USS Ranger underway in San Francisco Bay in northern California, United States. Port bow view of USS Ranger (CVA-61) underway. The Golden Gate Bridge in the background. A tug sprays water high in the air as a welcome to the ship. Airplanes parked on the flight deck
U.S. Army Air Service test pilot 1st Lieutenant Russell L. Maughan's dawn to dusk flight across the United States on June 23rd, 1924. Lt. Maughan in the cockpit of a Curtiiss P-1 Hawk airplane. He takes off from Mitchel Field in New York at dawn. The airplane in flight over Manhattan, New York City showing the East River with Williamsburg, Manhattan, and Brooklyn Bridges. The Curtiiss P-1 Hawk in flight over the Wall Street district, the Battery Park and the Hudson River. The aircraft arrives at McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio. Lt Maughan in the aircraft. A ground-gasoline truck and a fire truck near the airplane as it is refueled with the engine running. He climbs out of the cockpit briefly to allow a boy to look inside. Maughan takes off from McCook field. He is seen by his Curtiss P-1 Hawk, after arriving at Crissy Field in the Presidio, San Francisco, California.
Aircraft are used for different purposes in the United States. Men and a pilot and an observer load a three-lensed camera into the back cockpit of a two-winged bi-plane for map making. A view from an aircraft into the two cockpits of another aircraft directly below. Two U.S. Army Air Service officers assemble a mosaic map on a wall. A mosaic aerial map. An aerial photograph of New York City, the Island of Manhattan with the East River on the right and the Hudson River on the left.
Activities of the U.S. Army Air Corps in San Francisco. Row of parked B-10s with crewmen standing in front of the aircraft. An army blimp in flight over aircraft. Brigadier General Plaggert and staff walking across flight line in front of row of the parked B-10s. Crewmen standing in front of the aircraft. Row of the parked P-12s, engines running. Three B-10s taking off together. P-12 taxiing in the foreground. P-12s flying in formation. Brigadier General Plaggert making a speech.
Automobile and air races in the Omaha, Nebraska. Scenes of the crack ups and amazing escapes from death. Airplane in flight. It crashes in an area. Trees in the background. High altitude view of an area. Cars moving on the race track. Cameramen record the event. A car loses the control and crashes. The driver escapes death.
U.S. Army air Forces B-29 Super Fortress mechanics working on engine of a B-29 at night, on Saipan, Marianas Islands, in World War Two. Maintenance stands are set up around the engine and lights illuminate the scene for the mechanics.
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