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Types Consolidated Bombes. April 14 1940. (Photo by Wide World Photos Inc.).

U.S. Airplanes For United Nations Battlefronts -- These U.S. P-38 Lightning interceptor fighters are in action on many United Nations fighting fronts. Called by experts the world's fastest plane -- it has a speed of 400 miles per hour plus -- the P-38 has proved its ability to outfly and outmaneuver the enemy in battles over the Pacific, in Europe and in Africa. The plane's two liquid-cooled engines are equipped with superchargers for high altitudes. U.S. production in December, 1942, alone tota

Wright Brothers 1903 Aeroplane (Kitty Hawk) on ground. Probably Wilbur Wright lying prone at controls. Evidence indicates photo was taken after first flight attempt, Kitty Hawk, N.C., 12/14/1903 with Wilbur piloting when aeroplane sustained minor damage shown to front elevator and supports. December 1, 1952. (Photo by Camera Clix).

555K Kittyhawk Fighter - American Built. October 11, 1943.

R.A.7 Lancaster "Aries". September 10, 1946.

The giant Douglas DC2 airliner, "Kyeema," of Airlines of Australia, makes a striking early morning study as she refuels from the Shell refuelling Waggon at Mascot aerodrome. The machine is engaged on the Sydney-Brisbane service. August 15, 1937.

"Kavana" Douglas - Airliner. November 08, 1938.

545C - Consolidated Workers Convair Turbo Liner. February 26, 1948.

The body of a three-engined Hercules plane being swung a board the Mangola at Pyrmont to-day. The plane, which flew on Western Australian routes, is being taken to fly on services in New Guinea. August 11, 1937.

American Kittyhawks and their N.Z. Pilots at an operational air station in New Zealand -- Mechanics attached to the Squadron stand by the Kittyhawks after checking the machines engines. November 19, 1942. (Photo by The "N.Z Herald").

555K Kittyhawk Fighter - American Built. December 14, 1954.

Propellers - Turbine And General Aviation. August 26, 1954.

Bell's Experimental Jet-Propelled Vertical-Rising Plane - This is Bell Aircraft Corporation's experimental jet-propelled vertical-rising airplane. Plane is shown taking off on test flight at Niagara Falls, N.Y., airport. Jet engines on either side of this experimental plane's fuselage are designed to be vertical for takeoff and are to revolve 90 degrees for forward flight. February 1, 1955. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Hotshot Takeoff -- An Air Force jet fighter zooms into the air like a guided missile as it blasts off a newly-developed zero-length launcher in tests at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The plane, described as the first piloted craft to use the mobile launcher developed by Martin Aircraft, first revs its jet engines up to full takeoff power and then shoots upward with the additional aid of the booster bottle visible under the fuselage near the tail. The platform, mounted on a truck for mobili

Target For Track-and-Destroy Anti-Aircraft Gun -- An "R-Cat" 300-mile-per-hour, radio-controlled target airplane is prepared for take-off at demonstration at Weybourne, England, during test of new U.S. 75mm skysweeper Anti-Aircraft gun. The new gun, demonstrated for senior British officers and reporters by the 32nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Bridge, has built-in radar and an electronic brain that works cut speeds, heights and angles. It can fire 22 12-pounder shells in 30 seconds at aircraft flying

"Aries" tour of South Africa. January 16, 1945.

British Luxury Air Liner Crashes On Test Flight -- Part of wreckage of Tudor II Luxury air liner which dived to earth on a test flight near Woodford, Cheshire, England, August 23. Four men died, another was seriously injured and a sixth escaped unhurt. Tudor II was designed by Mr. Roy Chadwick (man who designed R.A.F. Lancaster Bomber) a director of A.V. Roe Ltd. builders of the air liner. Chadwick was killed in this crash. August 24, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Kurana Douglas Airliner (Crashed Nov. 8, 1948). November 12, 1948.

Wants To Advance -- Kenneth McMahon, (Right) talks over a detail of the manufacture of airlines at the Lockheed plant, Burbank, Cal., with Todd Oviatt, his superior. He hopes by successive "Upgradings" eventually to step into a supervisor's shoes. That's why he has been spending a couple of nights a week in study. Scene inside one of the great construction hangars of the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation at Burbank, California. July 20, 1941. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Bungana Douglas Airlines. January 16, 1937.

Aviation. December 4, 1946.

New U.S. Planes Arrive In Australia -- American fighter pilots inspect a newly arrived P-38 "Lightning", one of a large shipment of the U.S. fighter-interceptors which arrived recently in Australia. The P-38's, which had already seen service against the Axis in Europe and Africa, base their offensive strength on (1) high altitude performance, (2) speed in excess of 400 miles per hour and (3) strong firepower, including heavy machine guns and automatic cannon. February 22, 1943. (Photo by Interph

545e. "Coronado" - Long Range Patrol And Transport Plane. December 8, 1942.

If you've ever felt like blowing your top, here's just the machine for it. Frenchman Georges Sablier demonstrates his portable helicopter, winner of a special award at the international helicopter competition and show in Saint Etienne Wednesday. The flying windmill, which weighs about 60 pounds, is strapped over the shoulders. It has a six h.p. engine and can fly for ten hours at a top speed of 30 miles an hour, according to the intrepid Sablier. September 25, 1954. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Fleet in the air but humbled on the ***** have to be towed by a tractor into the hangar. The Loonagana, of A.N.A., being put away ***** Airport, after flying the Melbourne run. December 12, 1938.

Lockheed Workers Hear Halifax -- Lockheed Aircraft ***** workers listen to Viscount Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, as he talked to them July 18 at Burbank, Calif.,on the completion of the 1000th Lockheed Hudson Bomber. This plane is used by the R.A.F. Coastal command. July 18, 1941. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Lates DC6-B skychief airliner of the A.N.A. fleet, Kwinana, which flew into Brisbane airport yesterday with 58 passengers on a "show the flag" flight. The Kwinana is five feet longer than the normal DC-6. April 01, 1955.

Four trips from Darwin to Calcutta and back before Christmas is the schedule of the big Douglas DC3 airliner, Kurana, which has been chartered from Australian national airways by imperial airways to help cope with the huge bulk of Christmas mails from overseas. Today's picture at Essendon is of the interior of the airliner stripped of its seats and other fitting in preparation for the mail transport. This year will mark the first occasion on which all first class Christmas mails from Great Brita

Doing The Bare 240 miles an hour - Capt. Hawks testing his machine for his attempt to shatter the record from New York to Los Angeles. August 19, 1930. (Photo by International News Photos Inc.).

Guinea airways new 12 passengers fockheed ***** the fastest plane in Australia arriving at Essendon from Adelaide on a demonstration tour which will include Canberra & Sydney carries 12 passengers newly 200 tones of ***** at a tap speed of 240 miles her hour due Sydney Friday. June 09, 1938

New Bomber Undergone Tests -- Consolidated aircraft Corporation's powerful new four-motored land bomber (above), designate as XB-24 by the army, is shown during a trial spin recently. The army, is shown during a trial spin recently. The ship which weighs 40,000 pounds and has a wing span of 110 feet, is driven by four 1200-H.P. Pratt & Whitney motors, capable of a speed of 300 M.P.H. for Approximately 3,000 miles. The bomb load is four tons. October 5, 1940. (Photo by ACME Photo).

Ring Around An Airsteed -- Howard Hughes twin-motored Monoplane is shown on the concrete apron at Floyd Bennett Airport, July 14, at the end of the flight around the world. Moviemakers Newsmen and officials comprise the crowd. July 14, 1938. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Hughes Completes The Globe Circle -- Here's the world-girdling silver Monoplane of the Howard Hughes round-the-world flight as it taxied into Floyd Bennett Airport, New York City, July 14. A throng of excited New Yorkers were on hand to greet the five inspired airmen aboard. July 14, 1938. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

New U.S. Planes Arrive In Australia -- A P-38 "Lightning" is unloaded on a pier somewhere in Australia, one of a recent large shipment to arrive there from the U.S. The P-38's are rated with the best high altitude interceptor and fighter planes in the world, attaining a speed in excess of 400 miles per hour. It is a twin-motored plane with the main armament mounted in the center fuselage section. February 08, 1943. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.).

Flying With A Ford V. 8 Engine - The "Wicko" at Gravesend Aerodrome. Mr. C.N. Wilkner, an Australian from Brisbane, has designed and-is flying a two-seater light aeroplane powered by a Ford V. 8 Engine unit. The machine, which has American tendencies, in design, is called he "Wicko", and has a top speed of 115. m.p.h., cruises at 100 m.p.h., and lands at 59. m.p.h., It will be marketed at 375, This is the first time a Ford engine has been used in a light 'place in England. October 26, 1936. (Pho

Mayo Composite Makes A "Separation" Test Flight -- The Mayo composite flying over Rochester Castle during the test flight today. The Mayo composite machine this afternoon made a test flight at Rochester, during which the machines parted in Mid-Air. February 23, 1938. (Photo by Keystone).

Instruments. December 11, 1946. (Photo by International Newsreel).

525d. Avro Lancaster Bomber. October 01, 1950. (Photo by The Associated Press Ltd.)

Commemorating battle of Britain. 35 Squad of RAF Lancaster Bombers fly past St. Paul's. September 23, 1946. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

The Lancaster bomber "Aries" on a world navigational flight, drawn up beside another Lancaster "G for George," at Laverton aerodrome, Victoria. "G. for George" is to be exhibited in the National War Museum, Canberra. November 17, 1944.

Largest Bomber at Greatest Airport -- People throng around the U.S. Air Force's B-36, the World's largest land-based bomber, at the dedication of 5,000 - Acre New York International Airport, N.Y.-- the greatest in the World. The mammoth comber took part in the air show, July 31, which was the nation's mightiest peacetime display of airpower. July 31, 1948. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

The Building's Big, But Not Big Enough - The tail structures of these early-modes B-36B air-planes are too big for the Consolidated Vultee aircraft plant here where they are being modernized into jet-augmented B-36D bombers. So the company cut circular holes in huge sliding doors for this porthole-like effect, while work proceeds on forward portions of the planes inside. October 13, 1950. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Demonstration Of Squadron Of Hawker "Hurricane" Fighters -- A line of the Squardon's Hawker "Hurricane" Fighters on the concrete at Northolt this afternoon. A demonstration of new Hawker "Hurricane" Fighter Air craft was given this afternoon by No.111 (F) Squadron at Northolt Aerodrome, Middlesex, Squadron-Leader Gillan recently flew one of these aircraft from Edinburgh to London at an average speed of 408 miles an hour. March 6, 1938. (Photo by Topical Press).

Banking well over the vertical the pilot of a Hawker Hurricane fighter executes an amazing side-slip manoeuvre revealing the power-plus-streamline design of this formidable warplane, which is now re-equipping Royal Air Force defence squadrons. Powered by a Rolls-Royce Merlin engine which develops 1,050 h.p. the Hurricane has an impressive performance and is capable of high speed combat and interception work. Eight guns, housed in the wings and aligned to give a storm of forward fire, have earned

Reconnaissance At Sea -- First of a batch of the new Fairey Seafox seaplanes (Napier Rapier 370 h.p. engine) specially designed for work with the Royal Navy. It is intended for catapult launching from the decks of warships and its armament is planned for effective attack on deck crews. August 12, 1937.

Airplanes En Masse -- Photo taken from overhead crane bay at Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's final assembly line in Burbank, Calif., shows big new transports and radar airplanes marching to completion in close ranks. Note comparative size of workman on floor below 50-foot horizontal stabilizer of the first transport and men on the tail of the second. Multimillion dollar array of airplanes above include big new Super-G transports for Eastern Air Lines and TWA (foreground) and early warning radar

Fastest 'Plane In Australia -- Unloading a Lockheed Orion, capable of 220 m.p.h. from the liner "Monterey" at midnight last night. This machine, flown by Captain J.P. Dickson, accompanied by Mr. Arthur M. Loew, First Vice President Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Pictures, and Mr. Rosthal, will fly to Melbourne Saturday, Adelaide Monday, Wyndham Tuesday, thence depart on the biggest commercial world flight yet undertaken. Vacuum Oil Company have arranged supplies. Lights of Sydney harbour bridge can be seen

Britain's Latest Jet Fighter -- Britain's latest experimental Jet fighter, the Hawker P.1052, which has been designed and built for the purpose of obtaining accurate aerodynamic measurements at speeds approaching that of sound. Developed largely from an earlier model, the P.1040, the new aircraft is characterised by its swept-back wings, which make it easily recognisable in the air. It is powered by a single Rolls-Royce 'Nene' engine. Performance details are still secret. July 20, 1949.

New 21-Passenger Plane Arrives -- New Giant Airliner for Australian National Airway being landed from the freighter Clydebank in Melbourne today. She is a 21-passenger Douglas DC3. When assembly and tests are completed the plane will be christened Kanana ("Silent") and put into commission. A sister machine, to be known as the Warana ("Blue Sky") is on the way here. October 18, 1938.

545B - Consolidated Vultee L 13 & Consolidated Vultee. April 28, 1947. (Photo by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp.).

542 New Guinea Airways. May 7, 1931.

Tricycle Light 'Plane -- The new General Aircraft Cygnet two-seat cabin monoplane (de Havilland Gipsy Major 130 h.p. engine) produced for primary pilotage instruction and air touring. It is the only light aeroplane of "stressed skin" all-metal construction in the world. Note the wing flaps, shown down to facilitate landing, and the twin rudder, which is claimed to give exceptional stability in flight. August 31, 1939. (Photo by Flight Photo).

R.A.F. "Tin Openers" In Middle East -- This is one of the first photographs released of the R.A.F' s. new Tank Buster a Hawker Hurricane 11D fighter - fitted with heavy calibre guns, designed primarily for attacking armoured vehicles. The Hurricane 11D carries tow 40-millimetre guns, one being fitted under each wing. They are capable of either automatic or single shot fire, have been specially designed for mounting on aircraft, and the weight of each is only 320 lb. June 3, 1943. (Photo by Depar

A Firefly aircraft returning from an armed reconnaissance mission over the West coast of Korea. Official pictures from the aircraft carrier Triumph (Captain A.D. Torlesse) taken during operations in Korean Waters. September 8, 1950. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Warana - Douglas Airliner. August 14, 1939.

Round-Tripper for The World -- The Army Air forces said today that its new Six-engine B-36 bomber, shown on one of its test flights, "could carry an atomic bomb to any inhabited region in the World and return home without refueling in the event of an enemy attack." The AAF said production had started on the bomber which has been described as the Worlds largest. November 06, 1946. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Supergiant of The Skies -- The World's first international bombers a 10 engine Convair B-36 - puts its two, huge, 4-wheel landing gears down for a landing at a tropical Air Force base. This supergiant of the skies has a wingspread of 230 feet-almost as long as a football field. Its length is 162 feet, and its height at the tail is nearly 47 feet or 5 stories high. With four J-47 jet engines nestled ***** its Six 3,500 horsepower reciprocating engines. This mighty Air Force bomber is capable of c

Pengana A. Nat Airways. December 16, 1938.

Clipped-Winged Fighter Readied For Thompson Races -- Major Charles (Chuck) Tucker looks at his former army King Cobra fighter plane which was eight feet clipped of each wing which he plans to enter in the Thompson Trophy race of the coming national air races at Cleveland, Ohio, August 30. Altered to increase its speed, Major Tucker estimates the speed of this ship, which was only a 25 foot wing spread, as approaching 600 M.P.H. August 17, 1946. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Tunis Air Field After British Raid -- This view of an air field at Tunis was made from a British reconnaissance plane Nov. 12, The day after at RAF raid on the field. Burned plane at lower right (circled) is identified as an Italian craft, Plane nearest it as another Italian ship with German markings, and the other five as German Junkers Troop Transports. December 13, 1942. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

9 Smoke Screens (See Also Hendon Air Pageants 24 B). July 12, 1937. (Photo by Keystone).

New Police plane at *****. NSW police plane. May 08, 1946.

$Trodi Checks Fury : Speed of a Navy North American XFJ-2 Fury Jet is checked by Trodi (padestal at left) as it lands on the USS Midway. The new instrument, a touchdown, rate of descent indicator, was developed and built by North American's Electro-Mechanical Department. It makes it possible to determine the proper rate of descent for carrier landing in a fraction of the time previously required. Trodi sends out two beams of light which the approaching plane intersects and the instrument then rec$

First of the giant C-133A turboprop cargo planes to be completed for the Air Force rolled out of the hangar today at the Douglas Long Beach plant. The huge new airplane, with twice the payload capacity of the largest military transports now in service, is expected to set new standards of performance as a global carrier of air cargo. The four-engined, high-wing plane has a span of 179 feet 8 inches. Its fuselage is 148 feet 2 inches long and 16 feet 2 inches in diameter. Tip of the tail towers mo

The Spruce Goose during trails. "Spruce Goose" the huge seaplane. June 28, 1948. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Wrecked Planes Mark Axis Retreat In Egypt -- Wrecked and abandoned German Planes on a field near El Daba, Egypt, testify to the British aerial offensive that preceded the westward push of land forces. This is a British Official Picture. November 25, 1942. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

U.S. Bombers Trace Pattern Of Battle Four-motored Flying Fortress bombers of the Eighth U.S. Army Air Force leave four-plumed wakes across the sky over Western Europe during a battle with German fighter planes. The single wakes of the attacking German planes criss-cross the bombers' wakes in a tell-tale pattern of battle. During the month of October, U.S. Fortresses and heavy Liberator bombers operating from bases in Britain shot down 784 German planes, probably destroyed 130 and damaged 347 ov

Premier Mc. Kell & Police Commissioner Mackary sit at the controls of the Police arrs at Mascot today. July 22, 1946. (Photo by Bob (Robert) Rice/Fairfax Media).

9 Smoke Screens (See Also Hendon Air Pageants 24 B). July 10, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Picture).

Police - Plane N.S.W. Police. May 8, 1946.

Police - Plane N.S.W. Police. May 7, 1947.

Japan To Build Baby Bombers -- The deadly little Fletcher defender fire-bomber will be the first post war aircraft to be built in Japan. The agreement with the Fletcher aviation company of Pasadena, California, and the Toyo aircraft company of Tokyo signed recently stipulates that Japan may not sell the planes to communist countries. The defender (pictured here) is an easy-to-build, easy-to-fly rocket-launching platform ideally suited for police work in controlling the jungle bands so prevalent

Lockheed "12". April 19, 1938.

Daring young Australian Airman, Mr. Guy Menzies, meets with a mishap on landing after completing the first solo flight across the Tasman Sea. The Aeroplane with her nose buried in the swamp. February 17, 1931. (Photo by The Auckland Weekly News).

And Still They Grow -- How transport aircraft have grown in 18 years is illustrated in this "family portrait" released by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation today showing six models, ranging from old to new, of principal Lockheed airlines when all were in reunion at their home airport at Burbank, Calif. Since days of 1934 Electra, 1937 Model 14 and 1939 Lodestar (small planes, left to right), capacities have increased from 12 passengers to about 50 to 100 in modern Constellation types (two front ship

Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith with the Lady Southern Cross before his last flight. Kingsford-Smith . . . and the missing Aeroplane. August 27, 1934. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Family Plane -- Equipped for both day and night flying : New four-passenger Aeronca plane, claimed to be the lowest-priced postwar passenger aircraft. Rapid take-off and slow landings are made without the use of complicated devices. April 23, 1948.

The Wright Cyclone Engine -- Four Wright Cyclone engines power the Qantas Constellation. The Wright Cyclone (Model 749 U 18 BDI) has a maximum power of 2,500 h.p. It is an air-cooled, 18-cylinder, twin-row, radial engine largest and most powerful ever to be used by an Australian airline. Built to function satisfactorily at 35,000 ft., the Wright Cyclone features Scintilla low-tension ignition, Bendix-Stromberg fuel injection, two-speed supercharger and torque meter. Maximum overall length is 78

Preparing For London-Sydney Hop -- Re-assembling the trans-pacific 'Southern Cross' for a 11,300 mile hop from London to Sydney, as they await the arrival of Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, noted Australian flyer, are, top, Robert Bolton, Chief Engineer, Thomas Pethybridge, left, co-pilot on the proposed flight and P.G.B. Morriss, the pilot's personal representative. September 2, 1935. (Photo by Associated Press Wirephoto).

Designed For Living, Space Living That Is -- This space suit was shown scientists from 12 nations attending the third international Astronautical Congress at Stuttgart, Germany recently. The scientists discussed pooling their designs for space travel and this suit was one of many innovations presented. September 4, 1952. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Bombers For Britain -- More than thirty Lockheed Hudson ***** consigned to England are pictured at ***** Bennett Field, April 1, part of the steady of planes being sent to Great Britain. At right are ships partly dismantled which will taken to England on Boats. The balance, it reported, will also be dismantled. April 1, 1941. (Photo by ACME).

Fuelling the "Southern Cross Minor" with Plume from the Vacuum Oil Co's new Pylon Pump recently erected at Mascot Aerodrome, Sydney. November 5, 1931. (Photo by Milton Kent).

Kiingsford Smith plane Oxford to Australia. May 17, 1931.

XC-99 142 - 142 A Cargo. April 18, 1955. (Photo by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp).

264 - Kingsford Smith "Southern Cross" Flight To America 1930. May 16, 1935.

"Defiants": R.A.F. Night Fighters -- Defiants on patrol ***** clouds. The Boulton Paul Defiant is a long-range two-seater and is one of the types that have proved successful as night fighters. Powered by the famous Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, it has an impressive speed. Its armament includes a specially designed power-operated multi gun *****. April 22, 1941. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

For New Zealand Flight -- Working on the wing of the Codock, the two -engined monoplane, which is being completed at Cockatoo Dock. Squadron-Leader T. W. White, on his recent arrival from New Zealand, said he expected this 'plane would be used by Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and himself to fly to New Zealand. November 22, 1933.

Lancaster Takes Off On Cape Flight -- Captain Lancaster in the cockpit of the Southern star junior at Lympne just before the take off at Dawn today. Flying a Southern star junior plane, Captain Lancaster left Lympne Aerodrome this morning April 11 on Hi bid to smash the Cape flight record held by Mrs. Amy Mollison. He hopes to make Oran in Algeria in one hop. His mother was present on the airfield to bid him farewell. April 11, 1933. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

264d - "Lady Southern Cross". July 23, 1934.

Post And Gatty Start Engine For New York Hop -- Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, pictured at the Cleveland Municipal Airport, whirling the propeller of their plane "Winnie Mae" just before they left here for New York. The last lap of their flight around the World. They landed at Roosevelt Field in New York at 8:47 P.M., Thus completing their wonderful trip in eight days, 15 hours and 51 minutes. July 02, 1931. (Photo by International Newsreel Photo).

America's first turboprop seaplane transport -- the Convair R3Y Tradewind -- races down San Diego Bay for its maiden flight. Built by Convair's San Diego Division for the U. S. Navy, the 80-ton seaplane took off in less than 30 seconds and was flown during a shakedown test program for more than two hours on its first flight. Upon completion of the flight, Convair Test Pilot Don Germeraad said: "I have flown many types of seaplanes, but the R3Y is the best I've ever handled." February 25, 1954.

Southern Cross Jr. Guy Menzies (right) & Albert James. March 4, 1931.

Skilled mechanics at Wheeler Field, U.S. Army airport, working on the "Lady Southern Cross" just as enthusiastically and willingly as they would have if she had been flown by American fliers. December 24, 1934.

Brisbane-Adelaide Air Race. Refuelling Sports Avion. December 17, 1936.

Pilots In Chamber. December 20, 1950. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).

Test Pilot Bill Scott, in inflated pressure suit, only one in Australia, used for testing high altitude flying in our new jet machines. March 9, 1955. (Photo by Gordon F. De'lisle).

Laura Ingalls' Pontoonless Plane Out For First Test Flight -- "What, no pontoons" this was the remark typical of veteran airmen when they viewed the New Lockheed Monoplane in which Miss Laura Ingalls, crack woman flier, hopes to fly to France. "Certainly Not," said Miss Ingalls Disdainfully. "When i land this Bourget Airdrome!" The Eyes of the World are focussed on Miss Ingalls' forthcoming trans-Atlantic race with Miss Ruth Nichols. June 09, 1931. (Photo by International Newsreel Photo).

'Candy Floss' For Aero Engines -- A 'Hercules' engine gets the protective 'Candy Floss' (the webbing agent's nickname!) from the spray-gun of the Cocooner. Aero engines sent oversees from the ***** Division of the Bristol Aeroplane Co., at Filton, Bristol, are sometimes ***** in a special plastic covering as protection against humidity. Corners and high points of an engine to be treated in this way, are first padded, than a framework of tare is prepared as a basis for the plastic *****. A webbin

Mechanics starting motors of Southern Cross which ***** Syd - Melb. service Monday. April 7, 1931.

Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis in the Smithsonian Institution amazes Catherine and H.C. "I don't see how he flew to Paris in that little plane," she said. June 23, 1948.

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