Table of Contents: Battling hidden hunger; Wash-and-wear shirts; New caboose on the scouring train; Rivets for the jet age; Woodland paratroopers; Dacron joins the fire fighters; A matter of switchable parts; Passing the mop test; Driver education...
Includes in-laid note from the U.S. Department of Transportation: "During the period June 1, 1983-May 31, 1988, this catalogue was on display at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., as part of the exhibit called "Stars." It and...
Includes in-laid note from the U.S. Department of Transportation: "During the period June 1, 1983-May 31, 1988, this catalogue was on display at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., as part of the exhibit called "Stars." It and...
Text from back of image: 'The plane 'Star of Australia' with Capt. T. P. Ulm and two companions aboard took off from Oakland Airport, Calif., on the first leg of the flight to Australia. This photo shows, left to right: Capt. T.P. Ulm, chief pilot;...
Text from back of image: "When he was forced to make landing in Bondy Forest, near Paris, France when a gasoline leak developed, while on projected flight from Paris to Indo-China, with mail, Dieudonne Costes' plane struck a telegraph pole and was...
Text from back of image: "The machine in which flight-Lieut. Ulm and three companions were to take off from Portmarnock Strand, Ireland, on a flight across the Atlantic, collapsed while being refuelled. After the refuelling operations, an effort...
Text from back of image: "Mlle. Bolland, daring French aviatrix, who prides herself on being able to do any 'stunt' her male companions are capable of performing, is shown in the photo. Mlle. Bolland has just been made a chevalier of the Legion of...
