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6.  As one of her brothers' machine is set on the launch rail, Katherine Wright watches intently.   (Photo:  SI#77-720)

7.  Among the crowd of well-wishers gathered around Wilbur Wright (far left) is his sister Katherine (far right).  
(Photo:  SI#A2065)

8.  Out to see the famous aerobatic flyer Lincoln Beachey at Dayton, Ohio, August 1, 1914, were (from left) Marjorie Stinson, Mrs. K. Whiting, Orville Wright, Katherine Wright, and Griffith Brewer.   (Photo:  SI#77-704)

9.  The balloonist Mary H. Myers, billed as "Carlotta, the Lady Aeronaut," was the first women in the U.S. to pilot her own aircraft.  (Photo:  SI#77-2699)

10.  "Carlotta" Myers assisted her husband Carl in developing and patenting a steering device for balloons.  (Photo:  SI#77-719)

11.  Mary Myers' balloon "Carlotta" is shown being inflated outside the Victorian mansion in Frankfort, N.Y., where the Myers opened their "Balloon Farm."  (Photo:  SI#77-2698)