Aviator Charles Lindbergh aboard USS Saratoga (CV-3) in the Pacific near the Panama Canal. Charles Lindbergh seen in a Boeing F3B-1 carrier based fighter bomber (BuNo A-7739) from Bombing Squadron VB-2B aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. Lindbergh visited the USS Saratoga on 8 February 1929. He was aboard for two days and while he was there he was invited to fly the new Boeing F3B-1. The VB-2B made him an honorary member of the squadron. U.S. Navy officers talk to Lindbergh on the deck of Saratoga, including Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves (aka "Bull" Reeves), A.P. Storrs, and W.V. Davis. Pilots pose for a photo with Lindbergh. Lindbergh seated in the aircraft. Squadron emblem of Felix the cat holding a spherical bomb is painted on side of plane. Plane takes off from the carrier deck. Lindbergh, U.S. Military and Navy officials aboard Saratoga talk to each other. Another naval ship can be seen in the sea. Bow of the aircraft carrier.
Views of U.S. Navy Aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3) in the Pacific near Panama Canal during fleet excercise "Fleet Problem IX". The Aircraft Carrier Saratoga steaming forward, seen from various angles. The hull and huge guns of the ship can be seen. A seaplane on the deck of the ship.
A Martin T3M-2 floatplane catapulted from deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3). The sailors aboard watch the plane taking off. Takeoff of a Vought UO-1 two-seat observation biplane from the deck of the USS Saratoga. Then landing of a UO-1 on the USS Saratoga. Crewman waves flags at edge of deck.
Group of ship's personnel aboard USS Saratoga as the ship prepares to cross the equator. Initiation ceremonies at Order of Shellbacks. Personnel dressed in various costumes. Several cartoons drawn on the black boards. Ship's officers and Admirals lined up in whites, watch initiation ceremonies. Initiated shell back personnel, sailors with socks on necks, oil rubbed on them, paint on faces, hair cut off.
Flag bridge of USS Saratoga as old style bi-plane fighters take off. Lighter aircraft lined up on flight deck prepares to take off. Planes take off from flight deck.
Colonel Charles Lindbergh and Captain of USS Saratoga inspect flag deck. Crew and officers in the background. Admiral H. A. Wiley, Commander in Chief of U.S. fleet and Colonel Lindbergh pose for picture. Colonel Lindbergh in the cockpit of a airplane, prepares to take off from USS Saratoga. Plane leaves the ship and is escorted by two fighter craft.