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	Title:	Exact date:	Subject:	Description:

1.	1937 Bomber		Bombers; Airplanes;	Text from back of image: "Sometimes called the Super Fortress, this Titan of the air had a wing spread 45 feet greater than the Y1B-17. The XB-15 weighed 13 tons more, was 20 feet longer and three feet higher. Because of its extreme weight (35 tons) the XB-15 was equipped with double-truck landing gear having four huge tires. This airplane was so big each of the four 1000 twin-row Pratt & Whitney engines would be reached during flight by mechanics who crawled to the engines through the great wings. The most modern devices for the aid of flight and navigation were incorporated; full radio equipment, automatic pilot, de-icers for the wings and wing-flaps to reduce the landing speed. (wing span 150 ft.; length about 90ft."

2.	A Modern Airplane Field in India	1931-03-27	Airport terminals; Airline industry;	Text from back of image: "A view of the modern airship shed, at Karachi, India which is to be used in the airship service between England and India. This was made as the port was officially completed by the insertion of the final bolt, in the structure. It is in this town that the all-India congress is being held."

3.	A New Motor for Lieutenant Wade's Roud-the-World Plane at Dutch Harbor		Airplane engines; Airplanes; Transcontinental flights;	Text from back of image: 'While the three United States round-the-world planes which reached Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, waited vainly for Major Martin, flight commander to catch up with them, a new motor was installed in Lieutenant Wade's plane. (Photo shows Lieutenant Wade (left) and Sergeant Ogden, his mechanic installing the new motor.)'

4.	Aero Expert at Work for Uncle Sam on Plane Invention	1923-11-16	Airplane engines; Inventions; Inventors;	Text from back of image: "Photo shows R. F. Kohr, chief of the aeronautical section of the Bureau of Standards in Washington, DC who is the inventor of a great helium-saving device for Uncle Sam's airships, at work on one of his motors that he used on perfecting the vaporizing device for getting water out of exhaust gas from airplane motors."

5.	After Waitkus Crashed in Ireland	1935-10-01	Aircraft accidents;	Text from back of image: "After successfully crossing the Atlantic and after completing 3,000 miles of his proposed 3,800-mile flight, Lieut. Felix Waitkus, U.S. airman, was forced down by lack of gas and crashed in a field near Ballinrobe, County Mayor, Irish free state. Lieut. Waitkus, a Lithuanian by birth, was attempting a long-distance record flight from New York to Lithuania and had been flying blind for the greater part of his 22 hours in the air. Waitkus was uninjured in the crash. The above photo shows the wreckage of the plane."

6.	Air Mail pilot Killed in Plane Crash	1929-01-06	Aircraft accidents;	Text from back of image: "Piloting a mail plane from Boston to New York, Jan. 5th, Ned Carrington of Stamford, Conn., was killed when his plane crashed to the ground near Stafford Springs, Conn. Carrington, 26 and not married, was found by officers of Brainard Field, Hartford."

7.	Airplane and Dog Sled		airplanes; Air pilots; Dogsledding;	Family (?) on dog sled with airplane

8.	Airplane closeup		Airplanes;	Text from back of image: "Closeup Aviatic"

9.	Airplane in air		Airplanes;	Text from back of image: "Bristol Bean fighter I"

10.	Airplane in air		Airplanes;	Text from back of image: "Bristol Bean fighter I"

11.	Airplane in air		Airplanes;	Text from back of image: "Avio Lancaster I"

12.	Airplane in field		Airplanes;	Text from back of image: "Boulton Paul Defiant I"

13.	Airplane in field		Airplanes;	Text from back of image: "Rumpler"

14.	Airplane in flight		Airplanes;	Text from back of image: "Short Sunderland I"

15.	Airplane on water		Seaplanes; Hydroplanes;

16.	Airplane with many people		Airplanes;	Small black and white

17.	And He Lost	1930-09-08	Airplanes; Airplane racing;	Text from back of image: "Taking the pylon turns banked like this, J.C. Newlin led the 25-mile race in the Philadelphia American Legion Air Races, PA, but his motor sputtered and he lost to Henry Little, who also knows how to take turns."

18.	Another Famous Airplane		Airplanes;	Text from back of image: "Another famous airplane at Smithsonian Institution"

19.	Army Aviators Are First to Successfully Land on Famous Island in Pacific	1924-04-01	Air pilots; Airplanes;	Text from back of image: "Landing without misap on the famous island of Lanai in the Hawaiian group, Lieuts. W. C. Goldsborough, E.S. Davis, and Sergt. Harold Fischer of the United States Army Air service are the first men to successfully land an airplane on the island. They flew a DeHaviland army plane. The picture shows them with their ship after returning to Luke Field, Honolulu."

20.	Auto Men Killed in Plane Crash	1928-08-08	Aircraft accidents;	Text from back of image: "Wendell Pavey, well known auto dealer of Cincinnati, Ohio, and J.L. Bovis of Hamilton, Ohio, were instantly killed when the plane piloted by Bovis, in which they were flying to Akron, Ohio, to attend a golf meet, crashed in a field before they had proceeded a mile and a half on their way after taking off from Cincinnati early August 8th. A heavy fog was blamed for the crash. Photo shows the wreckage of the plane in which Pavey and Bovis died."

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