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• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 64 photos
• Community Archives of Belleville & Hastings County 21 photos
• Provincial Archives of Alberta 18 photos
• Smithsonian Institution 15 photos
• The Library of Congress 12 photos
• Florida Memory 10 photos
• National Library of Scotland 10 photos
• SDASM Archives 6 photos
• State Library of Queensland 5 photos
• University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections 2 photos
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 2 photos
• UA Archives | Upper Arlington History 1 photo

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Flight training with a Curtiss JN-4 Canuck.

from Provincial Archives of Alberta

• TVL1970 said:

  Curtiss JN-4 Canuck. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_JN-4

• Provincial Archives of Alberta said:

  Thanks a lot for your help!

Flight training with a Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e.

from Provincial Archives of Alberta

• 1 older comment, and then…
• TVL1970 said:

  This appears to be a Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_R.E.8 See correct identification below.

• Provincial Archives of Alberta said:

  Thank you!

• yavor.dinkov said:

  Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e. One possibility is A2968 built by British and Colonial (Bristol).

• TVL1970 said:

  yavor.dinkov Thank you for the correction. This one was a real head scratcher for me.

• Provincial Archives of Alberta said:

  Thanks for the help! Those planes do appear very similar.

Pilot and two-engine Caudron G.4

from Provincial Archives of Alberta

• 1 older comment, and then…
• Tim Martin said:

  I know it was because of the open cockpits but man I do love the style they had back then.

• Provincial Archives of Alberta said:

  I like that classic aviator look, too.

• TVL1970 said:

  This is a Caudron G.4. This particular example is powered by two Anzani 10 radial engines (distinguished by their dual exhaust collector rings). See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudron_G.4

• Provincial Archives of Alberta said:

  Thank you!

• Kees Kort said:

  This is one of the 12 Caudron G.4 (also given as G.IV roman numeral) biplanes (partly) produced by the British Caudron Company at Cricklewood. These were fitted with the Anzani radials and delivered to the RNAS. The RNAS order for the machines was dated 1 October 1915, while machines had serials 3289 - 3300. Most of them were deleted in 1916, not an unusual service time for aeroplanes at that time. This picture shows that it was used in some publication. In some way only the lighter part was shown in that publication, sort of Photoshopping avant la lettre.