Text from back of image: 'The forward march of the daredevil side of aviation seems to keep pace with the rapid strides of commercial and military flying. The latest thriller is a change from a speeding motorboat to an airplane via the rope ladder...
Text from back of image: "Landing without misap on the famous island of Lanai in the Hawaiian group, Lieuts. W. C. Goldsborough, E.S. Davis, and Sergt. Harold Fischer of the United States Army Air service are the first men to successfully land an...
Lamp pops popcorn- It's an unusual job for lamps intended largely for use in industrial and commercial drying and heating applications but popping popcorn was done successfully with the new Westinghouse drying lamps during recent experiments...
County committee of the AAA, representing the War Food Administration, have arranged for around 20 auctions this fall to help the Defense Plant Corporation move to farmers used tools, equipment and supplies that could not be moved successfully...
Standard vertical spindle drill presses of the fixed or radial head type are satisfactory for Lucite methyl methacrylate resin. Portable drills may be used, but even with special jigs they will not produce the most accurate results. Regular machine...
Standard vertical spindle drill presses of the fixed or radial head type are satisfactory for Lucite methyl methacrylate resin. Portable drills may be used, but even with special jibs they will not produce the most accurate results. Regular machine...
Some perfumes are compounded from as many as sixty ingredients. The number of items in a compounding laboratory many reach into thousands. The young woman shown here is not only an expert on which of these items can be used successfully for...
Text from back of image: 'Photo shows Capt. D. Coste and Maurice Bellonte, receiving the congratulations of one of their admirers, at Curtiss Airport, Long Island, as they returned after successfully completing their flight to Dallas, Texas, for...
Text from back of image: 'Photo shows the Question Mark as it landed with Capt. D. Coste and Maurice Bellonte at Curtiss Field, Long Island, after they successfully completed their flight to Dallas, Texas for the $25,000 prize offered by Col. W....
Text from back of image: 'Capt. Maurice Rossi and Lieut. Paul Codos, the French aviators who successfully crossed the Atlantic from Paris to New York, were received at the City Hall, New York City, by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, May 29. Photo shows...
Text from back of image: 'A five-year record as a flyer without a single accident despite the fact that he had no arms is the amazing boast of Loxla G. Thornton, who is now at Clover Field, Calif., getting a new ship - a monoplane - ready for...
Text from back of image: "After successfully crossing the Atlantic and after completing 3,000 miles of his proposed 3,800-mile flight, Lieut. Felix Waitkus, U.S. airman, was forced down by lack of gas and crashed in a field near Ballinrobe, County...
Text from back of image: "This beacon to guide air pilots at night has been erected near Alexandria, VA, and has been successfully developed, according to Maj. Clarence M. Young, director of aeronautics, Dept. of Commerce. The beacon practically...
Text from back of image: "The 10-P-L, flagship of six giant Navy planes which successfully negotiated the 2150 miles of air and ocean between San Francisco and Honolulu, skids to a safe landing on the blue waters of Pearl Harbor at the end of the...
Text from back of image: "The above is a hitherto unpublished photo of the 'Friendship', in which Miss Amelia Earhart, Wilmer Stultz, and Lou Gordon successfully crossed the Atlantic from Trepassey Bay, Newfoundland, to Durry Port, Wales. The photo...
