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Collection Wilbur and Orville Wright Papers at the Library of Congress

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Hearst Offer Starts Boom in Aviation [Arnold Kruckman, New York American, 18 December 1910]
- Date: 1910-12-18
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Mons. Latham is Los Angeles Star [New York Herald, 25 December 1910]
- Date: 1910-12-25
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Mons. Barrier Rises 6,133 Feet as New Orleans Meeting Opens; and Navy May Take Up Study of Aviation [New York Herald, 25 December 1910]
- Date: 1910-12-25
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Airship Carburetor Froze [New York Times, 26 December 1910]
- Date: 1910-12-26
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Mons. Garros Up for 7,125 Feet [New York Herald, 26 December 1910]
- Date: 1910-12-26
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[Page 2 and 3 of New York Tribune, 1 January 1911]
- Date: 1911-01-01
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Moisant and Hoxsey Killed [The Sun, 1 January 1911 ]
- Date: 1911-01-01
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Hoxsey and Moisant, Record-Breaking Airmen, Fall to Death Far Apart [The World, 1 January 1911]
- Date: 1911-01-01
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John B. Moisant and Arch Hoxsey Drop to Death... [New York Herald, 1 January 1911]
- Date: 1911-01-01
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Moisant and Hoxsey Dare Winds and Die [New York Times, 1 January 1911]
- Date: 1911-01-01
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Two Aviators Meet Death Striving for Records [Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 January 1911]
- Date: 1911-01-01
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Greatest American Flyers, Moisant and Hoxsey, Are Both Killed on Same Day [New York American, 1 January 1911]
- Date: 1911-01-01
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Grahame-White's Case is Reopened [New York Times, 11 January 1911]
- Date: 1911-01-11
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Greatest Oversea Flight by M'Curdy [New York Sun, 31 January 1911]
- Date: 1911-01-31
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Air Plane Crushes Premier of France [New York Sun, 22 May 1911]
- Date: 1911-05-22
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Aeroplane Kills French Minister; Injures Premier [New-York Daily Tribune, 22 May 1911]
- Date: 1911-05-22
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French Minister of War Killed; Premier Hurt, Perhaps Fatally, as an Aeroplane Swoops Down Upon Group Watching Start of Big Race at Issy-Les-Moulineaux [New York Herald, 22 May 1911]
- Date: 1911-05-22
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Still at the Wheel [cartoon, New York World, 23 May 1911]
- Date: 1911-05-23
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Mob Makes Attack on Mons. Vedaine; England's Aerial Dreadnought 512 Feet Long, Is Launched; and Henry Weymann Will Represent America in Internat'l Race [New York Herald, 23 May 1911]
- Date: 1911-05-23
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The Sunday American's Aeronautical Page [Arnold Kruckman, ed., New York American, 4 June 1911]
- Date: 1911-06-04
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America Leads the World in Aviation, Says O. Wright [New York American, 4 June 1911]
- Date: 1911-06-04
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Fliers and Flying [Town Topics, 15 June 1911]
- Date: 1911-06-15
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Three Men Die in Paris Flight; and Back from Flights in the Far East [New York Times, 19 June 1911]
- Date: 1911-06-19
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Three are Killed and Five Injured in Great Air race Started in Paris Before Quarter Million Spectators [New York Herald, 19 June 1911]
- Date: 1911-06-19
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Three Noted Aviators Killed, Five Others Hurt, As 50 Start in Greatest Race Ever Seen [New York American, 19 June 1911]
- Date: 1911-06-19
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