Wright Brothers First flight Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Title: [First flight, 120 feet in 12 seconds, 10:35 a.m.; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina] Other Title: First flight, December 17, 1903. Date Created / Published: [1903 Dec. 17]

Photograph shows the first powered, controlled, sustained flight. Orville Wright at the controls of the machine, lying prone on the lower wing with hips in the cradle which operated the wing-warping mechanism. Wilbur Wright running alongside to balance the machine, has just released his hold on the forward upright of the right wing. The starting rail, the wing-rest, a coil box, and other items needed for flight preparation are visible behind the machine. (Orville Wright preset the camera and had John T. Daniels squeeze the rubber bulb, tripping the shutter.)

Rights Advisory: No known restriction on publication. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppprs-00626 (digital file from original) LC-W861-35 (b&w film copy neg.) LC-USZ62-6166A (b&w film copy neg.) This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppprs.00626.

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CV-22 Osprey

Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey - 58th Special Operations Wing, Kirtland AFB, N.M., CV-22 Osprey over the canyons in northern New Mexico,

The view from here is ... at an angle! KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, New Mexico: A crew from KOB-TV, Albuquerque, N.M., news takes a ride on a CV-22 Osprey Aug. 7 and finds themselves in the midst of aerial scenery that is breathtaking, as is the angle of flight through part of the ride. The CV-22 is assigned to the 58th Special Operations Wing, 71st Special Operations Squadron, here. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Markus Maier.

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Ospreys in flight - Two Air Force CV-22 Ospreys prepare to land at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., on Friday, May 26, 2006. These Osprey are two of only three in the Air Force inventory. The Ospreys and their crews are taking part in the filming of the movie, "Transformers." (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Russell Scalf)

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Grumman A-6 Intruder

Two A-6E Intruder aircraft, one from the "Sunday Punchers" of Medium Attack Squadron Seven Five (VA 75) (bottom), and the other from the "Main Battery" of Medium Attack Squadron One Nine Six (VA 196) (top), patrol the skies over the Persian Gulf in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH.

Photographer's Name: LT Pat Etienne, USN. Date Shot: 9/26/1996. VIRIN: 960926-N-LN746-001.

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Grumman A-6 Intruder - air-to-air view of an A-6E Intruder aircraft from Medium Attack Squadron 52 (VA-52). VIRIN: DN-SC-84-05437