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1.	2 Flyers Missing in Austrialian Hop	1929-05-20	Aircraft accidents; Air pilots;	Text from back of image: "The waters of Timor Sea or the wild uninhabited shores of Northwestern Australia, on May 20th, cloaked the whereabouts of two English aviators, Flight Lieutenant J. Moir and flying officer H. Owen. The two flyers left Bima, Sumbawa, Dutch East Indies, May 18th, for Fort Darwin, and were not reported from afterward. A searching plane covering four hundred miles of the Australian coast failed to locate them. They took off from England March 18th. (Photo shows Flight Lieutenant J. Moir and flying officer H. Owen, reported missing on Australian hop.)"

2.	A Japanese Screen of a Smoky Pattern		Airplanes; Smoke;	Text from back of image: "A very spectacular scene was staged during the great air pageant, at Yoyogi Fields, in Japan, when over a hundred airplanes staged a 'smoke battle' up among the clouds. This photo shows two of the planes making a smoke screen at the event."

3.	Aerial Hobo Makes Debut	1924-03-22	Air pilots; Airplanes;	Text from back of image: "The aerial hobo has appeared as a deluxe counterpart of his earthly contemporaries. In fact he is none other than a distinguished officer of the U.S. Army air service - Lieut. Frank E. Benedict who has departed from Clover Field, Santa Monica, CA., on a transcontinental round trip to Washington, DC, and return. Benedict will make the journey by "bumming" rides with other army flyers who are making short trips from field to field along the line. His first ride, from Santa Monica to San Antonio, TX, is being made in a huge Martin bomber that happened to be going that way. He expects to take two months to make the round trip. The picture shows Benedict in the bomber just before starting."

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.	Bristol Blenheim I Bomber "Bristol" Type 142M		Airplanes; Bombers	Text from back of image: "Two "Bristol" 840 h.p. Mercury engines. The first all-metal modern twin-engined monoplane for the R. A. F. to carry the whole of the military load within the structure. Saw service with all the Commands of the R. A. F. and in all theatres of war. Made the first air raid of the war over Keil, in September, 1939. Manufactured in thousands by the 'Shadow' industry as well as at Bristol."

6.	British Flyers Off on Round World Flight	1924-06-07	Children; Women; Automobiles;	Text from back of image: "Squadron-Leader A. Stuart MacLaren (navigator), flying-officer J. Fenderleigh (pilot) and Sergeant Andrews (mechanic) commenced their attempt to fly around the world in 'the Vulture' a huge amphibian plane recently from Southampton, Eng. The British flight which is an unofficial competition with the American around the world flyers will travel via France, Egypt, India, China, Japan, Canada and Greenland, about 25,000 miles. Photo shows Mrs. MacLaren and her two little children waving a last farewell to their daddy."

7.	Carroll Flies to Capital to Face Senators	1924-05-08	Airplanes; Air pilots;	Text from back of image: "The above photo shows left to right Lieut. Samuel Connell and Earl Carroll in a big army plane in which he flew to Washington to face the Senate Committee considering the bill to permit use of copyrighted music over the radio. Carroll made the flight from New York to the Capital in about two hours and eighteen minutes, thereby beating the delegation of song writers that he saw off at the Pennsylvania terminal New York. The above photo was made at Mitchell Field, Long Island, New York

8.	Dirigible Line Planned from Coast to Honolulu	1929-08-21	Airships;	Text from back of image: "Thirty-six hours by dirigible from San Francisco to Honolulu, carrying 75 passengers, and with a mail and express capacity of 20,000 pounds is a project which may beocme a reality within the next couple of years, according to Commander Jerome C. Hunsaker, vice-president of the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation, who arrived in San Francisco yesterday from Honolulu on the Matson Liner Malolo. The Zeppelins would be 780 feet long, great length than the Graf Zeppelin, and duplicating in size the two Zeppelins now being built by the Goodyear Corporation for the U. S. Navy Department. Photo shows Commander Jerome C. Hunsaker shortly after his arrival at San Francisco on the Matson Liner Malolo."

9.	English Planes Leave for Iraq		Airplanes;	Text from back of image: "Officers and the eight de Havilland Dragon airplanes, adapted for military use and carrying ten passengers, are seen here just before they left Hatfield Airdrome, Herts, England, for Iraq to maintain order on the borders. Left to right: Flight Lieut. Forrow; Flight Lieut. G. L. Carter, Captain Muhammed Ali Jewad, Capt. Axram Mushtag, Lieut. Hofdhi Aziz, Lieut. Muhammed Yasin, Lieut. Nasir, Flight. Sergt. Godfrey, Sergt. Humphrey and two mechanics"

10.	Famous French Ace Has Narrow Escape from Burning Plane!	1927-06-14	Air pilots; Airplane cockpits; Airplanes; Transcontinental flights;	Text from back of image: 'Pelletier D'Oisy, French long distance aviator, after hopping off with a companion on an attempt to reach Karachi, India on June 14th, found his plane nosing downard at Le Bourget Field, and in a few minutes the plane crashed to earth. The two aviators leaped from the cockpit unhurt. The 5,000 liters of gasoline carried for the flight quickly destroyed the plane when an explosion ignited it. (Photo shows Capt. Pelletier)'

11.	First photos of International Balloon Race which resulted in five deaths		Balloons (Aircraft); Balloon racing; Balloonists;	Text from back of image: "The International Balloon race which started from Belgium a fortngiht ago was the most disastrous in history. Five aeronauts, including two American, were kiled, and another seriously injured. Two foreign and one American balloon were struck by lightning and a third fell into the sea."(Photo shows Lieut. Ormstead [without hat] and Lieut. Choptaw [with cap] U. S. Army balloonists who were killed when their baloon was struck by lightning.

12.	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.'

13.	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.'

14.	French Fliers Hop Off for Washington	1930-09-07	Air pilots; Airplanes; Transcontinental flights;	Text from back of image: 'Capt. Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte, trans Atlantic fliers left Curtiss Field Long Island for Washington on Sep. 7th where they will be the official guests of the French Embassy, and will have luncheon with President Hoover. (Photo shows William Avery - Traffic Mgr. of the Curtiss-Wright Co. holding barographs, one from Paris to New York, and the other from New York to Dallas, Texas, as the two fliers look on.)'

15.	Graf Zeppelin in Japan	1929-08-08	Airships;	Text from back of image: "A view of the Graf Zeppelin as it circled about over Yoiohama Harbor, preparatory to returning to Tokyo and thence to Kasumigaura, where it waited for two days before resuming its round-world trip. The southern point which marks the lower end of Yokohama Harbor may be seen over the wing of the airplane." (This photo was flown across the Pacific Ocean on the Graf Zeppelin and relayed east from Los Angeles to New York, beating the Graf on its trip eastward.)

16.	Height of Optimism		Parachuting; Parachutists;	Text from back of image: "To prove that Arveta Robner(?), 15 year old schoolgirl, was in no danger when she fell 1,000 feet at Roosevelt Field without her parachute opening, Henry Bushmeyer today took two jumps entangling himself in his 'chute strings each time. (Photo shows Henry Bushmeyer poised on wing of plane 2,000 feet up about to leap. He deliberately dropped 1,000 feet before opening chute)."

17.	Killed in Leap from Plane	1934-04-07	Aircraft accidents;	Text from back of image: "Lieut. John Leland McAlister, U.S. Army pilot who was unable to gain altitude while flying over the mountainous region near Altoona, PA. The ship wsa headed for a crash, and when two hundred feet from the ground Lieut. McAlister stood up and leaped. He was killed instantly."

18.	Lt. Cmdr. Byrd to Choose Between Plane and Blimp for Polar Expedition		Airships;	Test from back of image: "The above photo shows - Lt. Cmdr., Richard E. Byrd, U.S.A. retired who is to lead an independent expedition to the Polar regions this year. On this trip which is being financed by John D. Rockefeller Jr., Vincent Astor and Edsel Ford, Lt. Cmdr. Byrd will make scientific observations and possibly fly to the pole. He is shown with models of a seaplane and a blimp which he believes are the two best means of reaching the pole as each has advantages. He will decide in the near future whether he will fly in a heavier than air machine or a lighter than air machine. Lt. Cmdr. Byrd made an attempt last year to fly to the Pole under the direction of the Navy and Geographic Societies."

19.	Marine Plane Crash Kills Lieutenant	1939-08-08	Aircraft accidents;	Text from back of image: "A Marine single-seater fighting plane crashed in flames yesterday morning in a hilly, brush covered region six miles southeast of El Cajon, killing the pilot and starting a fire which was combatted by two tank trucks and a crew from the La Mesa forestry office and a fire truck and crew from El Cajon. The flier was Second Lieut. Horace P. Houf, attached to Marine fighting Squadron 2, North Island. Photo shows plane after the crash."

20.	Missing Army Fliers Found After Five Months Search	1923-05-14	Aircraft accidents;	Text from back of image: "Five months unrelenting search through the mountains of California and Arizona for Col. Francis Marshall and Lieut. Charles Webber, ended when their wrecked airplane and the bodies of the two men were found in densely wooded country on Cuyamaca Mountain, a short distance from San Diego. The army men left San Diego for Tucson, Ariz., early in December and were never heard from again. Ever since that time parties in airplanes, automobiles, and on foot have been combing the two states in search of the missing plane and the fliers. They were finally found by cattlemen. Webber was the pilot of the ship: Col. Marshall was riding as a passenger. (This picture shows the tail of the ship which was found lying in such a way as to indicate that it had caught in the tops of trees and been torn off as the plane flew through a dense fog, causing the machine to crash.)"

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