Maiden flight of the Boeing 707 Stratoliner jet airliner in Seattle, Washington. American Boeing 707 Stratoliner transport aircraft parked at an airfield. The aircraft is ready for its maiden flight after all flight tests. The aircraft taxis and takes off.
Space research programs of the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. An orbiting solar observatory provides information about the upper atmosphere and radiations from the Sun. Echo, a passive communication satellite, in flight. It is a giant balloon that provides a surface from which radio signals are reflected. Men work over Telstar communication satellite before its launch. View of NASA's "Relay" satellite. Men draft the transferred data from Telstar. The launch of Syncom satellite. A man operates an instrument panel from a control station. Reel to reel tape deck spinning in background. Weather satellite Tiros-1. A man watches photographs of weather patterns sent by Tiros-1. Astronaut Joe Walker prepares for a manned flight. A NASA X-15 rocket powered aircraft parked at an airfield. The astronaut gets into the aircraft. The aircraft takes off attached to a Boeing B-52 for the space flight. The B-52 is NB-52A serial number 52-003, known as "The High and Mighty One." Shows aerial view at time of air-launch separation of X-15 from B-52, and ground views as the X-15 continues on its path toward sub-orbital space flight.
U.S. A-26 aircraft in the European Theater during World War II. United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) A-26 Invader bomber aircraft in flight over field. A-26s aircraft parked at airfield. A-26s Invader bomber aircraft fly in formation over sea.
Drug checking at a border check post at the Mexico-United States border. A man and a woman at a border check post counter. An official questions them about illegal drugs. Other officials interact with a man. Vehicles parked in the background. A man gets out of a car. The officials at the counter. An official searches a car trunk for drugs. An aircraft taxis at an airstrip. Other aircraft parked at the airfield in the background.
An aircraft in flight in the United States. The aircraft taxis at an airfield and takes off. Mountains in the background. The aircraft circles and makes several airdrops of packages. Trees in the foreground. Shadow of the aircraft on the ground. The aircraft in flight over a car parked on the ground. The aircraft lands at an airstrip and taxis.
U.S. publishers and editors visit Reims, France during World War II. The publishers and editors disembark from an aircraft. Aircraft parked at an airfield in the background. U.S. Army General Omar Nelson Bradley greets the visitors.
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