American Sopwith F-1 Camel in flight. The aircraft taxis and comes to a halt on ground. Ground crew members run towards an upended Sopwith F-1 Camel. They help the pilot Lt. Elliott W Springs come out of the cockpit. Mechanics and crewmen put the aircraft in position. Pilots of the 148th Aero Squadron standing. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Convair B-36 Peacemaker in flight with snow covered peaks on ground. F-94 Starfire in flight with nose up, gaining height. View of F-94 Starfire in flight over the wing of Convair B-36 Peacemaker.
NASA Astronaut Virgil Grissom, in flight suit, leaves building, at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, and walks toward a Convair F-102 Delta Dagger jet from the 48th Fighter Interceptor Squadron. Another F-102 jet parked on the airfield. Grissom inspects the aircraft and then climbs onto the cockpit.
ICBM Atlas F missile 11F is seen on the launch pad LC-11 ready for suborbital test number 71, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, United States. Immediately after ignition, it explodes and the camera records nothing but overwhelming fire and smoke. The accident was attributed to liquid oxygen turbopump failure. Officially, the missile was recorded as having exploding, one second after starting liftoff. L
Burnt and damaged parts of Atlas Missile 11F after its explosion during launch. View of damaged building with Liquid Nitrogen tanker parked under it. Various missile parts scattered over ground. Technicians inspect missile 11F parts.
United States Marine Corps pilot of Squadron VMF (AW) 232 (Red Devils), wearing flight suit and a red helmet, sits in the cockpit of an F-8E Crusader aircraft in Da Nang Vietnam. The name "Wheatley" is stenciled below the cockpit. The pilot raises two fingers to indicate start engine. Ground crewman wearing noise suppressor headset acknowledges with two fingers.Ground crewman collects gear pins. Another ground crewman pulls chocks, hangs them on a rocket tube, and signals for the pilot to taxi. He pulls the chocks off the rocket tube as the aircraft taxis past, with its wings folded. The pilot, Major Cronkrite, unfolds wings and taxis to join the other F-8E, piloted by Wheatley, on the active runway. (Note: On June 20, 1967 Major Charles Ligon Cronkrite experienced mechanical problems during a mission and ejected over water. He did not survive.) (Vietnam War period).
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