The Ford Reliability Tour in Dearborn, Michigan. A U.S. Navy aircraft prepares to take off from Ford Airport. 'US Navy' written on the aircraft. Few people beside the aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The aircraft in flight. An aircraft on an airfield. A large crowd gathered on the airfield. A Ford aircraft taxis and takes off, during the Ford Reliability Tour. 'Ford' written on the aircraft. A man flags off another aircraft. A large crowd gathered on the airfield watches the aircraft taking off. The Ford Aircraft takes off one by one. Views of the crowd on the airfield. The man with the flag walks with a woman among the crowd. Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, with few other men on the airfield. The aircraft lands one after the other on the airfield.
The aircraft at the Airplane Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. View of a biplane on the airfield and its motor. 'Woodson, Type 3A' written on the rudder. Number '14' written on the fuselage. Another biplane on the airfield. 'Pitcairn Aviation Inc' written on the rudder. Number '19' written on the fuselage of the aircraft. Another biplane on the airfield. 'The Super Swallow' written on the rudder. View of a biplane on the airfield. 'Curtiss' written on the rudder of the aircraft. A few men beside the aircraft. Aircraft parked in a row on the airfield and two men beside an aircraft. Another biplane on the airfield. 'Waco' written on the rudder of the aircraft.
From "The Last Bomb", shows U.S. Army Air Forces conventional bombing of Japan in 1945, during World War 2. Map shows take off points in Saipan, Guam and Tinian. Guam Island shores. Houses and mountains in Guam. Civilians in village. U.S. military equipment, ammunition, vehicles and aircraft parked at airfield. Men around tents. Men at airfield engaged in morning activities. B-29 aircraft parked and others taxi at airfield. Technicians work on aircraft engines. Men manning B29s. Men board B29s. Sign reads 'Headquarters XXI Bomber Command'. General Curtis LeMay around chart planning raid on Japan's industrial areas. Other officers in room. Officer stand up as General Curtis leaves. Officers discuss the plan of attack. Bombs including GP bombs transferred at airfield. Submarines speed up in water to take up positions. Officers at headquarters in discussion. Officers talk on phone. Officer around flight status panel carry out visual progress of the flights. Officer marks positions. Time table for statistics of each wing on wall. B29s taxis for take off at airfield.
Airplanes at the Airplane Reliability Tour at the Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, United States. A biplane on the airfield at the Ford Airport at the Airplane Reliability Tour. A few people beside the aircraft. The starter flags off the biplane. The biplane taking off. Several biplanes flagged off one after the other by the starter. People on the airfield watch the biplanes taking off. A monoplane with number '23' written on the fuselage flagged off. The biplane taxiing on the field. A biplane taxiing on the airfield and taking off. Two biplanes taxiing and taking off. The Ford single engine aircraft on the airfield. A few men wheeling the aircraft preparing for take-off. The Ford aircraft taxis on the airfield and takes off. The aircraft in flight.
Bomb wreckage at El Aouina Airport in Tunis, Tunisia during World War II. Wrecked German and Italian aircraft on the airport. Destroyed fuel drums. The wreckage of German and Italian aircraft on the airfield. Swastika sign on the tail of the German aircraft. Parts of aircraft on the airfield. Damaged fuselage of an aircraft. A wrecked German aircraft against a retaining wall. Damaged parts of the retaining wall. A wrecked German fighter aircraft. Aircraft parts spread on the airfield. A wrecked French bomber Bloch MB.174 aircraft on the airfield. Name on the side of the Bloch 174 appears to be "Ltt LEFORT" (who was killed September 19, 1941 in Blida). The skeleton of a wrecked German Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant ("Giant") transport aircraft. U.S. soldiers beside the wrecked aircraft. The wreckage of aircraft strewn on the airfield. A few soldiers inspecting the wreckage. A soldier seated on the wrecked Gigant transport. Soldiers walking among the aircraft wreckage.
U.S. Army aircraft in Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanon Crisis. A U.S. Army Cessna L-19 aircraft on an airfield. A soldier beside the aircraft. 'US Army 14655' written on the tail of the aircraft. The L-19 aircraft taxis and takes off from the airfield. A number of aircraft parked on either side of the airfield. A U.S. Army Sikorsky H-34 Choctaw helicopter being towed away by a jeep on the airfield. A signboard on the airfield reads 'Aviation Detachment, Army, Task Force 201, APO 379'.
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