1924: A crowd gathered at Boston Harbor to welcome the first 'Round the world flyers. Dignitaries seated. Air Service Douglas World Cruiser biwing float planes land in the harbor. United States Army Air Service flyers, led by Lieutenant Lowell Smith, arrive in boat at harbor. The six intrepid Lieutenants: Harding, Nelson, L.P. Arnold, Wade, Ogden and Smith, pose with General Patrick, Chief of the Air Service , along with several young women. View of the Barling Bomber at Wright Field in Ohio. Crew members: Lieutenants Harris and Muir Fairchild together with designer Walter Barling and engineer Culver, pose together and then climb aboard the airplane. The aircraft commander stands in open cockpit and orders flight engineer to start the 6 Liberty engines. The Barling Bomber taxis out and takes off. Commander waves from open front cockpit as aircraft climbs after takeoff. Views of the Barling Bomber in flight. President Calvin Coolidge stands, awaiting the arrival of the Pan American Goodwill flyers, at Bolling Field, Washington, DC. Crew of the Loening OA-1A amphibian, "New York": Major Herbert Dargue, and Lieutenant Ennis Whitehead, are greeted as they climb down from their aircraft. President Coolidge, presents all of the flyers with Distinguished Service Cross Certificates.
A U.S. B-25H of the 1st Air Commando Group, 10th Air Force, in Burma-India theater, during World War 2. It taxis and takes off. Separate view of pilot Robert R. Martin in cockpit of aircraft with name "Old Flaherty" under the canopy and insignia of the 10th Air Jungle Rescue Detachment. View of Curtiss C-46A-40-U Commando aircraft parked in rough field. B-25 flies low over the field, buzzing it several times. Indigenous people on the ground pull prop through and the C-46 starts engines, taxis, and takes off. It makes a low pass over the field as those on ground wave.
Pilots of the 1st Air Commando Group in front of Stinson L-5 Sentinel aircraft. Pilot points out route on a map. L-5 taxis and takes off from field. L-5s parked in the background. L-5 in flight over flat jungle terrain. L-5 performs aerial message pickup by dropping weighted line. L-5 in formation flight at low level. L-5 in flight as seen from other L-5 in air. Identifiable aircraft serial number 42-99446 with 1st Air Commando Group markings. on vertical stabilizer.
Moving car stops in front of SEAC (South East Asia Command) headquarters during World War II. British Air Marshal Sir Keith Park exits out of car. Air Marshal is greeted by other officials. Air Marshal trooping line of Honor Guard.
An aircraft takes off from an automobile during the 9th Annual All-America Air Meet in Miami, Florida. A huge crowd watches the air show as the aircraft demonstrates aerobatic stunts in air. "Bird man" Clem Sohn dressed like batman with a wing suit glides to earth from 10,000 feet up and then lands with a parachute. View of the audience of men, women, and children watching with amazed expressions during Sohn's flight.
Air Raid Precaution Depot at Borough of Camberwell in London, England. People lined up at the Air Raid Precaution Depot. Posters are pasted on the wall. The posters read 'Air Raid Precautions, Fitting Gas Masks'. A child sits in a pram.
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