Aviation Pioneer Postcards #2 - Hamilton and Curtiss -

Three postcards from 1910 featuring aviation pioneers Charles K. Hamilton and Glenn Curtiss: Hamilton Ready for Flight in Curtiss Biplane; Glenn Curtiss Carrying Jerome Fancuilli as Passenger (in Los

Among the earliest airplane pilots who demonstrated the wonders of aviation were French aviator Louis Paulhan, and Americans Charles K. Hamilton ("the crazy man of the air") and Glenn Curtiss, who is

French pilot Louis Paulhan was a frequent participant in airshows in the US and Europe. At the 1910 Los Angeles International Air Meet at Dominguez Field, he broke his own altitude record with a fligh

Hubert Latham was a French airplane pilot who made the first attempts to cross the English Channel in an airplane. Being unsuccessful in both attempts, he became the first person to land an airplane o

Charles F. Willard was an American aviator and engineer who took to flying as a stunt pilot and ushered in the age of barnstorming. This postcard shows him piloting a biplane at the Walla Walla (Washi

Art Smith was an American aviator who became a noted stunt pilot, sometimes flying with flares at night. He flew at the 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition after stunt pilot Lincoln Beachey died crashing into

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring

ABOUT POSTCARDS: The study and collecting of postcards is termed deltiology (from Greek deltion, small writing tablet, and English -logy, the study of). Rarity. As with all antique items, rarity bring