Text from back of image: 'Marine fliers who will complete a flight of 10,953 miles, the second longest flight in the history of aviation and the longest American flight. The men have flown from the Island of Haiti to Washington, St. Louis, San...
NASAs Space Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise is shown mated atop its 747 carrier jet during the first captive test flight of the Orbiter February 18, 1977 over the Mojave Desert of Southern California. During the test flight the mated aircraft/Orbiter...
Text from back of image: 'At the end of their record flight from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor, Big Hawaii Naval Base, the 30 officers and enlisted men, comprising the crews of the six Navy planes that made the flight, were bedecked with leis,...
Text from back of image: 'Six planes of the Naval Air Squadron 10-P-1 pictured sweeping over Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, at the end of their epic flight from San Francisco Bay. The first flight, consisting of the 10-P-1, 2 and 3 is in the foreground...
Text from back of image: "There recently arrived in London, England from America, a crew of eighteen men and three officers who will shortly attempt a trans-Atlantic flight in the largest airship ever built, the 'R-38.' She is a sister ship of the...
Text from back of image: "As a return gesture for the recent good-will flight of American fliers to Montreal, Canada, a group of Montreal aviators landed at Roosevelt Field, N.Y., Sept. 19, to complete a good-will flight of their own. They are...
Model airplanes; Transcontinental flights; Air pilots;
Text on back of photo: 'Army officers gave all practical planes for the proposed round the world flight a careful study before picking one for the project. Photo shows from left to right, Captain Street, who headed the American fliers on their...
Text from back of image: "Lieut. Comm. Knefler McGinnis, who led a gallant band of 30 members of the United States Navy in six great seaplanes across the Pacific from San Francisco to Honolulu, pictured grouped with members of the flight at the...
Army Ordnances two stage Bumper rocket zooms skyward from the long range Proving Ground at Cocoa FL on the first leg of its flight. When the basic vehicle, a V-2, reaches the end of it s first burning period, a smaller Wac Corporal missile will be...
Text from back of image: "Before Harry Richman, night club singer, and Dick Merrill took off from Southport, England on their return flight to the United States, they made a flight from England to Paris. Their plane, the Lady Peace, is seen above...
Text from back of image: "Here is shown the first flight of the D-H34, one of number of planes in air passenger service just inaugurated the other day between Berlin and London. Each plan is luxuriously equipped. This plane was photographed just...
Text from back of image: "Officers and the eight de Havilland Dragon airplanes, adapted for military use and carrying ten passengers, are seen here just before they left Hatfield Airdrome, Herts, England, for Iraq to maintain order on the borders....
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: 'Capt. Rene Fonck (left) Igor Sikorsky and Lieut. Lawrence W. Curtin, snapped as they arrived in the National Capital in the plane Ville de Paris with which they will attempt a New York to Paris flight late this month....
Text from back of image: 'The pilots of the United States Army Air Service, who will make the Pan-American flight, were received at the White House today by President Coolidge. The Yankee flyers will start Dec. 15 from San Antonio, Texas, and will...
Text from back of image: Photo shows Miss Kathlene Martyn film star, presenting Pekinese, 'Aero' to Captain Harry A. Bruno veteran flyer who will attempt flight to Arctic Circle this summer. The animal will accompany Capt. Bruno and eight...
Text from back of image: "Major S. M. Strong, flight surgeon of the Medical Corps attached to Mitchel Field at Garden City L.I., had a remarkable experience a few days ago while on a flight to test the recording barograph and get the 'ceiling' of...
Text from back of image: "Mrs. Oliver Atkey (above), Britain's leading woman aviator recently created a new record by piloting a De Haviland air taxi with a passenger from Lee to Edgeware England, including the taking off and landing through...
Text from back of image: "Blaine M. Tuxhorn is shown with his synchronized ejector 'cannon' by which he and a co-pilot expect to load fuel on a Barling NB-3 monoplane while in full flight and remain aloft more than 60 hours. The container held by...
Text from back of image: "The ZR-1, new American queen of the air, made her first successful flight at Lakehurst, NJ last evening, Sept. 4th. Photo shows its crew getting the airship ready for its flight outside its hangar at Lakehurst, NJ."
