A pilot and his crew inspect a F-105D aircraft for flight safety in the United States. A pilot stands beside the aircraft. The first task is to assess the condition of prime areas of the airplane. The pilot checks the physical condition of the aircraft. He checks tires of the aircraft and angle of free movement. Access doors are secured. Hydraulic lines and cables and many other things are checked. Crew checks landing light, safety pin, gears are in good condition. Wing tip is inspected. Engine access door are secured. The bomb bay doors are in a good condition. Interior and exterior of the tail pipe is checked and a compartment door is secured. The pilot and the crew check the left side of the aircraft. The left wing is inspected. Heat exchangers are inspected. Top service inspection is done and canopy is checked: seat arm vest, ejection seat, safety pin are installed and whole sitting is inspected. Interior: Bomb bay door handle and various dials of controls in the cockpit are checked. Seat belt and oxygen mask are checked. The pilot dons a helmet. After the engine starts, the crew checks the hydraulic system. Every phase is checked for safe return of the pilot and the aircraft.
USS Shangri La (CV-38) and USS Hancock return to port in the United States after World War 2. A girl waves towards ships (USS Shangri La (CV-38) and USS Hancock (CV-19)). Crowds of friends and family standing at pier in the background to welcome the troops. Large crowds of U.S. Navy personnel and sailors. Troops carry their luggage and disembark the USS Shangri La (CV-38). They load their luggage on to truck. Crowds standing at pier.
Lighthouses in the United States. Cape Ann Twin lighthouses. Lighthouse with buildings beside it. Another lighthouse. Gloucester Breakwater lighthouse. Cape Ann Twin lighthouse. Open harbor and small sailboats in harbor. Eastern Point lighthouse. Ten pound Island lighthouse. Name, "Harriet Lane", on stern of a boat. Building seen.
Aerial views from overflying aircraft, of Lighthouses and coast guard stations in the United States. Those seen are: Light Desert Rock lighthouse, followed by Lighthouses: Petit Manan, Nash Island, Avery Rock, Prospect Harbor, Egg Rock, Baker Island, Great Luck Island; Bass Harbor Head, Bear Island, Saddleback Ledge, Browns Head, Herons Neck, Isle of Shoals, Boone Island, Halfway Rock, Portland Breakwater, Pam Island Portland Head, Cape Elizabeth, and wood Island. The Coast Guard Stations seen are: Straitsmouth, Gloucester, Cranberry Island, Salem Air Station Isle of Shoals, Cape Elizabeth, and Biddeford Pool.
U.S. Coast Guard station in the United States. Entrance to U.S. Coast Guard barracks at Salem Air Station in Salem, Massachusetts. Interior of a machine shop. Officer's recreation room (exterior). Garage, containing battery room.
Lighthouses in the United States. Views of various lighthouse. Building beside lighthouses. Relief light ship underway at Portland station. Lighthouse tender underway. Portland, Maine lighthouse depot.
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