Contestants line up for 7th annual barrel-jumping event at Grossinger's Catskill Resort in the Catskill Mountains, near the Village of Liberty, New York. They skate toward the camera. Spectators watch the event. Behind them is posted a contestant's name, "Coallier," and the mumber of barrels he will attempt to jump (14). Officials in striped shirts stand near a line of barrels as a skater Speeds toward them and clears all but the last and falls upon landing. Another skater tries, but lands in the midst of the barrels. Several more barrel jumpers are seen, most failing to clear all the barrels in their attempts. But even those who do, end up sliding across the ice into barriers designed to cushion their impact. Finally, the defending champ, Leo Lebel, of Hartford, Connecticut, who also won in 1956, clears 16 barrels to win the event. (Note: Leo Lebel went on to win this event in 1958 and 1959, as well.)
Evolution of United States Air Force uniforms in the United States. A captain in a 1917 uniform wears a heavy flying jacket and a helmet. The captain climbs into the cockpit of a French Nieuport fighter aircraft.
Evolution of United States Air Force uniforms in the United States. A captain in the 1917 uniform walks towards a French Nieuport fighter aircraft. He inspects the propellers and the engine of the aircraft. The captain climbs into the cockpit and adjusts his eye gear. The aircraft taxis on a field.
Evolution of United States Air Force uniforms in the United States. A captain in a 1940 U.S. Army Air Corps uniform takes off an officer's hat and puts on a helmet in the cockpit of a United States Army Air Corps P-51 Mustang aircraft. The captain puts on a parachute. He walks up to the P-51 Mustang aircraft. He checks the propellers of the aircraft. He wears a jacket and then a parachute. He climbs into the cockpit of the aircraft. Another captain in a 1940 U.S. Army Air Corps uniform in front of a P-51 aircraft. The captain puts on a parachute.
A pilot wearing a 1907 uniform walks up to a Bleriot XI aircraft. The pilot climbs into the cockpit of the aircraft. View from tail, up the length of the plane, toward pilot in cockpit. Close up views of the pilot as he works the tail rudder and elevator controls of the parked plane.
Evolution of United States Air Force uniforms in the United States. A pilot in a 1917 uniform walks up to a French Nieuport fighter aircraft. He checks the propellers and the engine of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis. The aircraft makes low passes over a runway.