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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.	Airplanes landing on water		Seaplanes; Hydroplanes;

3.	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."

4.	Army Balloonist Sets New Record of Nearly Eight Miles	1927-05-05	Balloons (Aircraft); Balloonists;	Text from back of image: "Photo shows - Capt. Hawthorne C. Gray, Army aeronaut, at Scot Field, Ill., who yesterday broke the world's record for altitude in a free balloon when ascended 41,000 feet, which is a distance of nearly eight miles. The previous record was less than 36,000 feet made by two German balloonists. Descending to 8,000 feet and finding that his craft was headed for a swamp at more than 1,600 feet per minute, Gray removed his oxygen mask and made a parachute jump landing safely."

5.	Army Flyer Saved in Spectacular Forced Landing	1936-08-21	Airplanes; Air pilots;	Text from back of image: "Miles from an airport and with his failing motor covered with escaping oil Lt. Robert H. Terrill, Army test pilot, saved his life with a spectacular forced landing in a beet field this afternoon at 107th Street and Central Avenue. The left wheel of the plane was torn completely off. The pilot was not injured. Photo shows Lt. Robert Merrill standing on wing of plane after the crack up."

6.	British Woman Makes Non Stop Flight Record for Her Sex		Women; Air pilots; Airplanes;	Text from back of image: "Mrs. Oliver Atkey (above), Britain's leading woman aviator recently created a new record by piloting a De Haviland air taxi with a passenger from Lee to Edgeware England, including the taking off and landing through weather that was stormy. The flight was the longest made by a woman pilot in England and probably the longest unaided non-stop flight made by any woman in the world."

7.	Cleveland Flyers Break World Record!	1929-07-06	Air pilots;	Text from back of photo (caption in fragments - some pieces missing): 'Photo shows L. to R. (next to officer) Mrs. Roy L. Mitchell, Roy L. Mitchell, Mrs. Byron K. Newcomb, Byron K. Newcomb, and Eddie Stinson, designer of the plane used in breaking record. The 'City of Cleveland' piloted by Byron K. Newcomb and Roy L. Mitchell smashed the world [record]...12:10 mid-...flyers came down because they reached...human physical endurance, they said. Immediately after their landing, the wildest scene ever witnessed at the Cleveland airport took place. Breaking all...carrying the mounted poluce with it in a...the waiting crowd, estimated at 75,000...on the Stewart Hangar to see the flyers. The...throng, disregarding all efforts to maintain...tumbled through water and mud and converged on the endurance ship, shrieking, cheering, yelling, and crying.'

8.	Completes One-stop Cross-country Flight!		Transcontinental flights; Air pilots;	Text from back of photo: 'Setting a new record in transcontinental flying, Liet. James A. Doolittle, Army aviator, completed a flight the other day of 2275 miles from Jacksonville, Fla., to San Diego, Cal, in approximately 21 hours and 20 minutes, with but one stop of one hour in Texas. He flew through several severe storms but landed at San Diego without a mishap. His first remark upon landing was: 'I'll say I'm hungry.' Photo shows Lieut. Doolittle being greeted by Major Sheplar Fitzgerald, commandant of Rockwell Field, San Diego, a moment after he completed his cross-country flight.'

9.	End Epic Flight; Up 17 1/2 days	1929-07-31	Air pilots;	Text from back of photo: 'Photo shows L to R - Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brien in front of their machine the St. Louis Robin, after they brought it to earth in a faultless landing at Lambert Field, St. Louis, after 420 hours, 21 minutes and 30 seconds in the air, a new record for endurance flight.'

10.	England's Latest in Aviation. Combination Land and Water Plane with Racket Arrangement Pulling Up Wheels When Landing Water		airplanes; inventions;	Text from back of image: "By an ingenious racket arrangement the landing wheels can be drawn up so that the machine can land on its pontoons on the water when the necessity arises. The 'Viking 11' recently gained the first prize in government tests."

11.	Fast Plane Entry in Pulitzer Air Race		Air pilots; Airplanes; Airplane racing;	Text from back of image: "Photo shows the Verville-Sperry monoplane, which is claimed will be able to make 250 miles per hour and will be piloted by Lieut. Elex Pearson in the Pulitzer Air Race. Another feature of this monoplane is that the landing gear folds up into the body while in flight. This plane will be tested at Mitchell Field, Long Island, NY."

12.	First parachute landing in England		Balloons (Aircraft);	Benjamin Franklin and Aeronautics by I. Bernard Cohen - (from a contemporary print)""The first parachute landing was made in England by a Frenchman, Mons. Garnerin descending from a height of about 800 feet""

13.	Fliers Land on World's Highest Landing Field	1929-08-17	Air pilots; airplanes;	Text from back of photo: George E. Russell, aerial photographer of San Francisco, and Bob Hancock, wellknown pilot, landed on what is believed to be the highest landing field in the world when they made a trip recently and landed in the Templeman Meadows in the Sierra Nevada Mountains at an altitude of 8500 feet. The two fliers used a six passenger cabin Travelair monoplane. The trip was made with a view of finding possible landing fields in the high Sierras, and also to engage in a few days fishing. In order to get to Templeman Meadows, a three day trip with pack horses is necessary, while the fliers completed this same trip from Mills Field, San Francisco in 2 hours and 10 minutes. Limits of golden trout were secured by each flyer in one hour after landing. Templeman Meadows is in the Mt. Whitney section of California. Photo shows from left to right B. Jenvers, High Fulton, G.E. Russell, H.T. Hay Jr., and Bob Hancock showing the limits of golden trout they caught in less than an hours fishing. Russell and Hancock made the trip into Templeman Meadows from San Francisco in 2 hours and 10 minutes, while it took the other three members of the party three days to make the trip with pack horses.'

14.	Fliers Land on World's Highest Landing Field	1929-08-17	Aerial views;	Text from back of photo: George E. Russell, aerial photographer of San Francisco, and Bob Hancock, wellknown pilot, landed on what is believed to be the highest landing field in the world when they made a trip recently and landed in the Templeman Meadows in the Sierra Nevada Mountains at an altitude of 8500 feet. The two fliers used a six passenger cabin Travelair monoplane. The trip was made with a view of finding possible landing fields in the high Sierras, and also to engage in a few days fishing. In order to get to Templeman Meadows, a three day trip with pack horses is necessary, while the fliers completed this same trip from Mills Field, San Francisco in 2 hours and 10 minutes. Limits of golden trout were secured by each flyer in one hour after landing. Templeman Meadows is in the Mt. Whitney section of California. Photo shows an airplane view by George Russell of the rugged Sierra Nevada country near Mt. Whitney which the fliers explored for a suitable landing field.'

15.	Flight's End 2150 Miles in 24 Hours	1934-01-17	Seaplanes; Hydroplanes;	Text from back of image: "The 10-P-L, flagship of six giant Navy planes which successfully negotiated the 2150 miles of air and ocean between San Francisco and Honolulu, skids to a safe landing on the blue waters of Pearl Harbor at the end of the Navy's epic squadron flight. Following close behind is the 10-P-2, also seen in above photograph."

16.	Freak of Fate Saves Parachute Jumper	1924-07-15	Air pilots;	Text from back of image: "Jumping from an airplane 2200 feet above Coronado Bay, CA, recently with the intention of landing safely in the water, George La Wand, aerial daredevil, was caught by a gust of wind and blown over the residence section of the city of Coronado. By a queer freak of fate, La Wand was saved from certain death among the high voltage wires, roof tops and trees when the parachute slowly settled into a tiny patch of clear ground - barely big enough for the parachute and the only safe landing place within considerable distance. This picture shows La Wand (left) and aviator Frank Sheltz, who piloted the plane from which La Wand jumped photographed just after the near-catastrophe."

17.	French Ocean Flyers Greeted by Official Washington	1930-09-08	Air pilots; Transcontinental flights;	Text from back of image: 'Photo shows - George Akerson, Secretary to President Hoover, congratulating Major D. Coste on his famous ocean flight in the plane 'Question Mark,' the flyers landing in Washington getting the official welcome of the government. They will be the honor guest at a luncheon at the White House Monday.'

18.	Great Aerial Derby at Hendon, England		Aircraft accidents;	Text from back of image: "Machine of F. J. Courtney, winner of the London Aerial Derby was slightly injured when his machine upset while he was making a landing at Hendon. The plane is shown in the picture taken immediately after the accident was turned over upside down. It is a Martynside Semi-quaver."

19.	Green Flash	1929-05-21	Air pilots; Airplanes; Transcontinental flights;	Text from back of image: 'The 'Green Flash' after its landing at the beach at Old Orchard, ME, from where its crew, Roger Williams and Lewis A. Yancey plan to hop off on a flight to Rome.'

20.	Happy Landings As Navy's Great Flight Ends in Honolulu	1934-01-17	Seaplanes; Hydroplanes;	Text from back of image: "Lieut. Comm. Knefler McGinnis, who led a gallant band of 30 members of the United States Navy in six great seaplanes across the Pacific from San Francisco to Honolulu, pictured grouped with members of the flight at the journey's end. McGinnis, second from left, poses with members of the flight before the Flagship LO-P-I shortly after their landing at Pearl Harbor at conclusion of a 2150 mile flight in slightly more than 24 hours."

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