History of flight

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-3 11:37:05

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Skydreamers

As in this 1871 photo of a balloon ascending over Ferndale, Calif., some of the earliest attempts to conquer space were in free-floating, hot-air balloons. Next came heavier than air machines and, ultimately, rocket ships that can elude gravity and soar into space. Lucky for us, photographers and artists were often on hand to document and imagine these journeys.

This photo and those that follow are from the “Skydreamers” exhibition on view at the Autry National Center in Los Angeles through Sept. 4, 2011. Unless otherwise noted, the images are from the collection of Stephen White.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-3 11:37:22

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A bird or a plane?

In his now classic aviation book, "Birdflight as the Basis of Aviation," published in 1889, Otto Lilienthal outlined his theories on flying based on his study of bird wing structure and the aerodynamics of bird flight. He built and famously experimented with a series of 18 bird-inspired gliders and served as an inspiration for Orville and Wilbur Wright, who studied his gliding techniques.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-3 11:39:17

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Darling dirigibles

This photo circa 1912 shows celebrity aeronaut Roy Knabenshue’s dirigible sitting above the Raymond Hotel in Pasadena, Calif. According to James R. Chiles, author of "The God Machine: From Boomerangs to Black Hawks, the Story of the Helicopter," “Publicity flights by Knabenshue and fellow aeronauts such as T.S. Baldwin pulled young inventors into aviation. One of those was [aviation pioneer] Glenn Curtiss, who started by building engines for dirigibles."

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-3 11:39:54

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Here we go loop de loop

Stunt pilot Art Smith became well known for aerobatic flying and for using flares to do skywriting at night, a talent he exhibited on the closing night of San Francisco’s Pan Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Smith later went on to work for the U.S. Post Office as one the first air mail pilots.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-3 11:40:10

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Lucky Lindy

Famed aviator Charles Lindbergh stands in front of his airplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, shortly after completing the first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in May 1927. The plane is now in Washington, D.C., at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-3 11:40:27

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Keystone View Company via Autry National Center

Man on the moon?

In 1934, the Griffith Park Observatory was getting ready to open in Los Angeles. This photograph shows artist Roger Haywood sculpting a section of an exact replica of the moon, reduced to 38 feet.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-3 11:40:44

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Aviation pioneers

This portrait of Amelia Earhart at the controls in her plane was probably taken in early 1937 and is an example of the many photos of the famous flier that appeared in newspapers of the day. In 1932, Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. In 1935, she was the first pilot to fly solo to Hawaii. In July 1937, she disappeared while attempting to fly around the world.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-3 11:41:31

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Robert Doisneau / Autry National Center

Out for a spin

Robert Doisneau was a famous French photographer well known for capturing offbeat and often humorous situations of daily life, including this classic 1934 shot of a bored father taking his son for a spin in the family plane.

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-3 11:42:54

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Wish you were here

Skydreamers curator Stephen White has collected many of these popular photo-postcards and explained: “Amusement parks and carnivals often imitated the latest inventions in mechanics, including cars, boats and airplanes. Postcards like this could be made at a fair and then sent home to the family.”

雪儿 · 发表于: 2011-5-3 11:43:25

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Flying saucers

If people from Earth were heading out into space, why wouldn’t beings from space make a visit to earth? “Flying saucer hovering just over a house would be ominous if they existed beyond the imagination of Hollywood,” said White. “This image appears to be a still from a 1950s motion picture that came out at the height of the craze surrounding flying saucers.”

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