Lieutenant D'Arcy Greig in Calshot, Southampton. Men stand by the side of a plane. A Curtiss R3C amphibian plane is pushed into water. It is towed with the help of a small boat. The plane taxis on water and takes off. The plane in flight.
Arturo Ferrarin and Carlo Del Perte set a record on a SM-64 monoplane in Rome, Italy(1928). A large crowd on the ground to see the event. Major Arturo Ferrarin and Carlo Del Perte are greeted by bystanders and are given flowers. A SM-64 monoplane with the wing built close to the ground. An engine mounted above the wing of the plane.
Eddie Stinson and George Haldeman on a Stinson Detroiter in Jacksonville, Florida. The monoplane stationed showing legend on side 'The Stinson Detroiter'. Fuel tanks are put aboard the plane by men and fuel is put into tanks. George Haldeman with two ladies. Eddie Stinson looks out of the cockpit. The aircraft takes off.
Charles B. D. Collyer and Harry Tucker on a Lockheed Vega airplane named "Yankee Doodle"in Los Angeles, California. The plane in flight. It lands in Los Angeles, after traveling non-stop from the Atlantic coast. Side of the plane reads 'Yankee Doodle', single engine monoplane. Collyer and Tucker get out of the cockpit and stand.
World Airways Today and Tomorrow shows various civilian and military aircraft being used for various purposes. Birds in flight over a water body. An autogyro in flight. A low wing monoplane performs a roll. A military Boeing 314 clipper aircraft in flight. A TWA (Trans World Airlines) DC-2 aircraft on takeoff with one gear up and the other landing gear of the passenger aircraft still extended. "The Lindbergh Line" painted on its fuselage. A B-29 aircraft in flight. Formation of B-26 bombers in flight above clouds. A B-29 dropping bombs. Bombs away view from bomber aircraft as bombs are released from open bomb bay doors. Explosions on ground targets in World War II as U.S. Army Air Force B-26s drop bombs. A United Airlines DC-2 passenger airplane in flight over a city. China Clipper seaplane taking off. Aerial view of China Clipper aircraft (Martin M-130 four-engine flying boat built for Pan American Airways) in flight over the partially completed Golden Gate Bridge, while still under construction, in San Francisco, California, circa mid 1930s. Lockheed Constellation passenger plane climbing over mountains. Baggage handlers loading cargo and baggage into United Airlines DC-3. (World War II period).
Wright brothers' first aircraft flight together near Dayton Ohio in 1910. Wilbur Wright is in the pilot's seat with Orville Wright as passenger to his right. (Until this flight, the Wrights had never flown together so that if one of them was killed, the other could continue their work.) Next, a view of Alberto Santos-Dumont, and the first European flight made by him on 13 September 1909. Following segment shows crowds gathered at Washington DC Polo field as truck arrives carrying mail to be loaded on the first U.S. Air mail flight, May 15, 1918. Army pilot, Lieutenant Webb, in his JN-4H airplane, on Southbound flight from New York, takes off from Philadelphia, where he stopped to pick up more mail. He flies over the Washington Polo Field upon arrival. We see his airplane being unloaded as he jumps down from cockpit and crowds watch. Views of first transatlantic flight begins with takeoff of three out of four existing United States Navy Curtiss flying boat aircraft from Newfoundland, on May 16, 1919. Curtiss flying boats NC-1, NC-3, NC-4 are seen at takeoff from Newfoundland on first leg of the transatlantic journey. Flying Boat NC-4 is also seen at one of its foreign ports, though which is unclear (Azores, Lisbon, or England).
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.