Views from ground at Curtiss Aircraft Company airfield ( likely Buffalo, NY). USAAF P-40 Tomahawk airplanes buzz the field. First, they fly fast and low, individually over the field. After that they perform in close formation, making low fast passes. Brief glimpse of a Curtiss company employee next to a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft, on the ground, below the maneuvering P-40s.
Aviation activities in France during World War I. A French Spad VII C.1 aircraft takes off from an airfield near Chaux. The aircraft in flight overhead. It lands. A formation of single-engine bi-winged French bombers in flight
Aviation activities in France during World War I. A French Spad 11 aircraft parked at an airfield near Viefvillers in Oise, France. A group of American and French officers of the First Division standing and sitting beside the aircraft. A second Spad 11 parked in the background. A group of American officers of the 42nd Division, observers and photographers with the 1st Division stand beside the aircraft. These include Lieutenant R. T. Maddock, 17th Field Artillery; Lt. S. B. Nash, 151st Field Artillery; Lt. T. E. Hibbon, Captain H. B. Parker, Capt. W. B. Wynn, Lt. John S. Beekley, and Lt. J. P. Harmon of the 149th Field Artillery.
Aviation activities in France during World War I. A French Letord bi-motor, bi-winged observation and photographic airplane parked at an airfield. A ground crewman standing beside the right wing motor looks up at another crewman standing in the nose machine gun position of the aircraft. Several tent hangars in the background.
Aviation activities in France during World War I. A French Salmson 2 A.2 aircraft parked at an airfield. A ground crewman turns the propeller of the aircraft. Tent hangars in the background. An observer in the rear cockpit of the Salmson 2 A.2 tests movement of twin machine gun mounts. Observer Lieutenant T. E. Hibbon fires a machine gun in the observer's cockpit of a stationary Spad 11 aircraft. A pilot is seated in the front cockpit of the aircraft.
Flight tests of Ercoupe airplane without and with an auxiliary jet propulsion at March Field in California. Ercoupe airplane takes off with a propeller alone. It is piloted by Captain Homer A. Boushey Jr. The airplane is in hold down position for static tests being conducted by technicians. The pilot in the cockpit. The airplane takes off with an auxiliary jet thrust from 6 units for shortening the take off distance and time. The airplane lands at an airfield. The pilot in the cockpit. The crew stands near the airplane and two men pose for a camera. The airplane takes off and lands during the flight tests. The airplane is in stationary position for the static tests.
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