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	Search results for: 5 item(s) for: projected        Image: Title: Exact date: Subject: Description: 1. On the Way to Haiti 1933-06-11 Air pilots; Airplanes; Transcontinental flights; Text from back of image: 'Flying the same plane in which Clarence Chamberlin crossed the Atlantic, Captain J. E. Boyd, took off from Floyd Bennett Airport in New York City on June 11th on a projected non-stop good will flight to Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. The above photo made shortly before the take off shows left to right - Robert G. Lyon, co-pilot; Captain J.E. Boyd, pilot; and Harold P. Davis, author and journalist, who is making the trip.' 2. Refueling 'Cannon' for Planes 1928-01-02 Airplanes; Text from back of image: "Blaine M. Tuxhorn is shown with his synchronized ejector 'cannon' by which he and a co-pilot expect to load fuel on a Barling NB-3 monoplane while in full flight and remain aloft more than 60 hours. The container held by the inventor holds four gallons of gasoline and is projected from the device toward the plane when a hook from the ship catches a rope on the crossbars and releases the machanism. Other objects may be taken aboard in the same manner. The NB-3 is in the background. Tuxhorn started on an endurance flight Jan. 2nd, and hopes to remain aloft more than 60 hours to break a world's endurance flight record." 3. Soviet Fliers Fail to Take Non-Stop Record 1936-08-02 Air pilots; Text from back of photo: "Three Soviet fliers and a Soviet plane designer, are shown in Moscow, before taking off on a projected 7,000-mile non-stop flight across the wastes of Siberia. The plane was a huge Soviet-built monoplane, with fuel tanks in the wings, and a three-bladed propellor. The fliers were forced down at Nikolaievsk, Siberia, after flying a distance of 5,460 miles. The non-stop record is 5,653 miles, held by the French fliers, Rossi and Codos. Left to right: A.N. Tupolev, designer of the plane; and the fliers: A. Belekov; V. Chekalov; and G. Baudukov." 4. To Essay Los Angeles-Moscow Hop 1936-07-17 Air pilots; Text from back of image: 'Sigmund Levanevsky, (left), Soviet air hero, who announced today, (July 17), that he hopes to leave Los Angeles July 25th, on a projected trail-blazing flight to Moscow, via Alaska. With him will be Victor I. Levchenko, (shown right).' 5. When Costes Crashed on Mail Flight 1929-03-05 Aircraft accidents; Text from back of image: "When he was forced to make landing in Bondy Forest, near Paris, France when a gasoline leak developed, while on projected flight from Paris to Indo-China, with mail, Dieudonne Costes' plane struck a telegraph pole and was demolished. Costes and his two companions were unhurt. Photo shows a plane of the demolished Costes' plane after the crash."
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