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Demonstrate aviator's tester at Military Surgeons and Pharmacists Congress. Washington, D.C., May 8. Lieut. Ugo Reitano, army medical corps member from Italy, Capt. C.L. Leedhorn of the U.S. School of Aviation, look on while General Constantine Iliescu of Roumania tries out the latest U.S. Army mechanical tester for reaction of airplane pilots. The machine sets up theoretical problems for the pilot and test his reaction to each, thus eliminating hours of expensive tests by other methods

Demonstrate aviator's tester at Military Surgeons and Pharmacists Cong...

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New York Times - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

New York Times - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Air Service pilots, 3/6/23 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Air Service pilots, 3/6/23 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, conscription, group of people in uniform, armed forces, infantry, war activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aircrafts etc. of the Imperial Airways Ltd., on the Sea of Galilee and at Semakh. Aircraft "Hanno" pilots. Officers of the Imperial Airways Ltd. Semakh, Galilee

Aircrafts etc. of the Imperial Airways Ltd., on the Sea of Galilee and...

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Veteran women pilots now with government. Washington, D.C., Aug. 14. These four well known women pilots seem content to be grounded for awhile. They are now with the Bureau of Air Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce, and their jobs consists of cooperating with cities and towns throughout the United States in arranging for the marking of roof tape to guide airmen. Blanche Noyes, who took John D. Rockefeller, Jr., for his first and only trip in the air, is the latest to join the group, assuming her duties this morning. Left to right: Louise Thaden, Helen McCloskey, Blanche Noyes and Helen Richey

Veteran women pilots now with government. Washington, D.C., Aug. 14. T...

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Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These planes can spray 100 acres an hour, can usually fly one or two hours unless it rains or storms in an average day. The usual traveling "dusting circus" has at least three or four planes, its own pilots, mechanics and elementary repair shop. Seabrook Farms, between Bridgeton and Vineland, New Jersey

Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These p...

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

Wings over Palestine-Certificates of Flying School, April 21, 1939. Yo...

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Army Air Force test pilots prepare to make a routine test flight in a North American B-25 bomber prior to acceptance by the Army

Army Air Force test pilots prepare to make a routine test flight in a ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Benning. Air corps pilots in training. An eaglet tries his wings. When this student pilot has completed his training course at Fort Benning, Georgia, the Army will have another good man who knows what it is all about

Fort Benning. Air corps pilots in training. An eaglet tries his wings....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquaters of coastal patrol no. 20. Submarine detection class held in the pilots' lounge after dawn patrol

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquaters of coastal patrol...

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Tug receiving mail and pilots for New York

Tug receiving mail and pilots for New York

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Commissioner Young and pilots on steam pilot boat New York

Commissioner Young and pilots on steam pilot boat New York

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Pilots awaiting their turn - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Pilots awaiting their turn - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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New Chief of Naval Aeronautics takes oath. Washington, D.C., June 1. The newly appointed Chief of Bureau of Aeronautics, U.S. Navy, Capt. John H. Towers, right, being administered the oath of office today by John B. May, Chief Clerk of the Navy Department. The promotion automatically carries with it the rank of Rear Admiral for the new chief, Capt. Towers was one of the pilots of the NC 4 on the massed flight across the Atlantic in 1919

New Chief of Naval Aeronautics takes oath. Washington, D.C., June 1. T...

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A black and white photo of a lone tree in a foggy field, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A black and white photo of a lone tree in a foggy field, New Jersey. F...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dusting planes (agricultural sprayers) fly mainly at dawn and dusk when the wind dies down. Their extreme proximity to the ground can turn any sudden gust of wind into an accident. They hedge-hop over obstacles, must remain low to the very edge of the field to be effective. Former bootlegging pilots are supposed to be in demand because "they can miss a tree by inches and set down on a dime." Seabrook Farms, between Bridgeton and Vineland, New Jersey

Dusting planes (agricultural sprayers) fly mainly at dawn and dusk whe...

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Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These planes can spray 100 acres an hour, can usually fly one or two hours unless it rains or storms in an average day. The usual traveling "dusting circus" has at least three or four planes, its own pilots, mechanics and elementary repair shop. Seabrook Farms, between Bridgeton and Vineland, New Jersey

Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These p...

Public domain image of a romantic landscape with windmill, Netherlands, 16th-17th century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, ...

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Kelly Field, Texas. Skilled mechanics, these young men are working on a hangar line which is turning out fighting pilots almost as fast as assembly lines can produce the ships for them to fly

Kelly Field, Texas. Skilled mechanics, these young men are working on ...

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Army Air Force test pilots prepare to make a routine test flight in a North American B-25 bomber prior to acceptance by the Army

Army Air Force test pilots prepare to make a routine test flight in a ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Instructor explaining operation of parachute to student pilots. Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas

Instructor explaining operation of parachute to student pilots. Meacha...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Pilots and observers in marching maneuvers during their daily calisthenics period

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

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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

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airpo...

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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

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airpo...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tug receiving mail and pilots for New York

Tug receiving mail and pilots for New York

Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Production. Airplane manufacturers, general. Overlooking the Inglewood, California airport of North American Aviation, Incorporated, the secretary in the contract test flight office records the takeoff and landing times of all the planes put through routine flight tests by company pilots. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber used in General Dolittle's raid on Tokyo and the F-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacturers, general. Overlooking the Inglewood...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. The pilots fly it, but the ground crew keeps it flying. Every ship, after so many hours in the air must be completely reconditioned. Here, in a hanger of the naval air base at Corpus Christi, Texas, women Civil Service workers of the assembly and repair department are trained to check carefully every part of the plane. Service of a Navy PBY ship

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. The pilots fly it, but the grou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An American flying squadron in India. "Hump Happy Tavern." Looming like any other bungalow in the surrounding country but serving as living quarters for a group of American pilots of the India-China Ferry Command. A group of lads who believe "you can't take it with you" and so live day by day

An American flying squadron in India. "Hump Happy Tavern." Looming lik...

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Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Leave it to the Marines to make the best use of all the new fighting tools. Gyrene glider pilots in training at Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina take a six-week course during which each student must complete 1000 successful takeoffs and landings. The plane is towing the three gliders

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Leave it to the Marines to make t...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A couple of cranks--and let her go! Sailors at the naval air base in Corpus, Christi, Texas, start the N3N training ships in this way for the Navy pilots at the base who fly the planes

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. A couple of cranks--and let her...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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 Airpo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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 Airpo...

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A.H.S. Fokker, [7/8/22] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

A.H.S. Fokker, [7/8/22] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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A small airplane is flying over a field. War Production FSA/OWI Photograph

A small airplane is flying over a field. War Production FSA/OWI Photog...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These planes can spray 100 acres an hour, can usually fly one or two hours unless it rains or storms in an average day. The ususal traveling "dusting circus" has at least three or four planes, its own pilots, mechanics and elementary repair shop. Seabrook Farms, between Bridgeton and Vineland, New Jersey

Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These p...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, flight, airplane, aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Leave it to the Marines to make the best of all the new fighting tools. Gyrene glider pilots in training at Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina take a six-week course during which each student must complete 1000 successful takeoffs and landings. The plane is towing the three gliders

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Leave it to the Marines to make t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Leave it to the Marines to make the best of all the new fighting tools. Gyrene glider pilots in training at Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina take a six-week course during which each student must complete 1000 successful takeoffs and landings. The plane is towing the three gliders

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Leave it to the Marines to make t...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Leave it to the Marines to make the best of all the new fighting tools. Gyrene glider pilots in training at Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina take a six-week course during which each student must complete 1000 successful takeoffs and landings. The plane is towing the three gliders

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Leave it to the Marines to make t...

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Reciprocal aid. American pilots at an airfield in Britain built for the U.S. Air Forces use a British "Master" aircraft for communications. American and British air forces work side by side in the European theatre, with Britain furnishing important supplies and equipment under the Reciprocal Aid Program

Reciprocal aid. American pilots at an airfield in Britain built for th...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Washington, D.C. The U.S. Weather Bureau station at the National Airpo...

Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is a... More

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 Airpo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

There will be no change of pilots Uncle Sam: "Thanks, awfully, Alton, but Mr. Roosevelt has proved himself a strong, conservative pilot, and a change is not desirable" / / Leon Barritt.

There will be no change of pilots Uncle Sam: "Thanks, awfully, Alton, ...

Print of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt at the helm of the "ship of state" guided by the "prosperity compass" as Uncle Sam explains to Alton B. Parker that he will not need to steer the ship.

There will be no change of pilots Uncle Sam: "Thanks, awfully, Alton, but Mr. Roosevelt has proved himself a strong, conservative pilot, and a change is not desirable" / / Leon Barritt.

There will be no change of pilots Uncle Sam: "Thanks, awfully, Alton, ...

Print of cartoon showing Theodore Roosevelt at the helm of the "ship of state" guided by the "prosperity compass" as Uncle Sam explains to Alton B. Parker that he will not need to steer the ship.

Railway Labor and Capital meet. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. In compliance with a suggestion made by President Roosevelt in December, a joint conference between committees representing railway labor and railway managements was held here today. The most important matter considered was the Railroad Retirement Act situation, but no conclusion was reached. In the photograph, left to right: (seated) J.A. Phillips, Order of Railways Conductors; M.W. Clement, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad; and George B. Elliot, President of the Atlantic Coast Line; standing, left to right: E.J. Manion, Order of Railway Telegraphers: James J. Delaney, President, Masters, Mates, Pilots of America; George M. Harrison, Chairman of The Railway Executives Association of Railroads; J.B. Hill, President, Nashville, and Executive Officer, Missouri Lines; H.A. Scandrettm Trustee of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific

Railway Labor and Capital meet. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. In complianc...

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Assistant Secretary of War completes final plans with pilots for long air trip to Panama. Final plans were completed at Bolling Field, Washington, today for Assistant Secretary of War F. Trubee Davison, who will start on his long flight to Panama at daylight Sunday, March 11th. In the photograph, to right: Secretary Davison; Maj. General James E. [...]et, Chief of Army Air Corps, who will accompany him; [...]ain Ira C. Eaker and Lieut. Muir S. Fairchild, who [...] pilot the planes

Assistant Secretary of War completes final plans with pilots for long ...

A group of men standing next to an airplane. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A person riding a horse down a dirt road, New Jersey. Farm Security Administration photograph

A person riding a horse down a dirt road, New Jersey. Farm Security Ad...

Public domain photograph related to Circus, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Texas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Pilots locating fields which need dusting. Dust or insecticide is spread by low flying planes onto crops to control various insect pests

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Pilots locating fields which nee...

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Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Pilots and observers leaving the intelligence room to take off for dawn patrol at 4 a.m.

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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 Airpo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Edward C. Gleed, Tuskegee pilot, standing, three-quarter length portrait]

[Edward C. Gleed, Tuskegee pilot, standing, three-quarter length portr...

Photograph shows Tuskegee airman Edward C. Gleed of Lawrence, KS, Class 42-K, Group Operations Officer. Includes P-5/D in background, "Creamer's Dream," generally flown by Charles L. White, St. Louis, MO, Class... More

AVIATION, ARMY. SGT. BERRY, MECHANIC

AVIATION, ARMY. SGT. BERRY, MECHANIC

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Blonde airmail package for the Postmaster General. Washington, D.C., May 18. Postmaster General James A. Farley, signs for a package of lovliness sent, via airmail, from the former airmail pilots who are taking part in the Paramount production of "Men With Wings" a story of the history of the air mail. The package happens to be Miss Marion Weldon, who is in Washington taking part in National Airmail week, and is also starred in "Men with Wings," 5/18/38

Blonde airmail package for the Postmaster General. Washington, D.C., M...

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Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These planes can spray 100 acres an hour, can usually fly one or two hours unless it rains or storms in an average day. The ususal traveling "dusting circus" has at least three or four planes, its own pilots, mechanics and elementary repair shop. Seabrook Farms, between Bridgeton and Vineland, New Jersey

Dusting plane hedge-hopping after spraying swath on beanfield. These p...

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Wives of "duster pilots" recover plane which has been damaged. In this dangerous occupation crashes are common but rarely fatal because of low speed, low altitude and high operating skill. Note farm machinery in background. Seabrook Farms, between Bridgeton and Vineland, New Jersey

Wives of "duster pilots" recover plane which has been damaged. In this...

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Hollywood star arrives to participate in celebration of National Airmail Week. Washington, D.C., May 15. A typical Hollywood reception was accorded Miss Marion Weldon, Paramount starlet, as she arrived in Washington today to represent the movie city in participating in National Airmail Week. Miss Weldon will appear in the forthcoming Paramount Technicolor Production "Men With Wings" shortly to be released. She was chosen for the honor of representing Hollywood during National Airmail by the 22 pilots and stunt men who are in the production with her. Miss Jean O'Connell, daughter of Ambrose O'Connell, Executive Assistant to the Postmaster General, is pictured presenting a bouquet of flowers to the star. Others in the picture are, left to right: Charles W. Stark, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Harlee Branch, Asst. Postmaster General; Senaotr William Gibbs McAdoo of California; Ambrose O'Connell, and Walter Hartley, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 5/15/38

Hollywood star arrives to participate in celebration of National Airma...

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Aerial tug boat, which tows gliders for Marine pilots in training out of Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Aerial tug boat, which tows gliders for Marine pilots in training out ...

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American "Fairchild" aircraft. American "Fairchild" amphibian aircraft being used by the Air Sea Rescue Service of the Middle East Command in their search over the Mediterrinean for pilots who have been forced down into the sea

American "Fairchild" aircraft. American "Fairchild" amphibian aircraft...

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Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Leave it to the Marines to make the best of all the new fighting tools. Gyrene glider pilots in training at Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina take a six-week course during which each student must complete 1000 successful takeoffs and landings. The plane is towing the three gliders

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Leave it to the Marines to make t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a military aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sergeant pilots in training are served in their own mess hall at Lake Muroc, California

Sergeant pilots in training are served in their own mess hall at Lake ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Royal Air Force ground crew attaches bombs to lend-lease Mohawk fighter. These planes carry six bombs in addition to their six machine-guns. Pilots call the Mohawk the "best answer to the Jap's air power"

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Royal Air Force g...

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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 Airpo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The captain and two pilots aboard the towboat Ernest T. Weir going down the Ohio River to Cincinnati

The captain and two pilots aboard the towboat Ernest T. Weir going dow...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gallipolis, Ohio. Pilots and mates of the Ernest T. Weir, a towboat, using wooden blocks to make up the arrangement of barges

Gallipolis, Ohio. Pilots and mates of the Ernest T. Weir, a towboat, u...

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Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Classes in shipping identification and patrol technique are held each morning in the pilots' lounge

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a group of people, meeting, conference table, gathering, club, restaurant interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pilots returning to pilot boat - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Pilots returning to pilot boat - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

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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

Hollywood starlet arrives to participate in National Airmail Week. Was...

A black and white photo of a woman on an airplane. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a person on a surfboard. War Production FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a person on a surfboard. War Production FSA...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham field, Fort Worth, Tex.

Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Aircraft, naval. The Brewster "Buffalo" (F2A-1) Navy fighter is a favorite with many American Air Force and Royal Air Force pilots. This plane, which is usually based on a carrier, is exceedingly maneuverable and capable of excellent performance at high altitudes. Powered by a 1,000 horsepower Wright cyclone engine it has a top speed of about 330 miles per hour, a range of 1,000 miles and a ceiling of approximately 35,000 feet

Aircraft, naval. The Brewster "Buffalo" (F2A-1) Navy fighter is a favo...

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Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy pilots of tomorrow! These cadets in training at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas, are learning the fine points of flying Navy planes

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Navy pilots of tomorrow! These ...

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Fort Benning. Air corps pilots in training. An eaglet tries his wings. When this student pilot has completed his training course at Fort Benning, Georgia, the Army will have another good man who knows what it is all about

Fort Benning. Air corps pilots in training. An eaglet tries his wings....

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. The belly turret of the B-17F heavy bomber has stopped many Axis pilots. A gunner on this rotating cage controls the fire of two heavy caliber machine guns. This new ship is ready for delivery from the Long Beach, California, plant of Douglas Aircraft Company. Better known as the "Flying Fortress," the B-17F is a later model B-17, which distinguished itself in action in the South Pacific, over Germany and elsewhere. It is a long range, high altitude, heavy bomber with a crew of seven to nine men and with armament sufficient to defend itself on daylight missions

Production. B-17F heavy bombers. The belly turret of the B-17F heavy b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

War production suggestions. For making a contribution that will safeguard lives of combat pilots, James A. Merrill, research chemist at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio, was presented with a Citation of Individual Production Merit by War Production headquarters of the War Production Board (WPB). His suggestion concerned development of a resistant barrier to aromatic fuels used in bullet seal tanks on airplanes. It will help keep planes in the air under extreme weather conditions, save the lives of pilots returning in planes with gas tanks pierced by bullets, and lessen unnecessary plane crashes

War production suggestions. For making a contribution that will safegu...

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Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. When it comes to getting action out of a big bomber, he has what it takes. A captain of a bombardment squadron stationed at Langley Field, Virginia is at the controls of the mighty YB-17 bomber he pilots

Langley Field, Virginia. YB-17 bombardment squadron. When it comes to ...

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An American flying squadron in India. Jive to "My Mamma Done Tole Me" makes "Happy Tavern" seem like home for a group of American pilots in India. Lieutenant L.D. Putnam of Portland, Oregon starts the session while other pilots applaud his rug-cutting. The pilots are members of an India-China ferry command, transporting supplies in and out of China

An American flying squadron in India. Jive to "My Mamma Done Tole Me" ...

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One of the first transatlantic flyers. Washington, D.C., May 29. Walter Hinton, one of the pilots on the U.S. Navy's first [à] flight across the Atlantic in 1919, as he appears today. In 1922 he was the first to fly a plan to South Carolina

One of the first transatlantic flyers. Washington, D.C., May 29. Walte...

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Hoover with Genl. Tire & Rubber Co. pilots, 8/20/29

Hoover with Genl. Tire & Rubber Co. pilots, 8/20/29

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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

Hollywood starlet arrives to participate in National Airmail Week. Was...

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

Wings over Palestine-Certificates of Flying School, April 21, 1939. Yo...

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Washington, D.C. A new mobile canteen, recently received by the District of Columbia Red Cross, serving the armed forces around the district. Mrs. Harold Hoskins and her three assistants are feeding transient pilots and crews at a nearby Army airport

Washington, D.C. A new mobile canteen, recently received by the Distri...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Pilots studying maps to locate fields for dusting. Dust or insecticide is spread by low flying planes onto crops to control various insect pests

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Pilots studying maps to locate f...

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Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Pilots and observers getting instruction before taking off on dawn patrol

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

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Pilots of the United States Army air transport command in discussion

Pilots of the United States Army air transport command in discussion

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Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Pilots, observers and ground crew of the 20th patrol squadron on inspection

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

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[President Gerald Ford pilots a riverboat as First Lady Betty Ford looks through binoculars at a campaign stop in the South]

[President Gerald Ford pilots a riverboat as First Lady Betty Ford loo...

Contact sheet folder caption: Pres. Ford campaign trip thru the deep South La., Miss., Ala., & Fla., 9/25-27/76. TOH. U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for refere... More

Group of pilots of steam pilot boat New York

Group of pilots of steam pilot boat New York

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Group of pilots - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Group of pilots - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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MEDALS FOR BRAVE FLIERS. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AWARDS AIR MAIL FLYER'S MEDALS OF HONOR TO PILOTS PERFORMING ACTS OF HEROISM. FROM THE LEFT: ROY H. WARNER, UNITED AIR LINES; GROVER TYLER, UNITED AIR LINES; LEWIS TURNER, AMERICAN AIRWAYS; WALLINGTON P. McFAIL, AMERICAN AIRWAYS; WALLINGTON P. McFAIL, AMERICAN AIRWAYS; GORDON S. DARNELL, U.S. AIRLINES; JAMES CARMICHAEL, JR, CENTRAL AIR LINES; EDWARD A. BELLAND, TWA; PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT; AND PMG JAMES A FARLEY

MEDALS FOR BRAVE FLIERS. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AWARDS AIR MAIL FLYER'S M...

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Screen starlet assists D.C. Postmaster in planting memorial tree to airmail pilots. Washington, D.C., May 16. Within the shadow of the U.S. Capitol, Miss Marion Weldon, Paramount starlet, with the assistance of D.C., Postmaster Vincent Burke, plants a Deodor Tree on the city postoffice grpunds as a memorial to the airmail pilots who have lost their lives. Representing Hollywood in observing national Airmail Week, Miss Weldon, who has just finished work on the forthcoming Paramount Technicolor production "Men with Wings", brought the tree to Washington as a gift of the Altedena, Calif. Chamber of Commerce, 5/16/38

Screen starlet assists D.C. Postmaster in planting memorial tree to ai...

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Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Leave it to the Marines to make the best of all the new fighting tools. Gyrene glider pilots in training at Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina take a six-week course during which each student must complete 1000 successful takeoffs and landings. The plane is towing the three gliders

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. Leave it to the Marines to make t...

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Instructor explaining operation of parachute to student pilots. Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas

Instructor explaining operation of parachute to student pilots. Meacha...

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Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. A new war tool for the leathernecks. A glider plane leaves a hanger at Page Field, Parris Island, South Carolina where the Marine Corps is teaching its young gyrene pilots how to get the motorless planes into the air, keep them up a long time, take them over a complicated flight path and land them on a spot

Parris Island. Marine Corps gliders. A new war tool for the leathernec...

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[Tuskegee, Ala. Mar. 1942. Members of the first class of Negro pilots in the history of the US Army Air Corps who were graduated at the advanced flying school as second lieutenants by Major General George E. Stratemeyer]

[Tuskegee, Ala. Mar. 1942. Members of the first class of Negro pilot...

Six pilots in front of airplane. Benjamin O. Davis is 3rd from left. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection. No. 21001-AC. U.S> Army Air Forces photo.

Somewhere in Iran. American, Russian and Royal air force pilots at a delivery point of Allied warplanes to the Russians

Somewhere in Iran. American, Russian and Royal air force pilots at a d...

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Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. Pilots checking their patrol with an intelligence officer

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

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Pilots of the United States Army air transport command studying a map

Pilots of the United States Army air transport command studying a map

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American "steam chickens" arrive in Africa. Up from the hold of a cargo ship, a precious package is hoisted to the deck of an African port. It is an American fighter plane--a P-40 consigned to U.S. and Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots in the African theatre

American "steam chickens" arrive in Africa. Up from the hold of a carg...

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Corpus Christi, Texas. Lieutenant Glenn Ramsey, intelligence officer at the Civil Air Patrol base. He was formerly a geologist in the Oklahoma oil fields. The insignia on his desk, for the local "Wolf Patrol", was designed by one of the pilots who was formerly in the advertising business

Corpus Christi, Texas. Lieutenant Glenn Ramsey, intelligence officer a...

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