History of Flight

Flight Time Line

       

. Standing left to right alongside of Bell XS-1 are: Captain Charles E. Yeager, Major Gus Lundquist and Captain James Fitzgerald. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs.

       

Associated Press. (1937). [Amelia Earhart, seated in airplane, checking equipment]. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs.

       

Chanute, O. (1896). Photographs of Chanute glider being flown over dunes on Lake Michigan, 1896. Library of Congress: Exhibitions, The Dream of Flight.

       

Chanute, O. (1900). Octave Chanute Papers: Special Correspondence--Wright Brothers, 1900. Library of Congress: American Memory, The Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers at the Library of Congress.

       

Da Vinci, L. (1893). I Manoscritti di Leonardo da Vinci Sul Volo degli Uccelli e Varie Altre Materie. Library of Congress: Exhibitions, The Dream of Flight.

       

Daniels, J. T. (1903). First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m., Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, December 17, 1903. . Library of Congress: Exhibitions, The Dream of Flight.

       

Unknown. (1783). Premier Voyage Aerien sous la direction de Mr. Montgolfier, 1783. . Library of Congress: Exhibitions, The Dream of Flight.

       

Unknown. (1905).  [Flight 41: Orville flying to the left at a height of about 60 feet; Huffman Prairie, Dayton, Ohio]. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs, Wright Brothers Negatives.

       

Unknown. (1962-1969). Neil A. Armstrong, half-length portrait, facing slightly left. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs.

       

Unknown. (1981-1985). Flight deck of space shuttle Columbia. Library of Congress: American Memory.

       

Unknown. (c1927). Charles Lindbergh, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, beside the Spirit of St. Louis. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs.

       

Unknown. (ca.1925). Scientist, possibly Dr. Robert H. Goddard, posed with a rocket. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs.

       

Unknown. (ca.1961). Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in uniform. Library of Congress: Prints & Photographs.