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[Airmen and women with Grumman G-21 Goose, Puerto Rico]

Title: [Airmen and women with Grumman G-21 Goose, Puerto Rico] . .Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: 1939..Place: Isla Grande, Puerto Rico..Physical Description: 1 transparency: film, color; 13 x 10 c... More

[Men in front of Lockheed 12A Electra Junior Airplanes]

Title: [Men in front of Lockheed 12A Electra Junior Airplanes] ..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: March 1940..Place: Houston, Texas ..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection..Description:... More

[Alice Faye and Photographer with Lockheed 12A Electra Junior]

Title: [Alice Faye and Photographer with Lockheed 12A Electra Junior] ..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: March 1940..Place: Houston, Texas ..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection..Descript... More

[Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress, Mt. Rainier]

Title: [Boeing Flying Fortress, Mt. Rainier]...Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: April 1943..Place: Mount Rainier, Washington..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie photograph collection..Physical Desc... More

[Waist Gunner in Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II]

Title: [Waist Gunner in Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II]..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: April or May 1943..Place: Mitchel Field Air Force Base, Long Island, New York..Part Of: Robe... More

[Tail Gunner in Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II]

Title: [Tail Gunner in Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II]..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: April or May 1943..Place: Mitchel Field Air Force Base, Long Island, New York..Part Of: Rober... More

[Aviation Mechanic with Lockheed 12A Electra Junior]

Title: [Lockheed 12A Electra Junior in Flight over Dallas]..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: March 1940..Place: Dallas, Texas ..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection..Description: An aviati... More

Culver Cadet and Army Plane, World War II photo

Title: Culver Cadet and Army Plane..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: September 1941..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie photograph collection..Description: Culver Cadet LCA and two monoplanes at ai... More

[U.S. Flight Navigator, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II]

Title: [U.S. Flight Navigator, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, World War II]..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: April or May 1943..Place: Mitchel Field Air Force Base, Long Island, New York..Part O... More

Boeing Flying Fortress, Southern Methodist University collection

Title: Boeing Flying Fortress..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: April 1943..Place: Mount Rainier, Washington..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie photograph collection..Description: Boeing B-17F Fly... More

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

Veneer and Plywood Making - Maryland, National Forest Service photogra...

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Löjtnant Besson startar med Douglasplanet från Bromma till Paris.

Löjtnant Besson startar med Douglasplanet från Bromma till Paris. Public domain photograph of jet aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Disease Control - Oregon, National Forest Service photograph.

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Fire Suppression: Aerial Slurry Drops - Oregon

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Song-bird pauses at Washington airport. Washington, D.C., July 11. Enr...

A black and white photo of a man in a suit exiting a plane. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aircrafts and aviators, Sweden DIG91523

Flygmästare Leppänen på det finska Junkersplanet Turko överlämnar Vitö-bilder till stockholmspressens representanter.

Air Cargo - All States, National Forest Service photograph.

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Air Cargo - All States, National Forest Service photograph.

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Fire Suppression: Aerial Slurry Drops - New Hampshire

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"THE CONSTELLATION'S WING SPAN of 123 feet is three feet greater than ...

"THE CONSTELLATION'S WING SPAN of 123 feet is three feet greater than the distance covered by Orwille Wright in the first Heavier-than-air flight in 1903.The wing of Lockheed's big supertransport is an aerodyna... More

Air Cargo - All States, National Forest Service photograph.

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Logging: Transportation: Trucks - Alaska, National Forest Service phot...

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Skioptikonbild med motiv av genomskuret passagerarplan.

Skioptikonbild med motiv av genomskuret passagerarplan. Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

SKA1215, Tekniska museet, Sweden

Sterobild med motiv av flygplan. "Airspeed, Ambasador R Rea Elisabethan Class".

Air Cargo - All States, National Forest Service photograph.

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Fire Equipment - General, National Forest Service photograph.

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Supplement Feeding - All States, National Forest Service photograph.

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The Wright Brothers' First Heavier-than-air Flight

Description (December 17, 1903) On December 17, 1903, at 10:30am at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, this airplane arose for a few seconds to make the first powered, heavier-than-air controlled flight in history. Th... More

vliegtuigen, fotocollectie nederlandse heidemaatschappij

vliegtuigen Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aerial photographs - California - San Francisco

California - San Francisco Public domain photograph - aerial photo, work of US government, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aerial photographs - Alaska - Fairbanks

Alaska - Fairbanks Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aircraft and Airports - California, National Forest Service photograph...

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Fire Suppression: Aerial Slurry Drops - California

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Fire Suppression: Aerial Slurry Drops - California

Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Fire Suppression: Aerial Slurry Drops - California

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Burned Area Rehabilitation - California, National Forest Service photo...

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Aircraft and Airports - California, National Forest Service photograph...

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Cmdr. Mike Ginter, Operations Officer aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 6...

Jacksonville, Fla. (Apr. 21, 2006) Cmdr. Mike Ginter, Operations Officer aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), raffled off a ride in his World War II T-6 Texan aircraft for every 100 tickets sold in an effort to ... More

US Navy (USN) Commander (CDR) Mike Ginter, Operations Officer assigned...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) Commander (CDR) Mike Ginter, Operations Officer assigned to the aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67), raff... More

Smokejumpers: In Action - Montana, National Forest Service photograph.

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Airplanes - Types - No Caption. 4 pictures of Commander Patrol Wings A...

Airplanes - Types Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

HFCA 1607_Fires And Firefighting_059.jpg

Fires and Firefighting. U.S. Army Huey helicopter in Shark Valley in Everglades National Park to help deal with a fire.

F6 Karlsborg. Flygplan B6. Säkerhetsföreskrifter vid flyg med B6 eller...

F6 Karlsborg. Flygplan B6. Säkerhetsföreskrifter vid flyg med B6 eller J9: "intill dess betryggande åtgärder vidtagits för att förhindra att koloxid intränger i förarrummet på flygplan B6 och J9, skola dessa ty... More

Line-up of 30MM Anti-Aircraft Guns, Ordnance Training Center, Aberdeen...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage Maryland postcard.

Technical Rescue Training, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, 2007

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, 2007 Public domain photograph - aircraft, aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ranger Pilots Outdoor Exhibition Display

Two NPS pilots stand in front of an airplane and a Death Valley National Park exhibition table.

Two of the Army's tremendous army armada, one of the super flying fort...

Public domain photograph of vintage postcard - Picryl description

Pearl Harbor Attack, National Memorial - Bellows Field

Heavily damaged P-40 aircraft lies abandoned at Bellows Field Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pearl Harbor Attack, National Memorial - Photo 64

Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Missile Firing Line B Battery - Public Domain image, National Parks Ga...

Missile firing line B Battery, 9th AAA Missile Bn., Fort Cronkhite

Spin Models, NASA history collection

Description: (October 11, 1939) Spin models under construction in the model shop of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics at Langley Field, Virginia in 1939. These models would be placed in the Spin T... More

The hard-hitting Curtiss Hawk P-40 of the United States Army

The Curtiss Hawk P-40 planes of the type shown here for the back-bone of America's aerial combat power and are similar in design and performance to the Curtiss Kittyhawk fighter type now most successful with th... More

Flygplan TP 2A flygambulans vid landning på vatten vid F 2 Hägernäs.

aahs_p002017 - A black and white photo of a plane flying in the sky

Bell XFM-1 Right Front Above, in flight Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

aahs_p002055 - A silver airplane sitting on top of an airport tarmac

Bell XFM-1 On Ramp Left Front Public domain photograph of propeller aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ladd Field, Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, ...

Significance: Construction of the Fairbanks Cold Weather Experimental Air Base was begun in the Fall of 1938. Only a railroad spur, grading and workers camp had been completed when the airfield was named Ladd ... More

aahs_p002033 - A black and white photo of a plane flying in the sky

Bell XFM-1 Right Front Above view, in flight Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

aahs_p002036 - A black and white photo of two men sitting on the wing ...

Bell XFM-1 Artist's conception in flight Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

aahs_p002020 - A black and white photo of an old airplane

Bell XFM-1 Left Side, Low Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women are trained as engine mechanics in thorough Douglas training met...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Marine Corps gliders in flight out of Parris Island, S.C.

Public domain aerial photograph, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image ... More

Women are trained to do precise and vital engine installation detail i...

12002-39. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

B-25 bombers lined up at North American Aviation, Incorporated, almost...

12002-38. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Astronaut Deke Slayton during World War II

(1945) This World War II photograph shows future Astronaut Donald Deke K. Slayton (on right) and 1st Lt. Ed Steinman (on left) beside a Douglas A-26 bomber in the Pacific Theater of Operations during the summer... More

Marine power plane which tows the training gliders at Page Field, Parr...

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

North American B-25 bomber is prepared for painting on the outside ass...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Servicing an A-20 bomber, Langley Field, Virginia

Title, date, and attribution based on similarity to transparency) LC-USW36-203. Formerly titled "A new C-87 transport getting a final check-up preparatory to a test flight at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporati... More

Lieutenant "Mike" Hunter, Army pilot assigned to Douglas Aircraft Comp...

Photo shows an A-20B Havoc attack aircraft. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009) 12002-39. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is availa... More

Marine Corps lieutenant studying glider piloting at Page Field, Parris...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Riveters at work on fuselage of Liberator Bomber, Consolidated Aircraf...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Marine lieutenant, glider pilot in training at Page Field, Parris Isla...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Another North American B-25 bomber rolls off the final assembly line t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Peaches, three of a kind. Washington, D.C., July 11. Mrs. E.C. Gathing...

A couple of women standing next to an airplane, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. ... More

Marine Corps gliders in flight out of Parris Island, S.C.

Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

North American Aviation's B-25 medium bomber, Inglewood, Calif.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bomber aircraft, military aviation, air forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Civil Air Patrol Base, Bar Harbor, Maine. Flying field of Coastal Patr...

Photo shows the Civil Air Patrol Base located in the town of Trenton, Maine. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Aerial tug boat, which tows gliders for Marine pilots in training out ...

Instructor and students studying a map, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an airplane, aircraft, airport, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

Women at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif.

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Assembling B-25 bombers at North American Aviation, Kansas City, Kan[s...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

P-51 ("Mustang") fighter planes being prepared for test flight at the ...

Lieutenant "Mike" Hunter, Army pilot assigned to Douglas Aircraft Comp...

Photo shows an A-20B Havoc attack aircraft. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Drilling a wing bulkhead for a transport plane at the Consolidated Air...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

North American Aviation's B-25 medium bomber, Inglewood, Calif

12002-67. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Men and women make efficient operating teams on riveting and other job...

Photo shows a woman and man working on a Douglas Aircraft Company cockpit shell identified as a C-47 based on the window outline. Although sometimes called a 'biscuit bomber, 'the plane was for transport. (Sou... More

Cadet L. Deitz at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cessna UC–78 Bobcat at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory

The Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory acquired the five-seat Cessna UC–78 in March 1943 to maintain the proficiency of its pilots. The UC–78 was referred to as the “Bamboo Bomber” because of its wooden wings ... More

Installation of the Douglas XSB2D-1 in the Test Section of the 40x80 F...

Test section of the Ames 40 x 80 foot wind tunnel with the overhead doors open. XSB2D-1 airplane being lowered onto the struts by the overhead crane. Mechanics and engineers on orchard ladders aligning the mod... More

Marine Lieutenant, glider pilot in training at Page Field, Parris Isla...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

P-51 ("Mustang") fighter planes being prepared for test flight at the ...

Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Working on a "Vengeance" dive bomber, Vultee [Aircraft Inc.], Nashvill...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Women at work on bomber, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, Calif

It's an intricate operation - installing a 30-calibre machine gun in a...

12002-18. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More

Örlogsfartyg - Riktinstrument på lv-kanon (dubbel 75 mm) på pansarskep...

Riktinstrument på lv-kanon (dubbel 75 mm) på pansarskepp. Public domain photograph - military portrait, armed forces officer, leader, commander, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Pic... More

Aircraft in the Flight Research Building at the Aircraft Engine Resear...

A Consolidated B–24D Liberator (left), Boeing B–29 Superfortress (background), and Lockheed RA–29 Hudson (foreground) parked inside the Flight Research Building at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautic... More