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The Collection: Photographers: Unknown photographer

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Portrait photographs of Frank Coffyn (center) and an unidentified man.Group of men, including Frank Coffyn (right), behind a Wright aircraft in the boardwalk airplane shed at Atlantic City.Informal group photograph
French caption translates roughly as:  "The aviator, Ralph Johnstone,  just took off to demonstrate several gracious turns in front of the judges.   Photo from La Patrie"  However, the aviator shown in the image is not sitting in the seat Johnstone used.Caption translates as: "The aviator Ralph Johnstone after a superb sortie around the park, is coming down softly." However, the aviator shown in the image is not sitting in the seat Johnstone used.Model A Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia, 1908.
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For most of the images in the collection, the photographer is unknown. The Wright team attracted a great number of photographers eager to fill newspapers and magazines with pictures of the brand new aeroplane. Although the pilots obliged their many requests, on one occasion a group of photographers ran out in front of Walter Brookins' plane as he was beginning to land. Brookins had no choice but to immediately nose his airplane into the ground to avoid hitting them.


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