Operations of U.S. Navy A-7A Corsair 2 aboard USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A man in a yellow shirt gives hand signals. An A-7A aircraft is moved onto a catapult in the mid background. A nose wheel and a bar fitting into place on a catwalk. A cat crewman underneath the A- 7A gives hand signals. A man in a green shirt sitting in the open deck hatch on flight deck in front of several gauges. A man holds up a sign which reads: '490'. A tail hook man waits for an aircraft to land. The aircraft lands. The tail hook man runs back to his normal position. U.S. Navy A-4E Skyhawk aircraft taxi off. An A- 4E lands. A tail hook man in the foreground runs towards the aircraft. The tail hook man up alongside the aircraft gives a signal to the pilot that the wire has been released from the tail hook. He watches for another aircraft to land. The man runs across the deck alongside a U.S. Navy A-6A Intruder. The man gives a winding signal. The A-6A taxis forward after making an arrested landing and folds its wings.
Operations of U.S. Navy A-7A Corsair 2 aboard USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. A small group of personnel watches the recovery of an aircraft. An A-7A aircraft comes to a halt on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. The aircraft taxis on the flight deck. A tractor in the right foreground. An A-7A aircraft making a recovery, rolls to a stop. A wire is released from a tail hook. The aircraft taxis out. Ready bomb stowage area behind the island, a large amount of bombs secured to the bomb carts. Personnel working in the far background. Ordnance personnel working around the bomb fuse carts. An ordnance man holds a bomb fuse in his hand. Ready bomb stowage area behind the island. Ordnance personnel working in the background. Bombs and bomb fuses in the foreground. An ordnance man works with a hand full of safety wires attaching them to a fuse cart. The ordnance man wheels a fuse cart down the deck area. Personnel standing between the aircraft. The ordnance man wheels the cart down the deck toward the A-7A, stops at the A-7A. An ordnance man attaches two fuses to two separate bombs. A fuse being screwed on the nose of a bomb by the ordnance man. The ordnance man attaches the safety wire. A clip being put on the safety wire of the bomb. An ordnance man works with the safety wire on the bomb attached to the A-7A. United States Navy F-4J Phantom II and U.S. Navy A-6A Intruder in the background on the flight deck.
Operations of U.S. Navy A-7A Corsair 2 aboard USS Ranger underway in the South China Sea during the Vietnam War. An air officer and one of his assistants in the control room. The officer is talking over a phone while looking through a window towards the flight deck. Silhouette view of personnel at their stations in pri-fly ( Primary Flight Control ). The air officer looking out the window, a U.S. Navy F-4J Phantom II being launched in the far background as seen through the window. The air officer in deep silhouette on the phone. A U.S. Navy A-6A Intruder aircraft being launched in the far background from the angle deck, the F-4J aircraft waiting to be launched. The air officer looks on as the aircraft are being launched. Interior view of pri-fly with personnel at their stations, windows off to the left. A telephone talker writing on an aircraft status board. The air officer looks on as U.S. Navy RA-5C Vigilante is launched from the angle deck in the far background. The aircraft being launched and off the deck from the angle deck. The air officer speaks into a microphone as he looks through the window towards the flight deck area. He looks on as an A-7A is recovered. A telephone talker in the pri-fly. The A-7A taxis forward in the background after being recovered. The A-7A makes a bolter off the deck and is airborne. An A-7A being recovered.
National championship speedboat races in San Diego, California. Aerial exhibitions by U.S. Navy fighting squadrons during the event. U.S. Navy ( USN ) Douglas DT-2 aircraft in flight. USS Langley on a side. A single engine seaplane in flight. It lands in a harbor. A USN NB-1 aircraft taxis in the harbor. People in barges watch the race. A convoy of speedboats whiz past the boats in the harbor. Yachts in the harbor.
A film on maneuvers of the U.S. Navy in the United States. USS Lexington (CV-2) aircraft carrier underway at sea. Several aircraft parked on the flight deck of the ship. A clock shows 8 o'clock. Pilots of the Lexington air group man the aircraft. The aircraft take off and in flight overhead. Airplanes being catapulted from battleships and cruisers. A formation of seaplanes in flight overhead. Airplanes take off to assist in maneuvers of a U.S. fleet. A formation of airplanes in flight over Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California. A torpedo installed on an airplane. The airplane takes off. A formation of three torpedo airplanes in flight. Torpedo squadron drops the torpedoes during the fleet maneuvers. Gun crew of 6" guns of a battleship man the guns and fire them. A line of battleships steaming in formation and firing turrets. A torpedo airplane with a torpedo in flight. A dive bomber during dives on USS Utah (BB-31). USS Lexington steaming at sea preparing for the landing of an airplane. Undercarriage of the airplane approaches the aircraft carrier for landing. Airplanes land aboard the carrier. A large formation of airplanes in flight. Aerial view of a U.S. Navy dirigible airship in flight.
A film titled 'Make America first in the air' on the development of air power of the United States. Animated map of the U.S. with a line from New York to Kansas. A covered wagon train of settlers moving west along desert terrain, depicting the Santa Fe Trail of 1849. Mountains in the background. Animated map of the U.S. with a line from New York to Kansas, and continuing through New Mexico and Arizona to California. Railroads decreased the time taken to cover the distance between the places to four days. A train using a steam locomotive moves to the right along a double track. Animation over a map of the U.S. with a line from New York to California. Airways further reduced the time taken to cover the distance to 27 hours. A U.S. Army Air Service Fokker T-2 aircraft in flight.
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