georges Mestach, Gnome Lamba motor, Hispano-Suiza motor, Howard W. Gill, Leon Morane, Morane-Borel Monoplane, Morane-Saulnier Model A Monoplane, Raymond Saulnier, Robert Morane, Société Anonyme des Aeropanes Morane-Borel-Saulnier, Société des Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier
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Hobey Baker: Hockey’s Most Famous “Flyer”
Hobart Amory Hare “Hobey” Baker: January 15, 1892 in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States of America – December 21, 1918 Toul, France. This one isn’t a tobacco card, but it is about someone I found while surfing down rabbit hole … Continue reading →