Confederate Air Force showing historical aircraft at air show in Harlingen Texas. United States fighter planes of World War II in show. B-17 bomber aircrafts take-off. TBM Avenger in flight. B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber takes off. It is piloted by famous B-29 pilot Paul Tibbets. Skydivers descending. B-17 bomber aircrafts, B-24 bomber planes, B-25 bomber plane in flight. B-29 Superfortress piloted by Paul Tibbets makes simulated drop of Atomic bomb (for which the U.S. Government later issued an apology to Japan, following complaints from the Mayor of Hiroshima and other Japanese representatives). Mushroom cloud seen. B-29 Superfortress in flight.
Confederate Air Force showing historical aircraft at air show (Airsho '76) in Harlingen Texas. United States fighter planes of World War 2 in show. Curtiss P-40 fighter planes in flight. B-29 Superfortress takes off. Texas International DC-9 in foreground. Replicas of Japanese planes Zero fighter, Val dive bombers, Kate torpedo bombers taxiing. SB2C-5 Helldiver taxiing. A jeep and men seen in background.
Confederate Air Force showing historical aircraft at air show in Harlingen Texas. United States fighter planes of World War II in show. B-17 Flying Fortress bomber plane parked. P-47 Thunderbolt parked. Two P-39 Airacobra and P-38 Lightning parked. A man drives a jeep.
An air-cushion vehicle 'Westland' tested at Saint Lawrence River in Canada. The 27 ton hovercraft is a land and water bus that travels on a cushion of air. The hovercraft at the land and then at water. Two men at the controls of hovercraft. Passengers are seated in the hovercraft. The hovercraft visualized by the Canadians for oil exploration.
Fritz Von Opel flies his Opel-Sander RAK 1 rocket propelled air plane. Fritz Von Opel sits in the cockpit of the Opel RAK 1 plane. Repeated trials fail to lift the plane. Finally the plane rises in air. Smoke trailing the Opel RAK 1 plane as it flies. Given the date, this might be a RAK 3, even though the RAK 1 designation is seen on the plane.
A Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) Show in England. The Royal Air Force passes in Coronation Review for the newly crowned Queen Elizabeth II. R.A.F flyers march. R.A.F. aircraft on airfield for inspection by Queen Elizabeth. RAF aircraft fly overhead in formation, including Lincoln Bombers, Meteor Fighters, English Electric Canberra Jet Bombers, and a Handley Page Victor Jet Bomber which had been top secret until the occasion. An aerial view of the Victor Jet Bomber is also seen.
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