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    "1280 MONACO. -- Le Musée Océanographique (vue prise en aéroplane)." Showing an early view from an airplane, color carte postale with green back, unused, toned edges with minor wear. Note plane in upper left corner (possibly drawn in). $4.50 a(p)m

    "2137 Aeroplane Mechanicians. / WILBUR WRIGHT FIELD, Fairfield, Ohio" black & white postcard mailed 1918 at Dayton Ohio, toned both sides, long crease, part cancel ink on front, as is. The earliest aircraft mechanic postcard we have ever seen. $20.00 aop

    "74 NOS AEROPLANES. -- Airoplane de M. Esnault Pelterie" black & white carte postale, fairly fresh. This shows the first monoplane of the visionary Robert Esnault-Pelterie. It had internally braced wings, a lightweight engine of his design, the first completely enclosed streamlined fuselage (welded-steel tubing covered with red muslin), a large bicycle wheel at the front, smaller wheels at the end of both wings to maintain balance & a smaller wheel at the tail. A genius who was first challenged by erroneous information about the Wright machines, Esnault-Pelterie developed the joystick control,  conceptualized the aileron on the trailing edge of wings, proposed ballistic missiles, and predicted travel to the moon by rocket (with gimbaled nozzles!). $75.00 as

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    "A 101 THE AEROPLANE JUST LANDED ON THE BEACH, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J." color post card mailed there 1920, trace of cancel ink on front, worn corners, brownish paper, lacks freshness. $7.50 an

    "Acrobazie collettive / Looping di 27 apparecchi / La folla / Giorno dell'Ala 1932 - X" unused sepia-tone multiview postcard with 3 scenes including a close-up of the acrobatics from the air & grandstand spectators, commemorating the 10^th anniversary of Italian aeronautics, fresh appearance. Nice! $17.00 ai

    "Belle Isle May 25^th 19" caption from writing on front, real photo post card showing crowd around 2 propeller craft on a field, most of top border trimmed off unevenly by an idiot, stamp box quoting half penny inland & one penny foreign leads us to conclude this scene is in Britain (not Michigan or France). $8.50 ae%

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    "BROOKINS IN HIS AEROPLANE / OVER ART INSTITUTE AND / GRANT PARK, CHICAGO" including the onlooking crowd, color postcard mailed there 1911, corner crease. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 ai

    "Capt. Charles 'Plucky' Lindbergh / Ready to Take Off on His / New York to Paris Flight, May 2-, 1927" souvenir card in monochromatic reddish purple, no post card back, pencil writing on back, corner crease, 2 long internal crease, worn corners, as is. $12.50 a%

    "CENTENAIRE DE L'INDÉPENDANCE DE LA BELGIQUE / PAVILLON DE L'ALUMINIUM -- EXPOSITION DE LIÉGE 1930" including a plane perched atop the building, sepia-tone Héliogravure from R. Protin & F. Vuidar (official), unused postcard, fresh appearance. $6.50 eba*+

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    "Desk made of Newspaper Clippings / of Col. Lindbergh's Flight to Paris in 1927" unused real photo post card with good contrast & focus, fresh appearance. $13.00 af

"First Auckland to Wellington Flight October 4th 1921 / WELLINGTON / NEW ZEALAND" with art in vertical format depicting the Supermarine Channel flying boat, unused continental post card in excellent condition. $1.50 na(p)%

    For early balloon flights, please click here. Show is a 1906 balloon wedding in Omaha.

"FLY BY AIR" a complete first series of 4 continental postcards from New Zealand, poster-style art in vertical format depicts thel Fokker FII (1920), Farman F.60 Goliath (1919), Koolhoven F.K.26 (1919) & Lufthansa Junkers F13 (191). A tiny corner bump on each, otherwise fresh. All 4 postcards for $5.00 a%

    "Gand / 1913 / Le grand Bassin et le Palais des beaux Arts…" with aircraft overhead, color post card from Exposition Internationale Universelle de Gand, corner & edge wear. $7.00 abe%

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"GEORGE WOODBINE / Hawker Harts at Upper Heyford" unused black & white continental post card, corner wear. $1.00 a(p). Same but light toning near one back corner. $0.75 a(p)

Group of 4 small sepia-tone photos, captioned only with people's names (Mr. Dolan, Boyd, me, Mary), album fragment from below reads "First flight...New Orleans". They are shown standing next to the biplane in 3 shots, and 3 seated in the biplane in another. All 4 postcards for $20.00 la(p)

    "KELLY FIELDS, SAN ANTONIO, TEX. / FOOL PROOF BIPLANE STARTING OFF ON A FLIGHT" white-border era post card, mailed there 1918, lightly toned front, part cancel ink on front, corner & edge wear including 1 / 5" tear not into image. $8.00 ta

    "LATHAM" Herbert Latham airborne in a plane marked 16, unused Cyko real photo postcard, heavily toned back, heavily toned front. The caption is in the lower left corner in printed letters. The side view of the plane is centered on the postcard, fairly close-up with its number on the fuselage quite large, flying from left to right, with the front of the plane pointing down a bit towards the right. The toning on the front of the card consists of numerous small & mostly dark spots that mercifully miss the aircraft. The back toning is spotty, and mostly uneven except for the lower right corner where it becomes solid. $12.50 ag

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    "Leonardo da Vinci flying machine." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1963 from Kinsley Kansas, minor edge wear, thick stock. $2.00 a(p)a(d) NEW / NEU / NOVA

    "Lindbergh Day / AT PORTLAND / JULY 23^rd--NEXT SATURDAY…" Maine Central Railroad magnet that is matchbook cover size, fine print detailing round trip fares, fresh appearance. $3.00 ar%

    "Love at its Height" color postcard, unsigned art showing couple riding below a fanciful dirigible, toned back, corners worn, corner crease, couple short faint internal creases at top. $4.00 az

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"Model B" Wright biplane, with pertinent information on back & showing the US stamp which honored it, oversized (5"x7") post card postcard, near mint. $0.75

    "MONOPLANE AT ATLANTIC COAST, NEWPORT NEWS, VA." white-border era post card, lightly toned back, small corner crease. $12.50 av

"MtCOOK / NEW ZEALAND / De Havilland D.H. 4" / FIRST FLIGHT OVER MT COOK / September 8, 1920" with art in vertical format depicting the event, unused continental postcard in excellent condition. $1.50 na(p)%

    See also Aviation covers for stamp issues commemorating aviation pioneers. Shown is a commemoration of the first flight over the South Pole.

    See also First flight covers worldwide. Shown is a registered 1930 first flight cover from Peace River to Carcajou Alberta.

"SOUTHLAND / First cross-country / flight in New Zealand / Invercargill to Gore, February 20, 1914 / Caudron 'C'" with art in vertical format depicting the flight of J. W. H. Scotland from above, unused continental post card in excellent condition. $1.50 na(p)

"The Wright Flyer of 1908 / CENTENARY OF FIRST FLIGHT" unused continental postcard published by the United Nations Postal Administration, near mint. $1.25 a(p)

"'Waiting for Charles A. Lindbergh' W. Carson St., Pittsburgh, PA. August 3, 1927. Some / 10,00(sic--missing zero) greeted him at Bettis Field..." unused black & white post card with good edges, interesting despite the error, modern & fresh. $1.50 ea(p)

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    Zeppelins of early usage are listed on another page. Shown is the war airship invented by Major von Perseval.

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