Coverage of U.S. military aviation progress shows flying through the fog in the United States. Fog-shrouded business buildings. An aircraft, resembles a U.S. Boeing 247, crashed on the side of a snow-covered hill. Several civilians standing around the wreckage. A partially destroyed house and remains of the aircraft which crashed into it. A Curtiss Condor (C-30) passenger plane showing where it crash-landed in the woods. A U.S. OA-4A in flight. Interior of OA-4A cabin with radio operator seated at controls. Pilot's hands on controls of an OA-4A. Pilot seated in cockpit of an OA-4A talks into microphone. Radio operator seated in front of sending and receiving instruments. An OA-4A in flight. Radio operator in an OA-4A. An OA-4A in flight, enters a fog bank. Pilot seated in cockpit of aircraft talking into microphone, while aircraft is in fog bank. Radio operator seated in front of sending and receiving equipment and turning on marker beacon. An OA-4A in flight in a fog bank. The aircraft lands, taxis, and parked.
United States Navy TBF Avenger aircraft in formation over Quadalcanal during World War 2. Ground crew works on U.S. F4U Corsairs. Pilots converse 'Nylorac' written on an F4F Wildcat plane number 17. F4U Corsair taxis and in flight. F4F Wildcat stand in line on field, one plane is named 'Susan'. A pilot gets out of a F4F plane. A gas truck passes. TBF Avenger aircraft in large formations overhead.
Midway-class aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Atlantic Ocean during Operation Long Step. U.S. Navy F4U-4 Corsairs lined up ready for a signal to take off. AD type aircraft and F4U-4s get the signal for take off. The airplanes take off. An LSO (Landing Signal Officer) brings in a F2H-2 Banshee. The Banshee taxis. An AD-4 Skyraider approaches the stern of the ship for landing aboard USS FDR. F2H Banshee airplanes in flight, awaiting turn to land aboard the aircraft carrier. They fly in formation over Baltimore-class heavy cruiser USS Columbus CL-74. Captain George W. Anderson CO (Commanding Officer) of USS FDR views operations from the bridge. Commander T.F. Caldwell enters with a message which they discuss.
U.S. Marine Corps A-4E Skyhawk attack jet taxis on to the runway for takeoff. A series of U.S. Marine A-4E and F-4B Phantom II landings on the runway at Chu Lai in Vietnam. Four A-4E Skyhawk planes taxi on to the runway and take off one after the other. (Vietnam War period).
USAF F-4D fighter bombers mounted with bombs, laser designator pod, ECM pod prepares to take off from Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base (RTAFB) in Thailand during the Vietnam War. USAF F-4D fighter bomber Weapon Systems Officer (WSO) sighting through laser device mounted on canopy. WSO removes his helmet and puts it on again. The F-4D pilot drawing reference lines on canopy with a grease pencil. Two USAF McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II fighter bombers armed with Mark 84 Laser-Guided Bombs (LGBs) and AIM-7E Sparrow missiles. The second aircraft has an ECM (Electronic countermeasures) pod system.
View of airfield at Chu Lai in Vietnam. U.S. Marine F-4A and F-4B Phantom II planes land on the runway. They deploy their drag chutes on the ground roll. A Marine A-4 also lands. (Vietnam War period).
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