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At that time Ingold held the world record for the longest duration flight -- 16 hrs and 20 minutes: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F40612FC355D13...

I started a biography at Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ingold

Richard Norton -- Richard Arthur Norton, Thanks for flagging this image as one of your top favorites in the LOC photostream. You wrote, "I love the people who do not have a biography in Wikipedia yet. I am still compiling information on these people. Here are some examples of flyers from the early years of aviation that have attracted my attention." We appreciate your regular contributions to identifying the photographs in the Bain News Service collection and enriching their stories. Your selection now appears in the new set, [http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/sets/72157640980107725/] Happy Valentine's Day! -- Helena, on behalf of LOC

There is another view of Karl Ingold at www.jadu.de/luftfahrt/flugwesen/hoehenrausch/Seiten/kingo... The text in German is Der Flieger Karl Ingold, der durch einen Flug von 16 Stunden 20 Minuten einen neuen Weltrekord im Überlandflug ohne Zwischenlandung aufstellte; er stieg am 08. Februar [1914] morgens in Mülhausen i. E. auf, flog über Gotha, Naumburg, Kottbus und die Lausitz, bog dann nach Süden bis Kempten und landete schließlich nachts 11,55 bei München. Er erhielt für seinen 1700-km-Flug den Städtepreis der Nationalflugspende. Bruno Langers Weltrekord wird durch den Flug Ingolds nicht beeinträchtigt, da eine Dauerhöchstleistung nur auf dem Flugplatz vor den Augen der Sportzeugen gewertet wird. Karl Ingold obtained German flying license (Flugzeugführer) No.114 on 13 September 1911.

Ingold was in the news already in 1913 when he made another short overland flight on 26 September 1913. This is the (small) report as published in Flugsport Von Mülhausen (Elsaß) nach Leipzig flog am 26. September Ingolf auf Aviatik-Eindecker 100 PS Argus-Motor in 6 Studen. Er flog in Mülhausen am 6 Uhr morgens ab und landete um 12 Uhr mittages in Leipzig auf dem Flugplatz Mockau. Gegen 4 Uhr ist er nach Johannisthal aufgestiegen, wo er 4 1/2 Uhr eintraf. Source: Flugsport 1913 - Issue 20 (1 October) p.767

Heinrich Oelerich, designer of the German reconnaissance aircraft DWV C.V Captioned [handwritten:] 8150 m. H&oumlhen-Weltrecord Oelerich's, a[m]. 14.7.14, auf D.F.W. Militär-Doppeldecker 1914. (Oelerich's 8150 meter altitude record, on 14 July 1914, on a D.F.W. military biplane, 1914)

Looks to be Washington Square Arch in Greenwich Village in background at right

It looks like 7/10/13 is written backwards on the right border.

Infrogmation and falconn67: Thanks for the comments about the date and location of this photo. It does look like Washington Square Arch, New York City. We will add the information to the description and update the database.

The vehicle on the right was made by De Dion-Bouton of France.

the fifth avenue bus company began assigning route numbers to buses instead of descriptions in 1916. so if this was 1916, the bus to the left would be called the #5, and the bus to the right would be the #2 today's buses use similar route numbers, the M5, and the M2.