Aviation Gallery

Landing a Replica of Wrights Flyer 3

French Jean-Franois Jacquelin pilots a replica of US aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright's Flyer 3, during an homage flight to Wright in the presence of his great grand-niece Amanda Wright Lane (not pictured), 20 June 2006 on Le Mans aerodrome. Volunteers of Le Mans Sarthe Aero Retro association worked for more than 10, 000 hours during 4 years to built the replica of the plane that Wilbur Wright used 08 August 1908 to beat the first flight distance record there during his stay in western France. AFP PHOTO Jean Franois MONIER / AFP PHOTO / JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER

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Aviation-Boeing 747

An Air France Boeing 747 is seen just before its landing at Orly's airport, on February 08, 1970, after a test flight. On September 30, 1968, the first 747 was rolled out of the Everett assembly building before the world's press and representatives of the 26 airlines that had ordered the plane, and first flight took place on February 09, 1969. The Boeing 747, called also "Jumbo Jet", entered service on January 21, 1970, on Pan Am's New York?London route. / AFP PHOTO

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Lindbergh-Tingmissartoq

stands on a wing of his "Lockheed Sirius Plane", while it is unloaded at sea. In 1933, Lindbergh and his wife Ann Morrow, flew the Sirius to the Far East in a circumnavigation of the North Atlantic. In Anmagssalik, Greenland, the plane received a new name given by a local boy "Tingmissartoq" which means "one who flies like a bird". The Lindberghs continued through Europe to Moscow, then to Africa and across the South Atlantic to Brazil. The plane appeared in the sky over New York 19 December 1933, as the city turned out to greet the Lindbergh's. Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote a best selling book about the trip "North to the Orient". / AFP PHOTO / -

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