Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Paul McConnell visits Cam Ranh Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. General Paul McConnell and party n staff cars drive past the security gates. General boards HU-1B helicopter. HU-1B helicopter lands at air base. General McConell disembarks from the helicopter and gets into staff cars.
North American bomber B-25 Mitchell sprays DDT (Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane) in Rockford, Illinois. Military officials fill 500 gallons of DDT in the aircraft. Bomber B-25 Mitchell in flight sprays DDT over the city to eradicate polio.
U.S. Air Force C-123B Provider aircraft in Vietnam during Ranch Hand Operation of the Vietnam War. A fleet of aircraft in flight. Five C-123B Provider fly over water and a forest area. They pass over a shoreline and spray defoliant agent orange over rural areas in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of vegetation cover and food.
U.S. Air Force C-123B Provider aircraft in Vietnam during Ranch Hand Operation of the Vietnam War. View of five Fairchild C-123B Provider in flight. They fly over water and a forest area. The aircraft pass over a shoreline and spray defoliant agent orange over rural areas in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of vegetation cover and food.
A variety of airplanes parked at the Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan,at the start of the 1930 Ford Commercial Airplane reliability tour, AKA The National Air Tour for the Edsel B. Ford Reliability Trophy. Red, White, and blue bunting decorates the airport building. In the distance, the Clock Tower, at Greenfield Village can be seen. Some pilots start their engines. At TC: 00:40 Nancy Hopkins, the only woman pilot in the event (and her own mechanic), is seen walking toward the camera, smiling and folding a paper. At TC:00:45, Aviator Jimmy Doolittle is seen standing by the leading edge of an airplane wing, with his hand on the pitot tube. Edsel Ford and an assistant control the start of airplanes, each at a specific time. They signal each pilot to start, using a white flag. The last plane seen taking off is number 22, a Viking Kitty Hawk B4 biplane, piloted by Nancy Hopkins.
The Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour for the Edsel B Ford Trophy at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. A map depicts the path to be followed by the aircraft through 11 cities, during the Commercial Airplane Reliability Tour for the Edsel B Ford Trophy, taking off at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Several people gathered on the airfield at night. Fireworks in the sky at Dearborn airfield. Radio airplane flights featured at the airfield.
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