The launch of A-4 (V-2) guided missile in Peenemunde, Germany. ( Slate states that causes of earlier breakdowns have been identified and corrected. This is the 3rd shot, on October 3, 1942.) German military and civilian personnel check instrument section of sheets giving firing order. A technician touches fire controls. A-4 missile is launched. Smoke covers the surrounding area. A-4 rocket speeds away out of sight. (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).
Experiments on the aerial bombing of water crafts off Virginia Capes in the United States. C-Class airship (blimp) on mooring mast and in flight over the water. Bombing crews gathered in field for briefing. Mass takeoffs of SE-5A scout planes, a 2 seater DeHaviland-4B and Martin Bombers NBS-1. U.S. Navy battleship of the Atlantic Fleet watch the maneuvers. Bombing observation ships, the seaplane tender USS Shawmut and transport USS Henderson at sea. 4 ex-German vessels - The submarine U-117, destroyer G-102, cruiser Frankfort, and battleship of the First Class the Ostfriesland at sea. Brigadier General William Mitchell observes the bombing from a DH-4 while U.S. Navy's Captain Moffet observes from a USN NC-8. June 21, 1921: The bombing begins with starting shots on the U-117. Three 163lb HE bombs dropped on the submarine. The submarine half submerged and its debris on the surface after sinking. July 13, 1921: The destroyer G-102 bombed by an Army aircraft. Smoke from the explosions.
Two men repair a parachute pack on flight deck next to an aircraft aboard USS Constellation in North Vietnam. Man's hands tying a small piece of thread on side of a parachute pack. A man in green shirt works over the parachute pack and underneath a RA-5C plane. Man lowers a panel underneath the aircraft. He is using a rag to clean after camera mount on RA-5C. Two men in green shirts work underneath the RA-5C and close the little panel to camera mount area. Words read "USS Constellation" and "Navy VAH-12" on a RA-5C. A man in purple shirt up alongside the RA-5C refuels the aircraft and attaches the Fuel hose to side of RA-5C. Two men in purple shirt up along the starboard side of RA-5C as plane is refueled. A-4C plane taxis over flight deck. Man in blue shirt holding onto a tow bar walks along in front of aircraft during spotting. Blast fence is up in the background aft of second catapult. F-4B plane taxis over deck off to right. A-4C plane.
Wright Brothers Model C aircraft in a field during a flight in the United States. Two men turn propellers, engine starts and it takes off. It flies low over a field as a DH-4 aircraft also flies. DH-4 and Wright Model C flying low and close to each other. A blimp in flight with DH-4 in the background. (This event occurred well after the 1914 grounding of the Model C by the Army due to a series of fatal crashes).
Bomb handled aboard USS Constellation (CVA-64) at Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. Ordnance men wheel Snakeye bombs. RA-5A aircraft parked in the background. Auxiliary power unit (APU) parked by aircraft. Aviation Ordnance men walk on flight deck. Snakeye bombs wheeled. A-4C aircraft spotted by a tractor. Aviation Ordnance men wheel Snakeye bombs on a cart. Pylon contains a bomb. A bomb cart wheeled under wing. A large rod is screwed in nose of bomb. Snakeye bombs attached to bomb. Steel rod is then unscrewed. Aviation Ordnance men use tools in tightening nuts on bombs. A fuse is screwed. Missile men wheel bomb cart carrying Sidewinder Missiles. A-4C aircraft loaded with bombs. A-4C aircraft stand in rows on the deck.
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