United States Air Force Lockheed U-2 aircraft are assigned to Strategic Air Command's 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing for filter duct calibration flight testing. A man pulls a dolly out of a hangar at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The dolly is loaded with the filter hatch of a Lockheed U-2 aircraft. The man checks the filter seal pressure for leaks and traces the filter route. He opens up a hatch and does more checking. He manually operates a butterfly gate in a duct opening. Close view of the butterfly gate opening and closing alternately in the duct opening.
United States Air Force Lockheed U-2 aircraft are assigned to Strategic Air Command's 4080th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing for filter duct calibration flight testing. An aircraft in a low flight over a field in the United States. It climbs up in the sky. The aircraft taxis after landing on a runway at Edwards Air Force Base in California. A jeep is driven along the runway. Crewmen remove safety pins from outrigger wing gears. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The outrigger wing gears are jettisoned.
A camera installation in a United States Lockheed U-2C aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The camera bay of a U-2C aircraft on a trolley. An airman threads a film in a cassette and puts a cover on the cassette. He then works on a timer as he synchronizes it. A cover being placed on the cassette. Men push the camera bay on the trolley near the U-2C aircraft. They install the cassette in the U-2C camera bay of the aircraft.
A United States Air Force Lockheed U-2C at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The U-2C aircraft being refueled at the air base. A van pull up. A pilot gets off and climbs up a ladder. He gets into the cockpit of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis along the air base and takes off.
The first U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Langley (CV-1) anchored on the York River, in Virginia, October 17, 1922. A Vought VE-7airplane, piloted by Lieutenant Virgil C. Griffin, accelerates along its flight deck and successfully completes the first airplane takeoff from the deck of the Langley. The VE-7 seen flying over the ship. On October 26, 1922, Lieutenant Commander Godfrey de Courcelles Chevalier, in an Aeromarine 39-B airplane, makes the first successful landing on the USS Langley, while she is underway. Eugene Ely was the first when he took off from the USS Birmingham, Hampton Roads, Virginia, November 14, 1910
United States ship Langley underway in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. Vought VE-7 aircraft piloted by Lieutenant Commander V.C. Griffin comes in for landing aboard the Langley on January 29th, 1922. Aircraft lands and taxis along the flight deck.
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