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Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Flight advisory weather service. Here pilots in flight are warned of adverse weather conditions that might affect the safe operation of the aircraft

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Flight advisory weather service. Here pilots in flight are warned of adverse weather conditions that might affect the safe operation of the aircraft

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Flight advisory weather service. Here pilots in flight are warned of adverse weather conditions that might affect the safe operation of the aircraft

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Flight advisory weather service. Here pilots in flight are warned of adverse weather conditions that might affect the safe operation of the aircraft

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Pilots receive weather information by radio to insure safety in flight

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Pilots receive weather information by radio to insure safety in flight

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Pilots receive weather information by radio to insure safety in flight

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Pilots receive weather information by radio to insure safety in flight

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Pilots receive weather information by radio to insure safety in flight

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Flight advisory weather service. Here pilots in flight are warned of adverse weather conditions that might affect the safe operation of the aircraft

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Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Airplanes and blimps above National Mall, Washington Monument, Potomac river and around.

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district of columbia washington dc safety film negatives washington weather station weather bureau station airport national airport flight service weather service pilots conditions weather conditions operation aircraft us weather bureau united states history library of congress
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Date

01/01/1943
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Driscoll, Fred, photographer
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Aviators and Airplanes in DC

National Capital: The good old days of aviation
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States ,  38.90719, -77.03687
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Library of Congress
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http://www.loc.gov/
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No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html

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Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Surface weather being observed at a Weather Bureau instrument panel on which are mounted barometers, thermometers, wind direction and velocity indicators, and other instruments for measuring weather elements

Nashville, Tennessee. Women operation a giant stamping machine. Vultee Aircraft Corporation plant

Capital City Airport, Hughes Flying Service, North side of Grand River Avenue, west ramp area, Lansing, Ingham County, MI

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airport. Weather information is essential to all aircraft pilots. Here the forecaster is shown discussing the type of weather the pilots may encounter on their proposed flights

Production. P-51 "Mustang" fighter planes. The accuracy of a milling machine operation is checked by an inspector in a machine shop at the Inglewood, California, plant of the North American Aviation. The casting being milled will be part of the landing gear of a P-51 fighter plane. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Wings over Palestine-Certificates of Flying School, April 21, 1939. Young pilots who received their flying licenses with instructors [Lydda Air Port]

Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia, 1958-63 (Expanded by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, 1998-2000). Model

Production. Copper (refining). Casting house in a large copper refining operation. Here sheets of pure copper, formed by electrolysis, are melted and cast into ingots. Large amounts of copper are produced for the war effort at the El Paso, Texas plant of Phelps-Dodge Refining Company

Hollywood starlet arrives to participate in National Airmail Week. Washington, D.C., May 15. Miss Marion Weldon, Paramount starlet, waves a greeting to the throng as she arrived at Washington Airport today to participate in National Airmail Week as a representative of the film city. Miss Weldon was selected for the honor by the 22 pilots and stunt men who appeared with her in the forthcoming Paramount technicolor production "Men with Wings," 5/15/38

Capital City Airport, Hughes Flying Service, North side of Grand River Avenue, west ramp area, Lansing, Ingham County, MI

Boswell Observatory, Doane College, Crete, Saline County, NE

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district of columbia washington dc safety film negatives washington weather station weather bureau station airport national airport flight service weather service pilots conditions weather conditions operation aircraft us weather bureau united states history library of congress