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American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft Company, give important help in producing dependable planes for their men at the front, Long Beach, Calif. Most important of the many types of aircraft made at this plant are the B-17F ("Flying Fortress") heavy bomber, the A-20 ("Havoc") assault bomber and the C-47 heavy transport plane for the carrying of troops and cargo

American mothers and sisters, like these women at the Douglas Aircraft...

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

Student pilot Jean McRae of Homosassa: Tallahassee, Florida

Student pilot Jean McRae of Homosassa: Tallahassee, Florida

Local call number: n042081..Title: [Student pilot Jean McRae of Homosassa: Tallahassee, Florida] ..Physical descrip: 1 photonegative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. ..Date captured: Spring 1940. ..Repository: State Library and... More

LANGLEY carrying 14 planes - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

LANGLEY carrying 14 planes - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sundstendt plane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Sundstendt plane - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flyer on the Big Kill Devil Hill, Wright Brothers National Memorial, 1903.

Flyer on the Big Kill Devil Hill, Wright Brothers National Memorial, 1...

The first flight took place on December 17, 1903 even though Wilbur and Orville tried to fly a few days earlier on the 14th. However, the wind was calm and the brothers knew they would never get off of the grou... More

Louisiana Purchase Exposition, United States National Museum Exhibit

Louisiana Purchase Exposition, United States National Museum Exhibit

Description: At the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1904, Smithsonian Institution's United States National Museum exhibit includes the Langley Aerodrome, a model of a whale suspended from ... More

The Wright airplane of 1909 at Ft. Myer, Virginia

The Wright airplane of 1909 at Ft. Myer, Virginia

Public domain photograph of experimental aircraft, prototype, aviation design and development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cederström startar sin första verkliga flygning vid flygskolan i Pau i april 1910.Bilden kommer möjligen från Ilis flygutställning 1934.

Cederström startar sin första verkliga flygning vid flygskolan i Pau i...

Cederström startar sin första verkliga flygning vid flygskolan i Pau i april 1910.Bilden kommer möjligen från Ilis flygutställning 1934.

Capt. Thomas S. Baldwin, in cockpit of airplane

Capt. Thomas S. Baldwin, in cockpit of airplane

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). LC-B2-2030-9A.

Herbert [sic] Latham in Antoinette

Herbert [sic] Latham in Antoinette

Photograph shows an airplane flying across a field.

Sopwith beginning flight

Sopwith beginning flight

5 men holding back airplane. J155879 U.S. Copyright Office Photo copyrighted by American Press Association. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; BI; Ai... More

["Hammond" airplane], George Grantham Bain Collection

["Hammond" airplane], George Grantham Bain Collection

Aviator formerly misidentified as Glenn Hammond Curtiss, but this pilot lacks mustache. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Robinson (American) falling into sea near Nice

Robinson (American) falling into sea near Nice

Photo shows airplane of pilot and daredevil Hugh Armstrong Robinson (1881-1963) making a crash landing on water near Nice, France, 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and Metropolitan magazine, July 1912)

Karlsborg 1913. Nieuport IVG, det första flygplanet som landade i Karlsborg på Heden (Lusharpan). Planet flögs av löjtnant Gösta von Porat. Vid hans långfärd 1913 från Malmen till Kviberg utanför Göteborg, följde löjtnant Agnell med som spanare.

Karlsborg 1913. Nieuport IVG, det första flygplanet som landade i Karl...

Karlsborg 1913. Nieuport IVG, det första flygplanet som landade i Karlsborg på Heden (Lusharpan). Planet flögs av löjtnant Gösta von Porat. Vid hans långfärd 1913 från Malmen till Kviberg utanför Göteborg, följ... More

Sikhorsky [i.e., Sikirsky] Aeroplane RUSSIAN KNIGHT

Sikhorsky [i.e., Sikirsky] Aeroplane RUSSIAN KNIGHT

Photograph shows the airplane, "Russian Knight" built by Igor Sikorsky (1889-1972) in the winter of 1912-1913. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Burgess tractor of Burgess Co. & Curtis, 100 HP Renault, sold Army Air Service and delivered Oct. 21, 1913

Burgess tractor of Burgess Co. & Curtis, 100 HP Renault, sold Army Air...

View of pontoon biplane. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. Photograph by USAAS. "3962 A.S." Ernest L. Jones Collection. Caption card tracings: Air Force, U.S.; Airplanes 1911-1919.

An accident on Savy Aerodrome during the German offensive in 1918

An accident on Savy Aerodrome during the German offensive in 1918

ID Number: E01882 ..Place made: France: Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Savy ..An accident on Savy Aerodrome during the German offensive. A powerful factor in weakening the German thrust across the old ... More

"America" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

"America" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows the launch of the Curtiss Model H Flying Boat airplane "America" on June 22, 1914 in Hammondsport, New York. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and Glenn Curtis: Pioneer of Flight, Cecil R. ... More

Montenegrinische Berge, Aufnahme auf einem Flugzeug.

Montenegrinische Berge, Aufnahme auf einem Flugzeug.

Luftaufnahme. Fotograf: 20. Korposkommando. Public domain photograph - Austro-Hungarian army during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Queen visits an aerodrome during World War I

Queen visits an aerodrome during World War I

A row of biplanes are lined up at right-angles to a hangar and a man stands to attention at the side of each one of them. Queen Mary (1867-1953) is walking at the front of the picture with two officers. More of... More

Abgestürztes Flugzeug. - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek public domain dedication

Abgestürztes Flugzeug. - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek public dom...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mel, abgestürtztes Flugzeug. - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek public domain dedication

Mel, abgestürtztes Flugzeug. - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek publ...

The Isonzo is a river in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Slovenia) that was the site of several major battles during World War I. The Isonzo Front was the name given to the area where the fighting took place. ... More

British machine which was blown over during the recent gale

British machine which was blown over during the recent gale

Aeroplane blown over during a storm. An aeroplane is lying upside down with considerable visible damage to the nose, wings and struts. Two air crewmen are standing on wooden ladders mending the underneath of th... More

Standpunkt  Levico. Abgestürztes Flugzeug.

Standpunkt Levico. Abgestürztes Flugzeug.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an Austro-Hungarian aircraft during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Flugzeug in Pergine - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek public domain dedication

Flugzeug in Pergine - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek public domain...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an Austro-Hungarian aircraft during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lieut. Porte & Cabin of Transatlantic flyer

Lieut. Porte & Cabin of Transatlantic flyer

Photograph shows aviator John Cyril Porte with the Curtiss Model H Flying Boat airplane "America" which was launched on June 22, 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and Glenn Curtis: Pioneer of Flight, ... More

Bayrisches Flugzeugs - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek public domain dedication

Bayrisches Flugzeugs - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek public domai...

Landung wegen Benzinmangels weit der eigenen Stellung. Public domain photograph of propeller aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Our flying men at work on a Boche plane, Flanders

Our flying men at work on a Boche plane, Flanders

Five members of the Royal Flying Corps are examining the body section of a two-seater German fighter plane. The plane has a machine gun mounting in front of the forward cockpit. The sleeve badge of 'Royal Flyin... More

Dug-outs for aeroplanes during World War I

Dug-outs for aeroplanes during World War I

R.A.F. aircraft dugouts, France, during World War I. This rather odd contraption on the left of the photograph is, according to the attached caption, the entrance-way to an aircraft dugout. Aircraft bases, alth... More

Feuerstellung einer 7,5 Centimeter M15 Gebirgshaubitze zur Abwehr eines feindl.Flugzeuges.

Feuerstellung einer 7,5 Centimeter M15 Gebirgshaubitze zur Abwehr eine...

Äußerst primitive Möglichkeit zu Fliegerabwehr. Zur Bedienung mußte der Schutzschild ausgebaut werden

Dismantling an aeroplane, during World War I

Dismantling an aeroplane, during World War I

A few soldiers gather round an aeroplane. Three of them are looking at the cockpit, while three others perch near the tail. According to the original caption, these men are dismantling the plane. There are no w... More

Typen feindl. Flugzeuge. Zweck der Aufnahme war, die Herstellung von Diapositiven für den Fliegervortrag.

Typen feindl. Flugzeuge. Zweck der Aufnahme war, die Herstellung von D...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an Austro-Hungarian aircraft during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Abgestürztes Flugzeug. - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek public domain dedication

Abgestürztes Flugzeug. - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek public dom...

Vermutlich Montenegro. Fotograf: 20. Korpskommando. Public domain photograph of car crash, accident, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Launch of "America" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Launch of "America" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows the launch of the Curtiss Model H Flying Boat airplane "America" on June 22, 1914 in Hammondsport, New York. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and Glenn Curtis: Pioneer of Flight, Cecil R. ... More

Aviator officer of Germany - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Aviator officer of Germany - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows German officers with aviator and airplane during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

Das zur Landung gezwungene Itl.Flugzeug bei Maria Gail.

Das zur Landung gezwungene Itl.Flugzeug bei Maria Gail.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an Austro-Hungarian aircraft during World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

DOMENJOS, JUAN, OF SOUTH AMERICA, AVIATOR. WITH BLERIOT OR ANTOINETTE PLANE. PAN AMERICAN SCIENCE CONGRESS

DOMENJOS, JUAN, OF SOUTH AMERICA, AVIATOR. WITH BLERIOT OR ANTOINETTE ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Airplane] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Airplane] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Airplane, Washington, D.C.] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Airplane, Washington, D.C.] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Netherlands Institute of Military History Photo

Netherlands Institute of Military History Photo

More images from the collection of the Netherlands Institute of Military History are to be found at:..Voor meer beelden uit de collectie van het Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie kijk op:..nimh-beeld... More

Netherlands Institute of Military History Photo

Netherlands Institute of Military History Photo

More images from the collection of the Netherlands Institute of Military History are to be found at:..Voor meer beelden uit de collectie van het Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie kijk op:..nimh-beeld... More

[Georges Marie Guynemer with airplane and two other men]

[Georges Marie Guynemer with airplane and two other men]

J239137 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by R. Soubiran. Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Thomas R. Shipp copy, radio in airplane

Thomas R. Shipp copy, radio in airplane

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants - Nordyke and Marmon Co. Airplane Engine Plant, Indianapolis, IND. Soldiers instruction room. Men studying airplane mechanics are taught here

Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants - Nordyke and Marmon Co. Airplane Eng...

Photographer: Nordyke & Marmon Co. Airplanes - Manufacturing Plants Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airplanes - Engines - Manufacturing Curtiss Ox-5 airplane engines at the Willy-s Morrow Plant, Elmira, New York. Finishing valve action

Airplanes - Engines - Manufacturing Curtiss Ox-5 airplane engines at t...

Photographer: Willys-Morrow Plant Airplanes - Engines Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airplanes - Miscellaneous - Marines at practice with airplane guns; Miami, FLA. The gunner or observer aboard an airship must be on the alert for enemy planes. These marine aviators are practicing shooting at miniature planes

Airplanes - Miscellaneous - Marines at practice with airplane guns; Mi...

Date Taken: 6/0/1918 Photographer: Underwood & Underwood Airplanes - Miscellaneous Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl... More

Airplanes - Types - Front of Le Pere airplane. Committee Public Information. Wright Wilbur Aviation Field

Airplanes - Types - Front of Le Pere airplane. Committee Public Inform...

Photographer: J.L. Kreis Airplanes - Types Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airplanes - Accidents - Air Service. Airplane wrecks

Airplanes - Accidents - Air Service. Airplane wrecks

Airplanes - Accidents Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airplanes - Parts - Manufacture of airplane spares; Acklin Stamping Co., Toledo, Ohio. Press section of the factory

Airplanes - Parts - Manufacture of airplane spares; Acklin Stamping Co...

Photographer: Acklin Stamping Co. Airplanes - Parts Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airplanes - Materials - Castor Bean Culture, Dade City, Florida. The oil which is made from the beans is used as a lubricant for airplane engines since high altitude does not freeze it. The industry is practically new in this country as a result of war needs. Several tons of castor seeds were supplied by the British government in order to get the industry properly started here. From Geo. H. Walker

Airplanes - Materials - Castor Bean Culture, Dade City, Florida. The o...

Photographer: Geo. H. Walker Airplanes - Materials Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airplanes - Historical - Using a sea-sled in connection with the Caproni Bi-plane at the U.S. Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, VA. Experimental work conducted by Captain H.C. Mustin, U.S.N. Side view of Caproni plane on sea-sled

Airplanes - Historical - Using a sea-sled in connection with the Capro...

Date Taken: 11/15/1918 Photographer: Naval Air Station, U.S.N. Airplanes - Historical

Airplanes - Types - Front of the T-4 messenger airplane. The Dayton Wright Airplane Co

Airplanes - Types - Front of the T-4 messenger airplane. The Dayton Wr...

Photographer: Dayton-Wright Airplane Co. Airplanes - Types Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Captured World War I German planes paraded in London, 1918

Captured World War I German planes paraded in London, 1918

Photographer: Thomas Frederick Scales .Captured World War I German planes paraded in London, 1918.Dry plate glass negative .Reference No. 1/2-014083-G.Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association Collec... More

DeHAVILLAND AIRPLANE. LT. TILSON

DeHAVILLAND AIRPLANE. LT. TILSON

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

CULVER, CLARENCE C. COL., U.S.A. IN CHARGE DEVELOPMENT OF RADIO IN AIRPLANES. CURTISS PLANE

CULVER, CLARENCE C. COL., U.S.A. IN CHARGE DEVELOPMENT OF RADIO IN AIR...

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

Photograph of a de Havilland Mail Plane

Photograph of a de Havilland Mail Plane

American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs Public domain photograph of propeller aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lt. Williams. Lt. Williams with model airplane IV

Lt. Williams. Lt. Williams with model airplane IV

The Theodor Horydczak Collection - architecture and social life of Washington DC in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

Sir Herbert Samuel's second visit to Transjordan, etc. Col. [T.E.] Lawrence in airplane ready for a flight to el-Azrak.

Sir Herbert Samuel's second visit to Transjordan, etc. Col. [T.E.] Law...

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

"Highball Express" to Bimini starts

"Highball Express" to Bimini starts

Aeromarine Airways, Inc. passenger airplane reaching Bimini. Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mabel Cody shaking the hand of another aviator: Coral Gables, Florida

Mabel Cody shaking the hand of another aviator: Coral Gables, Florida

Local call number: rc12776..Title: [Mabel Cody shaking the hand of another aviator: Coral Gables, Florida]..Physical descrip: 1 photoprint b&w 5 x 7 in. ..General note: The Mabel Cody Flying Circus featured nig... More

Naval sea plane, 8/28/22 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Naval sea plane, 8/28/22 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Airplane], 9/1/23 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[Airplane], 9/1/23 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Indians on Airplane Boarding Steps - Bureau of Indian Affairs

Indians on Airplane Boarding Steps - Bureau of Indian Affairs

Original caption: Miscellaneous (Indians on airplane boarding steps). Pine Ridge Agency: Miscellaneous Photographs

[Airplane at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C.]

[Airplane at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C.]

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

[Charles Lindbergh and airplane "Spirit of St. Louis"]

[Charles Lindbergh and airplane "Spirit of St. Louis"]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

5-foot Vertical Wind Tunnel - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image.

5-foot Vertical Wind Tunnel - NASA wind tunnel. Public domain image.

Description (July 12, 1932) The researcher is sitting above the exit cone of the 5-foot Vertical Wind Tunnel and is examining the new 6-component spinning balance. This balance was developed between 1930 and 19... More

The Fokker monoplane in which Bernt Balchen, Lt. June, and Professor Gould were forced down in the unknown wastes of Antarctica while they were on a scientific flight

The Fokker monoplane in which Bernt Balchen, Lt. June, and Professor G...

Bernt Balchen with sled dog next to airplane marked "Byrd Antarctic Expedition." This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with data transcribed from item.

Lt. Williams. Lt. Williams with model airplane V

Lt. Williams. Lt. Williams with model airplane V

Public domain photograph of midcentury American office architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Airplane; Washington Monument in distance]

[Airplane; Washington Monument in distance]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an early aircraft, balloon, airship, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The first strawberries by air, Wauchula Air Port, Wauchula, Fla.

The first strawberries by air, Wauchula Air Port, Wauchula, Fla.

Three men standing next to airplane and boxes of strawberries. JO8251 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by George B. Moore.

Sydney Harbour Bridge crowded with onlookers during the water and aerial display, 19 March 1932

Sydney Harbour Bridge crowded with onlookers during the water and aeri...

Searle, E. W. (Edward William)..Part of the collection: Official air views of the opening celebrations of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19 March, 1932.; Title devised by cataloguer based on inscription below photo... More

American Eagle model A-1 biplane VH-UHV in flight above Sydney Harbour, 19 March 1932

American Eagle model A-1 biplane VH-UHV in flight above Sydney Harbour...

Searle, E. W. (Edward William)..Part of the collection: Official air views of the opening celebrations of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 19 March, 1932.; Title devised by cataloguer based on inscription below photo... More

Photo of Terugkeer van de Uiver, 1934 - Public domain dedication

Photo of Terugkeer van de Uiver, 1934 - Public domain dedication

Bronzen penning. Voorzijde: vliegtuig (de Uiver) in reliëf, vliegend naar rechts, waaronder de wereldkaart waarop aangegeven de route van de vlucht van Londen naar Melbourne, met embleem (van de KLM), omschrift... More

Anthony Fokker, Willem Van De Poll photo

Anthony Fokker, Willem Van De Poll photo

Vliegtuigbouwer Anthony Fokker staand naast een Chrysler Airflow automobiel met op de achtergrond een Fokker F XXXVI passagiersvliegtuig op de luchthaven Schiphol Willem van de Poll worked as a photojournalist... More

aahs_p002033 - A black and white photo of a plane flying in the sky

aahs_p002033 - A black and white photo of a plane flying in the sky

Bell XFM-1 Right Front Above view, in flight Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Air Races, from 1928 through 1939

National Air Races, from 1928 through 1939

Cliff Henderson Collection image. Clifford "Cliff" Henderson (1896-1984) was one of the early organizers of the National Air Races, and managed the races from 1928 through 1939. Please tag these images so that... More

National Air Races, from 1928 through 1939

National Air Races, from 1928 through 1939

Cliff Henderson Collection image. Clifford "Cliff" Henderson (1896-1984) was one of the early organizers of the National Air Races, and managed the races from 1928 through 1939. Please tag these images so that... More

National Air Races, from 1928 through 1939

National Air Races, from 1928 through 1939

Cliff Henderson Collection image. Clifford "Cliff" Henderson (1896-1984) was one of the early organizers of the National Air Races, and managed the races from 1928 through 1939. Please tag these images so that... More

[Unidentified men shaking hands at U.S. airplane]

[Unidentified men shaking hands at U.S. airplane]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

View of 'City of Grafton' aeroplane with pilot and visitors, 1933-1935

View of 'City of Grafton' aeroplane with pilot and visitors, 1933-1935

This image depicts the aircraft ‘City of Grafton’ which was purchased by New England Airways in 1933 from Australian National Airways. Previously named ‘Southern Sky’, the monoplane was piloted by Keith A Virtu... More

National Air Races, from 1928 through 1939

National Air Races, from 1928 through 1939

Cliff Henderson Collection image. Clifford "Cliff" Henderson (1896-1984) was one of the early organizers of the National Air Races, and managed the races from 1928 through 1939. Please tag these images so that... More

National Air Races, from 1928 through 1939

National Air Races, from 1928 through 1939

Cliff Henderson Collection image. Clifford "Cliff" Henderson (1896-1984) was one of the early organizers of the National Air Races, and managed the races from 1928 through 1939. Please tag these images so that... More

Qantas flying boat 'Coolangatta', Rose Bay, Sydney, 20 June 1936 / Sam Hood

Qantas flying boat 'Coolangatta', Rose Bay, Sydney, 20 June 1936 / Sam...

Format: Black & white photoprint..From the collections of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales ( ) ..Information about photographic collections of the State Library of New South Wales:. ( ht... More

Flight Students, 1939, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

Flight Students, 1939, Nantucket Island Massachusetts

A group of women posed around an airplane - summer 1939. Dave Raub's female flight students...Left to right: (standing) Jean Adams Cook (airport manager), Anne Beach, Grace Larkin Coffin, Edith Jenney, Kathryn ... More

Reverend Paul Schulte [with airplane]

Reverend Paul Schulte [with airplane]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Irma Lee McElroy, a former office worker, does with precision and patriotic zeal. Mrs. McElroy is a civil service employee at the naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas. Her husband is a flight instructor

Painting the American insignia on airplane wings is a job that Mrs. Ir...

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

Fueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Fueling a plane at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Photo probably shows man adding oil, rather than fuel, because of his location on the airplane. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

A C-87 transport plane, just off the assembly line, at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation field, Fort Worth, Texas

A C-87 transport plane, just off the assembly line, at the Consolidate...

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

F6 Karlsborg 1940. En division B4:or. (en division:9 flygplan och 3 i reserv). Åsaskogen i bakgrunden. Albumet är en del av en donation från Karl-Axel Hansson, Karlsborg. Förteckning över hela donationen finns i albumet samt som Word-dokument.

F6 Karlsborg 1940. En division B4:or. (en division:9 flygplan och 3 i ...

F6 Karlsborg 1940. En division B4:or. (en division:9 flygplan och 3 i reserv). Åsaskogen i bakgrunden. Albumet är en del av en donation från Karl-Axel Hansson, Karlsborg. Förteckning över hela donationen finns ... More

F6 Karlsborg 1940. Gästande De Havilland DH 90 "Dragon Fly". Tygverkstaden till höger. Albumet är en del av en donation från Karl-Axel Hansson, Karlsborg. Förteckning över hela donationen finns i albumet, samt som Word-dokument.

F6 Karlsborg 1940. Gästande De Havilland DH 90 "Dragon Fly". Tygverkst...

F6 Karlsborg 1940. Gästande De Havilland DH 90 "Dragon Fly". Tygverkstaden till höger. Albumet är en del av en donation från Karl-Axel Hansson, Karlsborg. Förteckning över hela donationen finns i albumet, samt ... More

Dispatching men to work at the union headquarters. San Diego, California. Substantially all defense construction and airplane work is unionized in San Diego. Thus, the union headquarters is a key employment spot

Dispatching men to work at the union headquarters. San Diego, Californ...

Public domain photograph of meeting, discussion, group of people, political event, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boeing Flying Fortresses. Latest Boeing Flying Fortresses. This, the newest and most formidable in the Boeing Flying Fortress series, is [described by] the War Department as "bigger and more deadly" than any of its predecessors. This new airplane, a key weapon in America's war program, is now in mass production at the Boeing Aircraft Company. Under a special tri-company production pool arrangement, it is also being built in quantity by the Douglas Aircraft Company and by the Vega Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Lockheed Corporation

Boeing Flying Fortresses. Latest Boeing Flying Fortresses. This, the n...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Workers' automobiles parked near the airplane factories. San Diego, California. Providing parking space for automobiles and getting the cars in and out at shift changing time have been big problems

Workers' automobiles parked near the airplane factories. San Diego, Ca...

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Rolling for Uncle Sam. Rolling away a finished tire, this tire company worker is proud of the job it will do, for it is a huge airplane bomber tire, of the kind used by Uncle Sam on his giant defenders. The tire will receive a few finishing touches before shipping, although it is ready for service as is. Firestone (General) Tires, Akron, Ohio

Rolling for Uncle Sam. Rolling away a finished tire, this tire company...

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The Ford Motor Company has constructed and equipped, in eight months an airplane engine building. It covers 17.8 acres, will employ over 14,000 men, will turn out Pratt and Whitney engines at the rate of one an hour for sixteen hours a day. Building and machinery cost twenty-three million dollars. Photo shows three machines on truck, on their way to be installed in the new aircraft building

The Ford Motor Company has constructed and equipped, in eight months a...

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Aluminum. Reynolds Metal Company, Louisville, Kentucky. A stock of "strong alloy" aluminum ingots ready for fabrication into airplane parts

Aluminum. Reynolds Metal Company, Louisville, Kentucky. A stock of "st...

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Airplane seat production. Airplane pilot seats, manufactured in a large Midwest rubber company now converted to production of many necessities, demands hundreds of rivets in each section of seat construction. Here a workman is cold pressing rivets into a back tie plate with a specially designed air hammer

Airplane seat production. Airplane pilot seats, manufactured in a larg...

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Airliners on the field. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C.

Airliners on the field. Municipal airport, Washington, D.C.

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Aluminum. Reynolds Metal Company, Louisville, Kentucky. A rush order of aluminum sheet airplane parts receives a final check before shipment to the plane factory

Aluminum. Reynolds Metal Company, Louisville, Kentucky. A rush order o...

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Wing sections for B-25 bombers and P-51 fighters, move down long assembly lines at North American Aviation plant at Inglewood, California. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Wing sections for B-25 bomb...

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