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Ghostly Photo of the Test Pilot

1910s, airplanes

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Below is a photograph of the Rex Smith aeroplane, being piloted by Antony Jannus around 1911.

Washington, D.C., or vicinity circa 1911. "Flights and tests of Rex Smith plane flown by Antony Jannus." — Washington, D.C., or vicinity circa 1911. “Flights and tests of Rex Smith plane flown by Antony Jannus.”

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