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VISIT OF MEMPHIS BELLE BOMBER. Public domain image, NASA.

VISIT OF MEMPHIS BELLE BOMBER. Public domain image, NASA.

VISIT OF MEMPHIS BELLE BOMBER NASA Identifier: C-1943-1866 Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Miscellaneous: EC03-0163-16 The mural was created...

Miscellaneous: EC03-0163-16 The mural was created...

EC03-0163-16 The mural was created to celebrate the achievements of Wilbur and Orville Wright and to commemorate a century of powered flight. Central to the composition is the 1903 Wright Flyer. ''On Dec. 17, 1... More

Fokker D.VII, NASA history collection

Fokker D.VII, NASA history collection

Fokker D.VII: The Fokker D.VII was one of the best fighter aircraft of World War I, and was the only weapon used by the Central Powers specifically mentioned in the Versailles Treaty. The Central Powers surrend... More

Lockheed Vega Air Express, NASA history collection

Lockheed Vega Air Express, NASA history collection

Lockheed Vega Air Express. Frank M. Hawks broke transcontinental speed record in this plane. It was the first production aircraft with the NACA cowling, 1929. NASA Identifier: L3271

Fokker Trimotor, NASA history collection

Fokker Trimotor, NASA history collection

The LMAL flight crew installs an experimental low-drag cowling on the Fokker Trimotor, 1929. Photograph published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 by James R. H... More

Boeing NB-1, NASA history collection

Boeing NB-1, NASA history collection

Boeing NB-1: Designed as a primary trainer for the U. S. Navy, the Boeing NB-1 was used by the NACA at Langley starting in October 1926. The float-quipped example used by the NACA was suspended from the NACA ha... More

Huck Starter For Airplanes, NASA history collection

Huck Starter For Airplanes, NASA history collection

Modified Ford truck with a Huck starter, shown starting a Vought VE-7 in 1926. NASA Identifier: L1589

Sperry M-1 Messenger, NASA history collection

Sperry M-1 Messenger, NASA history collection

Sperry M-1 Messenger: The Sperry M-1 Messenger mounted for testing in the Propeller Research Tunnel, 1927. NASA Identifier: L2067

Naval Aircraft Factory (Curtiss) H-16

Naval Aircraft Factory (Curtiss) H-16

Naval Aircraft Factory (Curtiss) H-16: The Naval Aircraft Factory H-16 flying boat, seen here on a beaching dolly on the Langley seaplane ramp, was one of 150 built by the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia... More

Loftin Collection - Bellanca "Skyrocket, NASA history collection

Loftin Collection - Bellanca "Skyrocket, NASA history collection

The Bellanca "Skyrocket" was a popular aircraft of the 1920's and 1930's, and was used in many record breaking long distance and endurance flights. One outstanding flight was made in 1931 by Russell Boardman an... More

Franklin PS-2 (XPS-2) Glider. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Franklin PS-2 (XPS-2) Glider. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Franklin PS-2 (XPS-2) Glider: This beefy-looking glider is a Franklin PS-2, a pair of which were operated by the NACA at Langley beginning in April 1936. The Navy only ordered half a dozen of these training gli... More

P-12E aircraft, NASA history collection

P-12E aircraft, NASA history collection

P-12E, a Boeing aircraft, at Langley Field on Army Navy day, 1934. NASA Identifier: L10143

Boeing F4B-4 Marine fighter. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Boeing F4B-4 Marine fighter. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Boeing F4B-4 Marine fighter at Army-Navy day, 1934. NASA Identifier: L10141

Northrop A-17A Nomad, NASA history collection

Northrop A-17A Nomad, NASA history collection

Northrop A-17A Nomad: In the spring of 1939, the NACA tested an experimental cowling and cooling system on Northrop's A-17A. Various types and combinations were tried, but the NACA cowl first used seemed to wor... More

Aeronca 65-C Chief, NASA history collection

Aeronca 65-C Chief, NASA history collection

Aeronca 65-C Chief: For a month in the late summer of 1939 this Aeronca 65-C Chief underwent flying qualities evaluation by NACA pilots at Langley. NASA Identifier: L18547

A 25th Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II ascends

A 25th Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II ascends

A 25th Fighter Squadron A-10C Thunderbolt II ascends the skies April 9, 2020, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Amid the COVID-19 global pandemic, the 25th FS follows the United States Forces-Korea’s health ... More

Bell XP-77 (Mockup), NASA history collection

Bell XP-77 (Mockup), NASA history collection

Bell XP-77 (Mockup): A proposed lightweight fighter built of non-strategic material (wood) for the Army Air Force, the XP-77 was tested in the 30 x 60 Full Scale Wind Tunnel. This diminutive aircraft never saw ... More

Curtiss XP-40 Warhawk, NASA history collection

Curtiss XP-40 Warhawk, NASA history collection

Curtiss XP-40 Warhawk: The first of a long line, this Curtiss XP-40 fighter underwent drag reduction tests in the 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel in 1939. This aircraft was modified from a P-36 airframe with the addi... More

Courtesy Photo - High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled

Courtesy Photo - High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled

Courtesy Photo - High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles are loaded on to an aircraft aboard Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, to be shipped back to the states. Logistics Command Forward was resp... More

1946, NASA history collection, Glenn Research Center

1946, NASA history collection, Glenn Research Center

NACA EXHIBIT FOR INSPECTION BY THE INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL SCIENCE - P-59 AIRPLANE WITH COWLING OFF ON HANGAR APRON SHOWING WATER ALCOHOLTESTS - THRUST AUGMENTATION NASA Identifier: C-1946-14513

The flag that flew on the USS St. Louis during the

The flag that flew on the USS St. Louis during the

The flag that flew on the USS St. Louis during the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor is on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force Dec. 7, 2016. The one-time display co... More

Historic aircraft sweep over the National Mall in

Historic aircraft sweep over the National Mall in

Historic aircraft sweep over the National Mall in Washington, D.C. during the Arsenal of Democracy Flyover to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the European theater victory in World War II, May 8, 2015. More ... More

A World War II era B-29 bomber nick named “FIFI” is

A World War II era B-29 bomber nick named “FIFI” is

A World War II era B-29 bomber nick named “FIFI” is on display at the Sioux City, Iowa airport. The Boeing Aircraft designed “Superfortress” was flown by the United States Air Force beginning in the 1940’s thro... More

B-29 mothership with pilots - Payne, Butchart, Walker, Littleton, and Moise

B-29 mothership with pilots - Payne, Butchart, Walker, Littleton, and ...

This photo shows the B-29 in the background with Dick Payne, Stan Butchart, and Joe Walker standing in front of it, Charles Littleton and John Moise squatting. The Boeing B-29 was the first U.S. aircraft to be ... More

Coast Guard Cutter Midgett’s aviation detachment conducts

Coast Guard Cutter Midgett’s aviation detachment conducts

Coast Guard Cutter Midgett’s aviation detachment conducts flyovers alongside historic WWII airplanes, a Grumman JRF-5 Goose and a Canadian Harvard MK IV training plane, in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, June 3, 2017. Th... More

Loftin Collection - Grumman FF-1

Loftin Collection - Grumman FF-1

A civil version of the Grumman FF-1 navy fighter is shown in this photograph. This particular aircraft was used by the Grumman company as an executive transport. The occasion for this photograph was probably an... More

Republic XP-47F Thunderbolt, NASA history collection

Republic XP-47F Thunderbolt, NASA history collection

Republic XP-47F Thunderbolt: The Republic XP-47F was a Laminar-Flow airfoil testbed modified from a P-47B airframe. The aircraft was flown for a few months during 1943 as part of Langley's role in the American ... More

Capt. Mike Sydney, 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron

Capt. Mike Sydney, 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron

Capt. Mike Sydney, 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron B-52 Stratofortress copilot, explains features of the aircraft to former Marine Pfc. William Mays, a Guam liberation World War II veteran, during his visit to... More

F-16s fly over Arlington National Cemetery during a

F-16s fly over Arlington National Cemetery during a

F-16s fly over Arlington National Cemetery during a memorial service for 2nd Lt. Samuel G. Leftenant, United States Army Air Forces, Jan. 14, 2016, in Arlington, Va. Leftenant, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen,... More

AIRSPEED BOOM B-24D AIRPLANE. Public domain image, NASA.

AIRSPEED BOOM B-24D AIRPLANE. Public domain image, NASA.

AIRSPEED BOOM B-24D AIRPLANE NASA Identifier: C-1945-9739 Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

1946, NASA history collection, Glenn Research Center

1946, NASA history collection, Glenn Research Center

B-26 AIRPLANE ON THE HANGAR APRON NASA Identifier: C-1946-14436

F-82 AIRPLANE WITH GUIDED MISSILE ON HANGAR APRON

F-82 AIRPLANE WITH GUIDED MISSILE ON HANGAR APRON

F-82 AIRPLANE WITH GUIDED MISSILE ON HANGAR APRON NASA Identifier: C-1949-23330

VISIT OF MEMPHIS BELLE BOMBER. Public domain image, NASA.

VISIT OF MEMPHIS BELLE BOMBER. Public domain image, NASA.

VISIT OF MEMPHIS BELLE BOMBER NASA Identifier: C-1943-1878 Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

AERIAL VIEW FROM 7000 FEET OVER LAKE ERIE OF B-24M AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT SHOWING AIR SCOOP - WATER SPRAY - JET TAILPIPE

AERIAL VIEW FROM 7000 FEET OVER LAKE ERIE OF B-24M AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT ...

AERIAL VIEW FROM 7000 FEET OVER LAKE ERIE OF B-24M AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT SHOWING AIR SCOOP - WATER SPRAY - JET TAILPIPE NASA Identifier: C-1946-15318

Dr. Roy Heidicker, 4th Fighter Wing historian, shows

Dr. Roy Heidicker, 4th Fighter Wing historian, shows

Dr. Roy Heidicker, 4th Fighter Wing historian, shows a display of a P-51 Mustang to Thomas Nash, grandson of retired Col. Van Chandler, during his visit to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Aug. 5, 2013. Ch... More

A B-25J Mitchell bomber, owned by Disabled American

A B-25J Mitchell bomber, owned by Disabled American

A B-25J Mitchell bomber, owned by Disabled American Veterans flight team, warms-up aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., May 4, 2012. Paul Ringheiser III and his father Paul Jr., flew aboard the a... More

RAF MILDENHALL, England -- A U.S. Air Force KC-135

RAF MILDENHALL, England -- A U.S. Air Force KC-135

RAF MILDENHALL, England -- A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing sits on the tarmac at RAF Mildenhall, England, May 26, 2019. In honor of 75 years since D-Day, aircraft from RAF... More

A World War II Era Warbird flys over Marine Corps Base

A World War II Era Warbird flys over Marine Corps Base

A World War II Era Warbird flys over Marine Corps Base Hawaii during an aerial parade for the 75th Anniversary of the End of WW II Commemoration at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, August 29, 2020. World ... More

1946, NASA history collection, Glenn Research Center

1946, NASA history collection, Glenn Research Center

P-61 AIRPLANE NASA Identifier: C-1946-14494 Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Head-on shot of a World War II era P-51 Mustang while

Head-on shot of a World War II era P-51 Mustang while

Head-on shot of a World War II era P-51 Mustang while flying over the Arizona desert during a USAF Heritage Conference 2002 training flight. The aircraft is owned by Brigadier General (Ret) Bill Anders who is ... More

A P-51 Mustang displaying World War II D-Day markings

A P-51 Mustang displaying World War II D-Day markings

A P-51 Mustang displaying World War II D-Day markings is parked at the Atlantic City Air National Guard Base prior to flying in the Thunder Over The Boardwalk Air Show at Atlantic City, N.J., Aug. 17, 2004. (U.... More

U.S. Air Force pilots with the 303d Fighter Squadron

U.S. Air Force pilots with the 303d Fighter Squadron

U.S. Air Force pilots with the 303d Fighter Squadron discuss the capabilities of the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft with visitors at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., July 10, 2019. Airmen of the 442d Fighter ... More

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team crew

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team crew

U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team crew chiefs, signal to an F-22 Raptor before take-off at the 2017 Heritage Flight Training and Certification Course at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Feb. 9, ... More

Lockheed YP-38 Lightning, NASA history collection

Lockheed YP-38 Lightning, NASA history collection

Lockheed YP-38 Lightning: Drag cleanup tests were conducted on the Lockheed YP-38 Lightning in the 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel in December, 1941. Later models of the P-38 performed stellar service in WW II, but a... More

A loadmaster from the 86th Airlift Wing is seen on

A loadmaster from the 86th Airlift Wing is seen on

A loadmaster from the 86th Airlift Wing is seen on the rear ramp of C-130 Hercules aircraft as U.S. Army paratroopers prepare to board the aircraft in Cherbourg, France, June 3, 2018. The paratroopers executed ... More

TF Stilwell supports Navy EOD team in discovering World War II mines

TF Stilwell supports Navy EOD team in discovering World War II mines

Task Force Stilwell personnel in the foreground and the US Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal team in the background watch as their equipment is unloaded from the C-130 at Palanga International Airport to support... More

Vought Kingfisher, Circa 1942, OS2U-3 by William Ellsworth

Vought Kingfisher, Circa 1942, OS2U-3 by William Ellsworth

The Vought OS2U Kingfisher, a scout and observation floatplane, began service with the Navy beginning in August 1940. They were built using spot welding. The Coast Guard flew both the OS2U-2 and OS2U-3 models... More

North South Polar’s safety team leader, John Bradley,

North South Polar’s safety team leader, John Bradley,

North South Polar’s safety team leader, John Bradley, boards an Air Greenland A-Star helicopter that is heading to our fuel cache on a remote island near Koge Bay, Greenland, Aug. 7, 2013. Bradley along with NS... More

2nd Lt. Harry Burdette(top right), 379th Bombardment

2nd Lt. Harry Burdette(top right), 379th Bombardment

2nd Lt. Harry Burdette(top right), 379th Bombardment B-17 Flying Fortress pilot, shown here with his crew at Kimbolton, England, is the grandfather of Capt. Shawn Jensen, a RC-135 Rivet Joint pilot with the 763... More

Samuel Rhodes Jr., a World War II veteran, shares a

Samuel Rhodes Jr., a World War II veteran, shares a

Samuel Rhodes Jr., a World War II veteran, shares a laugh during an interview May 17, 2013, aboard the USS Yorktown (CV 10) at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum. Rhodes, along with approximately 20 remai... More

B-29 VIEWS, NASA history collection

B-29 VIEWS, NASA history collection

B-29 VIEWS NASA Identifier: C-1944-5494 Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

B-29 AIRPLANE ON HANGAR APRON WITH FIRE TRUCK ALONGSIDE

B-29 AIRPLANE ON HANGAR APRON WITH FIRE TRUCK ALONGSIDE

B-29 AIRPLANE ON HANGAR APRON WITH FIRE TRUCK ALONGSIDE NASA Identifier: C-1947-18851

Martin Engler, a U.S. Army Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

Martin Engler, a U.S. Army Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

Martin Engler, a U.S. Army Republic P-47 Thunderbolt pilot from World War II, receives a tour of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., July 30. Brian ... More

USS Enterprise (CV 6) landing an aircraft while supporting

USS Enterprise (CV 6) landing an aircraft while supporting

USS Enterprise (CV 6) landing an aircraft while supporting the Gilberts Operation in November 1943. (U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.)

The Lockheed 12A Electra Junior

The Lockheed 12A Electra Junior

The Lockheed 12A Electra Junior was delivered from the factory had only the fins mounted at the tips of the horizontal tail. Langley tried a center fin to improve the directional stability of its Lockheed 12A E... More

B-17 undergoes heavy maintenance in Oklahoma City in 1942.

B-17 undergoes heavy maintenance in Oklahoma City in 1942.

A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress undergoes heavy engine maintenance at the Oklahoma City Air Depot in this undated photo from 1942. B-17s received Norden bombsight upgrades at the facility. Courtesy photo Tinker A... More

Urban Rahoi, a World War II veteran and Fairbanks,

Urban Rahoi, a World War II veteran and Fairbanks,

Urban Rahoi, a World War II veteran and Fairbanks, Alaska resident, watches takeoffs with U.S Air Force Col. Michael Winkler, the 354th Fighter Wing commander May 13, 2016, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Ra... More

Airmen assigned to the 317th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Airmen assigned to the 317th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Airmen assigned to the 317th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron watch a C-130J Super Hercules taxi on the tarmac at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Feb. 12, 2020. The 317th Airlift Wing sent Airmen on a commemorative d... More

Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 Marines,

Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 Marines,

Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 Marines, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, standby to honor the remains of 36 Marines, July 26, 2015, being offloaded from C-130J Hercules aircr... More

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Fort Benning, birthplace of America’s

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Fort Benning, birthplace of America’s

FORT BENNING, Ga. – Fort Benning, birthplace of America’s Airborne, hosts an annual gathering of former paratroopers April 4 through 6, with events that included a parachute jump from a World War II transport p... More

The first sections of an iconic World War II-era B-17

The first sections of an iconic World War II-era B-17

The first sections of an iconic World War II-era B-17 “Flying Fortress” bomber arrived at the Museum of Aviation at Robins on Aug. 20. The aircraft which had previously been on outdoor public display at Grissom... More

B-29 AIRPLANE FLIGHT TEST WITH TG-180 ENGINE RUNNING

B-29 AIRPLANE FLIGHT TEST WITH TG-180 ENGINE RUNNING

B-29 AIRPLANE FLIGHT TEST WITH TG-180 ENGINE RUNNING NASA Identifier: C-1948-21991

A U.S. Air Force Commemorative LT-6D Mosquito Fighter

A U.S. Air Force Commemorative LT-6D Mosquito Fighter

A U.S. Air Force Commemorative LT-6D Mosquito Fighter sits on display for the public during a World War II Air Show at Peachtree Dekalb Airport in Atlanta, Ga., May 20, 2013. The aircraft was to educate and giv... More

Members of the 100th Bomb Group Foundation inspect

Members of the 100th Bomb Group Foundation inspect

Members of the 100th Bomb Group Foundation inspect a B-17 Flying Fortress and KC-135 Stratotanker on static display at Washington Dulles International Airport, Va., Oct. 19, 2017. The foundation hosted a reunio... More

U.S. Marines pilot a KC-130J Hercules Aerial Refueling

U.S. Marines pilot a KC-130J Hercules Aerial Refueling

U.S. Marines pilot a KC-130J Hercules Aerial Refueling Tanker during Exercise Valiant Shield at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sep 18, 2018. Valiant Shield is a biennial, U.S. only, field training exercise (FTX... More

UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters prepare to land on a field

UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters prepare to land on a field

UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters prepare to land on a field near the John S. Thompson Bridge in Grave, Netherlands, Sept. 17, 2014. After the helicopters landed, Paratroopers assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 5... More

Displayed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni,

Displayed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni,

Displayed aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, is the last standing Mitsubishi A6M Zero hangar. It was one of many that were housed aboard station during the World War II era. The hangar’s existence ... More

A B-2 Spirit Bomber pilot, from the 13th Bob Squadron

A B-2 Spirit Bomber pilot, from the 13th Bob Squadron

A B-2 Spirit Bomber pilot, from the 13th Bob Squadron (BS) stands in front of a North American B-25 Mitchell at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., June 11, 2017. The 13th BS has participated in every war since World... More

P-61 AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT TEST WITH RAM JET BURNING

P-61 AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT TEST WITH RAM JET BURNING

P-61 AIRPLANE IN FLIGHT TEST WITH RAM JET BURNING NASA Identifier: C-1947-17743

B-29 VIEWS, NASA history collection

B-29 VIEWS, NASA history collection

B-29 VIEWS NASA Identifier: C-1944-5491 Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grumman XF6F-4 Hellcat, NASA history collection

Grumman XF6F-4 Hellcat, NASA history collection

Grumman XF6F-4 Hellcat: This Grumman XF6F-4 Hellcat tested while at Langley a turbo-supercharger, rather than a gear-driven supercharger as was the norm with the F6F. This aircraft served with the NACA for almo... More

Captain Joseph J. Foss peers from the cockpit of a

Captain Joseph J. Foss peers from the cockpit of a

Captain Joseph J. Foss peers from the cockpit of a Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat, the fighter type in which he scored all 26 of his victories. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

Grumman XF8F-1 Bearcat, NASA history collection

Grumman XF8F-1 Bearcat, NASA history collection

Grumman XF8F-1 Bearcat: This Grumman Bearcat, the first, the XF8F-1, was tested for directional instability in Langley's 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel. NASA Identifier: L42397

Grumman XF8F-1 Bearcat, NASA history collection

Grumman XF8F-1 Bearcat, NASA history collection

Grumman XF8F-1 Bearcat: This Grumman Bearcat, the first, the XF8F-1, was tested for directional instability in Langley's 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel. NASA Identifier: L42397

Bell YP-39 Airacobra, NASA history collection

Bell YP-39 Airacobra, NASA history collection

Bell YP-39 Airacobra: This YP-39 Airacobra was one of several service-test models of the Bell fighter ordered before major production contracts were given. It arrived at Langley in February 1941 and flew with t... More

North American SNJ-3C, NASA history collection

North American SNJ-3C, NASA history collection

North American SNJ-3C: This North American SNJ-3C trainer underwent trials at Langley in NACA hands from December 1942 until July 1945. The "C" suffix denoted a tailhook-equipped SNJ-3, which would enable the t... More

AVIATION MEET, NASA history collection

AVIATION MEET, NASA history collection

AVIATION MEET NASA Identifier: C-1945-10587 Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

WOMEN WORKING AT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL) IN CLEVELAND OHIO

WOMEN WORKING AT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL) IN CLE...

WOMEN WORKING AT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE RESEARCH LABORATORY (AERL) IN CLEVELAND OHIO NASA Identifier: C-1944-5381

The Pacific Aviation Museum officially began the $7.5

The Pacific Aviation Museum officially began the $7.5

The Pacific Aviation Museum officially began the $7.5 million stabilization of the historic Ford Island Control Tower with a Hawaiian blessing. The tower stood over Ford Island, Dec. 7, 1941, the day Japan atta... More

B-26 AIRPLANE, NASA history collection

B-26 AIRPLANE, NASA history collection

B-26 AIRPLANE NASA Identifier: C-1943-2282 Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Stearman Hammond Y-1 aircraft. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Stearman Hammond Y-1 aircraft. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

The Stearman Hammond Y aircraft was produced to compete in a "Safe Aircraft" competition in January 1939. It was the winner of the $700 prize which was sponsored by the Department of Commerce. The model Y used ... More

Lockheed YP-38 Lightning, NASA history collection

Lockheed YP-38 Lightning, NASA history collection

Lockheed YP-38 Lightning: Drag cleanup tests were conducted on the Lockheed YP-38 Lightning in the 30 x 60 Full Scale Tunnel in December, 1941. Later models of the P-38 performed stellar service in WW II, but a... More

PHOTOGRAPHED BY FLIGHT RESEARCH DIVISION FROM HANGAR

PHOTOGRAPHED BY FLIGHT RESEARCH DIVISION FROM HANGAR

PHOTOGRAPHED BY FLIGHT RESEARCH DIVISION FROM HANGAR NASA Identifier: C-1945-11385

The Lockheed 12A Electra Junior

The Lockheed 12A Electra Junior

The Lockheed 12A Electra Junior was delivered from the factory had only the fins mounted at the tips of the horizontal tail. Langley tried a center fin to improve the directional stability of its Lockheed 12A E... More

X-1, NASA history collection. NASA public domain image colelction.

X-1, NASA history collection. NASA public domain image colelction.

E49-0004The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 Sitting on the ramp at NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station with the Boeing B-29 launch ship behind. The painting near the nose of the B-29 depicts a stork carryin... More

(Chief Seattle graphic by Martin Čížek, which can be

(Chief Seattle graphic by Martin Čížek, which can be

(Chief Seattle graphic by Martin Čížek, which can be found at: File:B-17E_19_BG.jpg; and B-17 crew positions graphic, which can be found at: https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/details/die-besatzung/) Here the E mo... More

Martin RA-30 Baltimore, NASA history collection

Martin RA-30 Baltimore, NASA history collection

Martin RA-30 Baltimore: The Martin RA-30 Baltimore was a light bomber ordered by the Royal Air Force. Some examples were retained in the United States as part of a "Reverse Lend-Lease." This example was flown b... More

The former 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Headquarters Building,

The former 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Headquarters Building,

The former 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Headquarters Building, Building 80, is torn down after more than 60 years of service aboard Cherry Point, June 15. The building was built in the mid 1940s as a temporary home... More

A Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter refuels Dec. 9 at

A Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter refuels Dec. 9 at

A Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter refuels Dec. 9 at Charlie runway on Tinian’s North Field during Exercise Forager Fury II to execute a forward arming and refueling point training. The series of exercises, which... More

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules prepares to

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules prepares to

A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules prepares to drop U.S. Army Soldiers over the historic La Fiere drop zone near Sainte Mere Eglise, Normandy, France, June 7, 2015, to commemorate the 71st Anniversary of D-... More

A B-1 Lancer from the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air

A B-1 Lancer from the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air

A B-1 Lancer from the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., performs a slow-speed flyover in honor of Staff Sgt. David J. Thatcher June 27, 2016, in Missoula, Mont. At 20 years old, and as an engine... More

P-38J AIRPLANE, NASA history collection

P-38J AIRPLANE, NASA history collection

P-38J AIRPLANE NASA Identifier: C-1945-8993 Public domain photograph of NASA experimental aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cpl. Hayley Myroup, left, an avionic technician with

Cpl. Hayley Myroup, left, an avionic technician with

Cpl. Hayley Myroup, left, an avionic technician with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 214, joins other tourists visiting the USS Arizona Memorial and Museum and pauses to remember the service members that lost thei... More

Grumman JRF-5 Goose, NASA history collection

Grumman JRF-5 Goose, NASA history collection

Grumman JRF-5 Goose: The NACA used this Grumman JRF-5 Goose amphibian to shuttle workers back and forth between Langley and Wallops Island. NASA Identifier: L46931

Grumman XF6F-4 Hellcat, NASA history collection

Grumman XF6F-4 Hellcat, NASA history collection

Grumman XF6F-4 Hellcat: This Grumman XF6F-4 Hellcat tested while at Langley a turbo-supercharger, rather than a gear-driven supercharger as was the norm with the F6F. This aircraft served with the NACA for almo... More

PHOTOGRAPH OF AIRCRAFT WITHIN THE HANGAR

PHOTOGRAPH OF AIRCRAFT WITHIN THE HANGAR

PHOTOGRAPH OF AIRCRAFT WITHIN THE HANGAR NASA Identifier: C-1944-5416

Living History Day - Defense imagery management operations center

Living History Day - Defense imagery management operations center

Volunteers and visitors of the Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor dance to 1940s Big Band music during a Living History Day event at Hangar 79 on Ford Island, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. The museum's staf... More

Restoration director, Robert P. Cramsie, a member of

Restoration director, Robert P. Cramsie, a member of

Restoration director, Robert P. Cramsie, a member of the Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation was presented with the 2016 Excellence of Volunteerism award at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar in San D... More

‘Roll ‘em’ - P-38 Lightning, 1944

‘Roll ‘em’ - P-38 Lightning, 1944

A P-38 Lightning sits at King’s Cliffe, England, circa 1944. During World War II more than 10,000 P-38s were manufactured, providing airpower to more than 130,000 missions around the world. (Courtesy photo)

B-25 AIRPLANE FLIGHT TEST SHOWING DE-ICING EQUIPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTALLATIONS

B-25 AIRPLANE FLIGHT TEST SHOWING DE-ICING EQUIPMENT AND RESEARCH INST...

B-25 AIRPLANE FLIGHT TEST SHOWING DE-ICING EQUIPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTALLATIONS NASA Identifier: C-1947-17763

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