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Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for take-off at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for take-off at Pag...

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

The captain is in his place and in a few minutes the plane will take-off. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C.

The captain is in his place and in a few minutes the plane will take-o...

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

Preparing for take-off at the glider pilot training program, Page Field, Parris Island, S.C.

Preparing for take-off at the glider pilot training program, Page Fiel...

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

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Feuling an N2S, primary land plane, at the naval air base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Sailor mechanics at the base service the ship as a cadet prepares for the take-off

Naval air base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Feuling an N2S, primary land pl...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Lend-lease Mohawk fighters are readied for a take-off at an Indian air base. Mohawk fighter being made ready for flight. These ships were furnished to the French, taken over by the English. Consensus of pilots: "Best plane made for use against the Japs"

United States "lend-lease" program in eastern India. Lend-lease Mohawk...

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

Air views of Palestine. Aircrafts etc. of the Imperial Airways Ltd., on the Sea of Galilee and at Semakh. Aircraft "Hanno" ready for take-off. Silver wings against dark clouds at Semakh

Air views of Palestine. Aircrafts etc. of the Imperial Airways Ltd., o...

Public domain photograph of 1920s Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Famed flier averts crash with notables aboard. This picture was taken a moment after Clyde Pangborn, world famous flier, in attempting to taxi down the field for a take-off, clipped wings with another ship on the field. At the time of the accident, Pangborn had as passengers, Asst.Sec of War, Harry Woodring, Rep. John J. McSwain and his daughter Jane, Mrs. Donald H. McLean, wife of the Rep. of N.J., Rep. Edwin M. Schaefer, Rep. Dow(?) W. Harter, Rep. Frank J.G. Dorsey. The planes were not badly damaged but will be grounded for a while for repairs. 7/26/35

Famed flier averts crash with notables aboard. This picture was taken ...

A group of people standing around a small plane. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for take-off at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. Power towing plane in background

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training, ready for take-off at Pag...

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

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Motor tune-up. Flight service mechanics are shown here warming up the motor of a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber prior to the ship's take-off for a test flight at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Motor tune-up. Flight ser...

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

Air views of Palestine. Aircrafts etc. of the Imperial Airways Ltd. on the Sea of Galilee and at Semakh. Aircraft "Hanno." A take-off. Started for Baghdad and India

Air views of Palestine. Aircrafts etc. of the Imperial Airways Ltd. on...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Daughter of Chief of U.S. Army Air Service christens flagship for start of longest air tour ever attempted in history of aviation. Miss Mary Fechet, daughter of Maj. General Fechet, Chief of U.S. Army Air Service, christening the flagship of the eight Aristocrat cabin monoplanes previous to their take-off from Bolling Field, Washington today on 50,000 mile air tour of the United States, Canada, Cuba and Mexico. The tour is being made to demonstrate the practicability of airplane for daily commercial use

Daughter of Chief of U.S. Army Air Service christens flagship for star...

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

American Catalinas in the Far East For several months past American built Catalina Flying Boats have been patrolling the Indian Ocean and China Seas .... Photo shows Catalinas taxiing before a take-off.

American Catalinas in the Far East For several months past American bu...

British Official photo: K-1117. No. BO-698. Forms part of: FSA/OWI Collection (Library of Congress).

Left to right: Admiral W.H. Standley, United States Ambassador to Russia; Mr. Alexander Kirk, United States Minister to Egypt; Colonel T.S. Riggs (representing General Maxwell). Photograph taken at airport near Cairo as Mr. Kirk and Colonel Riggs saw Admiral Standley take-off for America

Left to right: Admiral W.H. Standley, United States Ambassador to Russ...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Left to right: Admiral W.H. Standley, United States Ambassador to Russia; Mr. Alexander Kirk, United States Minister to Egypt; Colonel T.S. Riggs (representing General Maxwell). Photograph taken at airport near Cairo as Mr. Kirk and Colonel Riggs saw Admiral Standley take-off for America. Photograph taken Tuesday, October 13, 1942

Left to right: Admiral W.H. Standley, United States Ambassador to Russ...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

Flight instructors E.E. McTaggart and J.C. Gumison "talk things over" before the take-off. Craig Field, Southeastern Air Training Center, Selma, Alabama

Flight instructors E.E. McTaggart and J.C. Gumison "talk things over" ...

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

View from catwalk into small assembly, take-off area of shop.

View from catwalk into small assembly, take-off area of shop.

Forms part of a group of images documenting the daily work activities of people at Watson Machine International, a machine tool manufacturing company located at 74 Railroad Avenue, Paterson, NJ, on August 4, 1994.