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  • Three quarter right view of monoplane. Black man in white flight suit, poses standing on the right front wheel, holding wing in right hand.  Text under window reads: "Holder World’s Non-Refueling Endurance Record 84 Hrs 33 Mins" cracked upper right corner
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    Hubert Julian, dressed in white flight suit, poses standing on the right front wheel of his Bellanca J-2 "Abyssinia" ("Emperor Haile Salassi I King of Kings", r/n NR-782W) at Floyd Bennett Field, Long Island, New York; three-quarter right front view of aircraft, close up; circa September 1933. [Partial, cracked glass plate negative.]

  • Three quarter right view of monoplane. Black man in white flight suit, poses standing on the right front wheel, holding wing in right hand.  Text under window reads: "Holder World’s Non-Refueling Endurance Record 84 Hrs 33 Mins" cracked upper right corner

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National Air and Space Museum 650 Jefferson Drive SW
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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
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703-572-4118

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