Aerial closeup of a Curtiss P-40 aircraft being flown with open canopy and pilot visible, over the city of Buffalo, NY during World War II. The airplane peels off to the right and dives. It returns, again, with canopy closed and repeats the maneuver. The P-40 joins up, again, (with canopy closed) on wing of the camera plane, and then shoots ahead. Finally, it joins up and peels off once more.
United States Army Air Force Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft photographed from another airplane as it performs aerobatic maneuvers in World War 2. The P-40 seen close to the camera plane, as it peels off and dives. Later it is seen at a distance, performing loops, rolls, and other aerobatics. It flies low over a building of the Curtiss Aircraft Company Plant #2 at the Buffalo Airport.
Views from ground at Curtiss Aircraft Company airfield ( likely Buffalo, NY). USAAF P-40 Tomahawk airplanes buzz the field. First, they fly fast and low, individually over the field. After that they perform in close formation, making low fast passes. Brief glimpse of a Curtiss company employee next to a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft, on the ground, below the maneuvering P-40s.
Manufacturing of Browning Automatic Rifles at Winchester Repeating Arms Company in the United States during World War 1. Workers at grinders and presses.. Women work assembling and grinding parts in the production process. Group of women workers seated at a table as they work.
Dr. Hugo Eckener (1868-1954) who commanded the German Zeppelin Hindenburg (LZ-129), describes the maiden voyage of the airship over the North Atlantic, and states his opinion that even in bad weather the Zeppelin would be able to successfully make regular transatlantic flights.
Author Leslie Charteris (1907-1993), a passenger on zeppelin Hindenburg's maiden voyage, talks about his trip from Frankfurt, Germany aboard the airship. He says it is the most natural way to travel across the North Atlantic Ocean.
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