Photos tagged as aviation

350x350 by stattimes

• 2019
• Tags: aviation shipping logistics freight aircargo supplychain
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Polish aviation museum. Krakow. by David Lally

• 4 March 2014 - Kraków, Poland
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Nazi war machine. by David Lally

• 4 March 2014 - Kraków, Poland
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Aviation museum. by David Lally

• 4 March 2014 - Kraków, Poland
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Aviation by Kevrekidis

Athens, Greece - Dekelia (Tatoi) Air Base. PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader single engine aircraft.

• 1 May 2008 - Greece
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Day 98 - Kitty Hawk, Visitors Center by jl98584

This is the visitors center at Kill Devil Hills, where the first flight actually took place.

• 8 December 2007 - Manteo, USA
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Day 98 - Kitty Hawk, Propeller Notes by jl98584

The visitors center has displays showing how the Wright Brothers used scientific experiments to develop the principles that enabled them to build the first successful airplane

• 8 December 2007 - Manteo, USA
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Day 98 - Kitty Hawk, Wing Designs Tested by jl98584

The Wright Brothers didn't just build a wing that they thought would work, the tested different shapes in a wind tunnel they built

• 8 December 2007 - Manteo, USA
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Day 98 - Kitty Hawk, Sculpture by jl98584

This sculpture, by Steven H. Smith, is a life size depiction of the first flight. You can walk around the figures and feel as if you are part of the action

• 8 December 2007 - Manteo, USA
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Day 98 - Kitty Hawk, Wind Tunnel by jl98584

This is a replica of the wind tunnel the Wrights built to test different wing and propeller

• 8 December 2007 - Manteo, USA
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Day 98 - Kitty Hawk, Take Off Plaque by jl98584

The plaque and granite mark the spot where the first flight took off.

• 8 December 2007 - Manteo, USA
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Day 98 - Kitty Hawk, Monument by jl98584

This is on the top of one of the dunes at Kill Devil Hills, where many of the glider flights were made in 1902.

• 8 December 2007 - Manteo, USA
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Day 98 - Kitty Hawk, Replica of First Plane by jl98584

This is very accurate replica of the Wrights first flier. The original is in the Smithsonian.

• 8 December 2007 - Manteo, USA
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Day 98 - Kitty Hawk, First Flight Paths by jl98584

The narrow rail in the ground was used to launch the plane. The first granite marker on the left shows where the plane took off. Each of four flights on Dec. 17, 1903 went a little farther, markers show where each one landed

• 8 December 2007 - Manteo, USA
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Day 98 - Kitty Hawk, Wright Bldg Replicas by jl98584

These are replica's of the two buildings the Wright Brothers used to assemble their plane once they got to Kitty Hawk. They also used tents. The one on the left was the hanger & shop, on the right, their living quarters.

• 8 December 2007 - Manteo, USA
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Flying in China by airborne

I worked as a pilot for Beijing PanAm Academy in China. This is me in a local village near the airport called Han surrounded by school children who we had just taught English. There are no foreigners in this part of China and the children went nuts over our visit to the school.

• November 2006 - China
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