A pilot and his crew inspect a F-105D aircraft for flight safety in the United States. A pilot stands beside the aircraft. The first task is to assess the condition of prime areas of the airplane. The pilot checks the physical condition of the aircraft. He checks tires of the aircraft and angle of free movement. Access doors are secured. Hydraulic lines and cables and many other things are checked. Crew checks landing light, safety pin, gears are in good condition. Wing tip is inspected. Engine access door are secured. The bomb bay doors are in a good condition. Interior and exterior of the tail pipe is checked and a compartment door is secured. The pilot and the crew check the left side of the aircraft. The left wing is inspected. Heat exchangers are inspected. Top service inspection is done and canopy is checked: seat arm vest, ejection seat, safety pin are installed and whole sitting is inspected. Interior: Bomb bay door handle and various dials of controls in the cockpit are checked. Seat belt and oxygen mask are checked. The pilot dons a helmet. After the engine starts, the crew checks the hydraulic system. Every phase is checked for safe return of the pilot and the aircraft.
USS Shangri La (CV-38) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia during her launching. Ground views of USS Shangri La (CV-38) on ways. Workers in the foreground. Ground views of Shipyard. Workers on dock wave to workers on flight deck of ship.
USS Shangri La (CV-38) launched at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. USS Shangri La is launched. Tugboats come alongside of the ship.
USS Shangri-La (CV-38) is christened at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. Mrs. James H. Doolittle, Miss McClellan, Rear Admiral Felix X. Gygax, and Captain Mauch pose. Miss McClellan speaks into a microphone. Admiral Gygax speaks at microphone. Mrs. Doolittle poses with champagne bottle, christens ship, ship is launched. Ground views of ship in water. Tugboats alongside and workers on flight deck. Workers on dock. ("Lost Horizon" author, James Hilton, who created the word Shangri-La, is present on the platform behind Mrs. Doolittle and was a special guest that day.)
USS Shangri La (CV-38) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia during her launching. USS Shangri La on ways, workers on flight deck. Anchor chains. Spectators during launching of Shangri-La. Photographers take photos.
USS Shangri La (CV-38) and USS Hancock return to port in the United States after World War 2. A girl waves towards ships (USS Shangri La (CV-38) and USS Hancock (CV-19)). Crowds of friends and family standing at pier in the background to welcome the troops. Large crowds of U.S. Navy personnel and sailors. Troops carry their luggage and disembark the USS Shangri La (CV-38). They load their luggage on to truck. Crowds standing at pier.
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