Category Archives: Photography
Wills’s Aviation Card #64 – Mr. Claude Grahame-White.
History Behind The Card: Mr. Claude Grahame-White. Card #64 of 75, W.D.& H.O Wills, Aviation series 1911, Capstan Navy Cut – black back issue Claude Grahame-White, August 21, 1879 in Bursledon, Hampshire, England, Great Britain – August 19, 1959 in Nice, … Continue reading
Posted in Aeroplane Factories, Air Shows, Airfields, Firsts, Heavier-Than-Air, Motors and Engines, Museums, People, Photography, Pilots, Tobacco Card, Weapons, WWI
Tagged Aerofilms and Surveys Limited, Blériot XI, Claude Grahame-White, Farman III, First Night flight, Gnome Double Omega motor, Gordon Bennett Aviation Cup, Grahame-White Aviation Company, Hendon Arodrome, Landing an airplane near the White House, Midlands Aviation Meeting
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Wills’s Aviation Card #59 – “Vanniman” Triplane.
History Behind The Card: “Vanniman” Triplane. Card #59 of 75, W.D.& H.O Wills, Aviation series 1911, Capstan Navy Cut issue Chester Melvin Vaniman aka Vanniman, December 30, 1866 in Virden, Illinois, United States of America – July 2, 1912 in … Continue reading
Posted in Airfields, Failures, Heavier-Than-Air, Lighter-Than-Air, Motors and Engines, People, Photography, Tobacco Card, Zeppelins & Dirigibles
Tagged Akron dirigible, America dirigible, First Goodyear Blimp, Kiddo the cat, Oceanic Steamship Company, Panorama Photos, Vaniman Triplane, Vaniman-Seiberling Transatlantic Expedition, Vanniman Triplane
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Pioneers Of Aviation Photography
Have you ever heard of Jimmy Black? Okay… his true name is James Wallace Black, and he probably went by the name James Black. Born in Francetown, New Hampshire on February 10, 1825, he was a pioneer of aviation thanks … Continue reading
