Aircraft carrier ship USS Constellation (CVA-64) in the Gulf of Tonkin. A U.S. Navy A-4C Skyhawk aircraft lands at the flight deck. Another A-4C lands. A wire is released from a tail hook and the craft turns and taxis forward. A U.S. aircraft C-1A parked in the foreground. A pilot sits in the cockpit of an A-4C. A ladder alongside the cockpit. The A-4C turns up. Auxiliary Power Unit is connected to the right side. The A-4C taxis towards a blast fence. An A-4C is catapulted. Another A-4C is on the catapult. (Vietnam War period.)
Aerial view of Capitol building in Washington, DC. The Mall and Washington monument viewed from the Capitol. Hundreds of 4H members, gather on lawn in front of the Washington Monument at start of 4-H club camp in Washington, DC. Included are more than a hundred European farm leaders who's trip was financed through the Marshall Plan. Farm youths from 13 European nations have arrived in America. Scenes of 4H activities: Young boy takes 4-h club oath. The symbol of the 4-H club on the wall. Boys and girls gather around a bull and watch it. A boy washing and brushing a bull. They apply their agricultural knowledge to the animals for livestock improvement. Woman looks at preserved food items. An outdoor meeting of the 4-H club members. Young American farmers at airport leaving for Europe. They bid good bye. The plane takes off.
The launch of A-4 guided missile at Peenemunde, Germany. After development and testing the A-4 (V-2) missile is declared operational. A painter paints the missile. A-4 being lowered down onto floor by a large crane. A-4 lowered on a ramp. It is lowered onto a special trailer to haul the missile to the launching site. Large tractor hauls the missile out of a building. A-4 on a special type of trailer is transported to the firing range. It is erected into firing position. Final firing preparations. Workmen stand on a ladder and work on the missile. Oxygen is fueled into the A-4 missile. (World War II period).
F4U with tail code "V" in flight, during the Korean War. View of an Aircraft carrier from the air. Controller tracking an aircraft with sighting equipment on deck of an aircraft carrier. AD-4 Skyraider aircraft on final approach passes overhead of camera. Another AD-4 lands. Flagman directing landing aircraft. An F9F of CVG-5 (Tail code "S") lands. An F4U passes over the camera. Another F4U of CVG-5, lands, followed by a Skyraider. Another AD-4, of VA-55, CVG-5, lands in a partial crab and manages to straighten and stop. Pilot walking away from his aircraft. Deck crewman examines plane's wheel and brakes, as well as damage in wing. An aircraft being lowered on elevator. Aircrews in ready room discussing missions. View of aircraft carrier's wake. Another carrier visible in distance.
U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II crashes at St. Louis, Missouri. It was test flight #155557 MAC 2833. The F-4J aircraft taxis for take off, lifts off and climbs steeply. Pilot and co-pilot eject. (Both survived: Pilot C. D. "Pete" Pilcher, Production Test Pilot, McDonnell Douglas Corporation; and Radar Observer Harvey A. Begay in backseat position.) Plane moves flatly through air in vertical position. It loses all speed. Aircraft falls flatly, impacts runway and explodes into a huge fireball. Black smoke billows up from impact area. Plane continues to burn. F-4J ablaze. Crash crew makes way to fire. Ambulance on ground. Pilot Pilcher and Radar Observer Begay meet-up together with other personnel on the airfield and observe the blazing aircraft from which they had ejected. They walk around a military station wagon. The two crew members examine ejection seat on runway. Ejection seat resting on runway. Two pilots get into a station wagon with other civilian personnel. Collapsed chute laying on grass. View of ejection seat. Blown canopy, other debris lying about runway in the background. F-4J still ablaze. Fire engine enters and moves down a runway. Firemen wade knee-deep through foam while fighting fire. Heavy smoke rises from wreckage. Crashed F-4J, heavy foam in the foreground. Fireman direct more foam into opening of F-4J while smoke is pouring out.
AEF Air Service production center number 2, at Romorantin, France, in World War 1. Men and women take DH-4 wing section in assembly area. French women assemble DH-4 wings, several boxed wing sections. Workers pull boxed DH-4 wings on a dolly, spars between upper and lower wings. Workers pull DH-4 fuselage with wheels, engine and propellers to assembly line. French women attach stabilizer and rudders to DH-4 fuselage. Women sort out plane wires. Workers attach wings to fuselage of DH-4. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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