• Black and white photo: Right side profile of a man (sitting in a cockpit but you can only see a line across the bottom of the image). Man is wearing a high collared jacket, leather flying cap and goggles pushed up over the cap.
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    Right side view, close up, of pilot Horacio Ruiz seated at the controls of a Moisant (Co) 1911 Monoplane (Blériot Type) on the ground, probably at Hempstead, Long Island, New York, November 6, 1912. Autographed "H Ruiz" at lower right corner. Printed as a post card addressed to Sr. S. S. [Shakir] Jerwan; inscription on reverse, "Como un recuerdo de gratitud a mi amable profesor. Garden City XI - 6 -912." [As a memory of gratitude to my kind teacher.] NASM-9A18697-052B

  • Black and white photo: Right side profile of a man (sitting in a cockpit but you can only see a line across the bottom of the image). Man is wearing a high collared jacket, leather flying cap and goggles pushed up over the cap.

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