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[Left side view of the 1900 Wright glider before installation of forward horizontal control surface, flying as a kite, tipped forward; Kitty Hawk Lifesaving Station and Weather Bureau buildings in background to the left]

[Left side view of the 1900 Wright glider before installation of forwa...

Title from: Wilbur & Orville Wright, pictorial materials: a documentary guide / Arthur G. Renstrom. Washington: Library of Congress, 1982, p. 47. Attributed to Wilbur and/or Orville Wright. Reference copy in LO... More

AVIATION, NAVY. COMMODORE J. C. GILLMORE IN CURTISS HEADLESS PLANE, DUAL CONTROL, AT COLLEGE PARK ARMY FLYING FIELD, LT. MILLING, RIGHT

AVIATION, NAVY. COMMODORE J. C. GILLMORE IN CURTISS HEADLESS PLANE, DU...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, aviator, 1910s-1920s, early 20th-century aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

KENNEDY, FRANKLIN. LT., U.S.A. AVIATOR. IN CURTISS DUAL CONTROL AIRPLANE, HEADLESS; COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND

KENNEDY, FRANKLIN. LT., U.S.A. AVIATOR. IN CURTISS DUAL CONTROL AIRPLA...

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

AVIATION, ARMY, COLLEGE PARK. TESTS OF CURTISS PLANE FOR ARMY. SINGLE CONTROL

AVIATION, ARMY, COLLEGE PARK. TESTS OF CURTISS PLANE FOR ARMY. SINGLE ...

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

Airplanes - Parts - Dual stick control of advanced aeroplanes for training. Skeleton framework of the new device as manufactured in plant of Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation in Buffalo, N.Y

Airplanes - Parts - Dual stick control of advanced aeroplanes for trai...

Photographer: Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Corp. Airplanes - Parts Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airplanes - Types - Types of airplanes. S.C. Airplane, 1914. U.S. Army "Dunne" type biplane. The bustle is used to deflect the air sideways. The wing flaps on upper and lower planes are the only … of control. To ascend all flaps are turned up, and to descend they are all turned down. ... movement rolls the machine laterally, carrying it to ..

Airplanes - Types - Types of airplanes. S.C. Airplane, 1914. U.S. Army...

Airplanes - Types Public domain photograph related to the United States in World War One, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airplanes - Parts - Airplanes and parts manufactured for government use. N.A.F. C-1 plane, dual control. Column hand wheel and pulleys. At Naval Aircraft factory, Philadelphia, PA. U.S. Navy Department

Airplanes - Parts - Airplanes and parts manufactured for government us...

Date Taken: 5/4/1918 Photographer: U.S. Navy Department Airplanes - Parts

Airplanes - Engines - Aircraft Testing Field, Packard Motor Co., Detroit, Michigan. Interior of control room in testing shed

Airplanes - Engines - Aircraft Testing Field, Packard Motor Co., Detro...

Photographer: Packard Motor Co. Airplanes - Engines Public domain photograph of aircraft engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Airplanes - Types - Pomilio Aircraft Factory. The control of metallic parts

Airplanes - Types - Pomilio Aircraft Factory. The control of metallic ...

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National Airport. From airplane to control tower at National Airport

National Airport. From airplane to control tower at National Airport

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US Navy (USN) Lieutenant (LT) David McMillan observes the flight deck foul lines to ensure the safety of crews and landing aircraft as a USN F/A-18C Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron 195 (VFA-195), Naval Air Facility (NAF) Atsugi, Japan, approaches to recover aboard the USN Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63). LT McMillan is authorized to wave-off any landing aircraft with his remote control if any potential foul line safety problem occurs. The Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group is participating in the third annual Joint Air and Sea Exercise (JASEX) with the US Air Force (USAF) and US Marine Corps (USMC) in the Western Pacific. JASEX focuses on integrated joint training proficiency in...

US Navy (USN) Lieutenant (LT) David McMillan observes the flight deck ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) Lieutenant (LT) David McMillan observes the flight deck foul lines to ensure the safety of crews and landing aircr... More

US Navy (USN) Sailors who are members of the ΦKitty Hawk-Battle Cats,τ the baseball team from the USN Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), pose for a group photograph with two players from the Sapporo Nippon"Fighters"baseball team in Sapporo, Japan (JPN). While in port, Sailors have a chance to sightsee, shop, enjoy recreational activities and participate in community relation projects with their host nationals. The USS KITTY HAWK demonstrates power projection and sea control as the USN only permanently, forward-deployed aircraft carrier

US Navy (USN) Sailors who are members of the ΦKitty Hawk-Battle Cats,τ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sapporo Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Adam York, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

US Navy (USN) Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class (AT2) Timothy Davis manually plots simulated shipboard casualties on a damage control plotting board during a general quarters drill aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73)

US Navy (USN) Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class (AT2) Timothy ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC) Scene Major Command Shown: USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN-73) Scene Camera Operator: PH3... More

The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Band plays during an Independence day reception ceremony held aboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) in Otaru, Japan. While in port, KITTY HAWK Sailors will have a chance to sightsee, shop, enjoy recreational activities and participate in community relation projects with the host nation. The USS KITTY HAWK demonstrates power projection and sea control as the USN only permanently, forward-deployed aircraft carrier

The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Band plays during an ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Jimmy C. Pan, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

US Navy (USN) Sailors compete in a Damage Control Olympics in the hangar bay aboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72) during a Tiger Cruise in the Pacific Ocean. Tiger Cruise is provided for family members and friends of the crew to give them an opportunity to experience life at sea for a week

US Navy (USN) Sailors compete in a Damage Control Olympics in the hang...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Geoffrey Lewis, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

U.S. Navy Aviation Ordnanceman AIRMAN Antonio Villarreal inventories Captive Aircrew Training Missiles (CATM-9M) at night on the flight deck of the Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) during operations in the Pacific Ocean on Sept. 8, 2006. Currently underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility, KITTY HAWK demonstrates power projection and sea control as the USN's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Joshua Wayne LeGrand) (Released)

U.S. Navy Aviation Ordnanceman AIRMAN Antonio Villarreal inventories C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Joshua Wayne Legrand, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

US Navy (USN) Commander (CDR) Jeff Penfield, Commanding Officer (CO), Strike Fighter Squadron 115 (VFA-115), Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California (CA), watches as a USN Ordnanceman sets the MAU-169/B Paveway II Computer Control Group attached on a MK-83 1,000-pound bomb (unit call a GBU-16) during a pre-flight inspection on his USN F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft on board the Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72). The LINCOLN and Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) are conducting combat operations in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

US Navy (USN) Commander (CDR) Jeff Penfield, Commanding Officer (CO), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Phillip A. Mcdaniel, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Dig... More

U.S. Navy Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Anthony Alison tightens the screws on one of the multiple ejector racks that F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft uses to hold and deploy missiles onboard the Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) on Sept. 12, 2006. Currently underway in the Pacific Ocean, KITTY HAWK demonstrates power projection and sea control as the USN's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Matthew Patton) (Released)

U.S. Navy Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class Anthony Alison tightens the s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Matthew Patton Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

060807-N-6106R-060 (Aug. 7, 2006)Onboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) a Sailor assigned to the Weapons Department carefully stacks MK-76 Mod 5 25-pound practice bombs onto a munitions trailer. The KITTY HAWK is currently underway in the Indian Ocean in the 7th Fleet's area of responsibility, demonstrating power projection and sea control as the US Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Stephen W. Rowe (RELEASED)

060807-N-6106R-060 (Aug. 7, 2006)Onboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Ca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Stephen W. Rowe, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

A US Navy (USN) S-3B Viking aircraft assigned to Sea Control Squadron Four One (VS-41) flies over the decommissioned aircraft carrier MIDWAY (CV-41), at Naval Base San Diego, California (CA), during a routine training flight. The San Diego city skyline is visible in the background

A US Navy (USN) S-3B Viking aircraft assigned to Sea Control Squadron ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Naval Station, San Diego State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2(Aw/Sw) Timothy Smith, USN Rel... More

US Navy (USN) Sailors "man the rails" aboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) as she passes the Battleship MISSOURI (BB 63) Memorial on her arrival at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In the foreground is an F/A-18 Hornet, Strike Fighter Squadron 115 (VFA-115), Eagles, Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, California (CA), and S-3B Vikings, Sea Control Squadron 35 (VS-35), Blue Wolves, Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI), CA. The STENNIS and Carrier Air Wing 14 (CVW-14) are taking part in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2004. RIMPAC is the largest interional maritime exercise in the waters around the Hawaiian Islands. This years exercise includes seven participating...

US Navy (USN) Sailors "man the rails" aboard the USN Nimitz Class Airc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Navy (USN) Sailors "man the rails" aboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier USS JOHN C. STENNIS (CVN 74) as she passes th... More

Aerial port stern view of the U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) as it prepares to commence cyclic flight operations off the coast of Australia on Aug. 18, 2006. Currently underway in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility, KITTY HAWK demonstrates power projection and sea control as the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Stephen W. Rowe) (Released)

Aerial port stern view of the U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAW...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Stephen W. Rowe, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

060814-N-1960H-073 (Aug. 14, 2006)US Naval (USN) Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN (MCSN) Robert Pierce stands watch in the television control room aboard the USN Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63). Training videos, network television programs, KITTY HAWK news updates and movies provided by the Naval Motion Picture Service are broadcast daily on KTTY TV.U.S. Navy official photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Thomas J. Holt (Released)

060814-N-1960H-073 (Aug. 14, 2006)US Naval (USN) Mass Communication SP...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Thomas Holt, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

The US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS KITTTY HAWK (CV-63) departs Naval Forces Marianas Support Activity, Guam, after a four-day port visit. Currently under way in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), the KITTY HAWK demonstrates power projection and sea control as the US Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier

The US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS KITTTY HAWK (CV-63) departs Nav...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Apra Harbor Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Major Command Shown: CV-63 Scene Camera Operator: PH2 William H. Ramsey, Usn Release Status: Released to P... More

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) USN Sailors take up the messenger line before receiving the probe during Replenishment At Sea (RAS) Operations. Currently underway in the 7th Fleet Area Of Responsibility (AOR), The KITTY HAWK demonstrates power projection and sea control as the USN only permanently, forward-deployed aircraft carrier

Onboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) USN ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Benjamin Dennis, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photo... More

U.S. Navy Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Cesar Rios repairs a main rotor spindle of an SH-60 Seahawk helicopter onboard the Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63) on Aug. 21, 2006. The main rotor spindle prevents the blade from flapping during flight. Currently underway in the Indian Ocean, KITTY HAWK demonstrates power projection and sea control as the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Joshua Wayne LeGrand) (Released)

U.S. Navy Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Cesar Rios repairs a mai...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Joshua Wayne Legrand, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital ... More

US Navy (USN) Damage Controlman Second Class (DC2) Ronnie Longoria uses a Portable Exothermic Cutting Unit (PECU) during a damage control training exercise aboard the USN Aircraft Carrier, USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). The PECU provides for more rapid access into areas of the ship where normal access is impaired during firefighting operations. It is also used to drain accumulated firefighting water from areas of the ship where the effects of the accumulated water will impair the ship's stability

US Navy (USN) Damage Controlman Second Class (DC2) Ronnie Longoria use...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Elisabeth Saccotelli, Usn Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

Onboard the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS HARRY S. TRUMAN (CVN 75), a (brown shirt) Plane Captain inspects a pair of USN S-3B Viking aircraft assigned to the "Checkmates" of Sea Control Squadron 22 (VS-22), as they sit spotted on deck, following a far-reaching sandstorm blew over the Persian Gulf and left TRUMAN covered with a fine layer of sand from bow to stern. The TRUMAN and embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) are currently underway in the Persian Gulf providing close air support and conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Onboard the flight deck of the US Navy (USN) Nimitz Class Aircraft Car...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Kristopher Wilson, USN Release Status: Released ... More

A US Navy (USN) pilot assigned to the "Scouts" of Sea Control Squadron Two Four (VS-24) puts on his flight gear aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71)

A US Navy (USN) pilot assigned to the "Scouts" of Sea Control Squadron...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Scene Major Command Shown: USS Theodore Roosevelt Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Javier Capella, Usn Release Status:... More

A US Navy (USN) S-3 Viking aircraft assigned to the "Checkmates" of Sea Control Squadron 22 (VS-22), extends its refueling drogue to refuel another aircraft, during routine flight operations over the Caribbean Sea. The aircraft are stationed aboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73). The George Washington Carrier Strike Group (GWCGS) is currently participating in the Partnership of the Americas, a maritime training and readiness deployment of US Naval Forces combined with Caribbean and Latin American countries in support of the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) objectives for enhanced maritime security

A US Navy (USN) S-3 Viking aircraft assigned to the "Checkmates" of Se...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH3 Christopher Stephens, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

060808-N-3946H-044 (Aug. 8, 2006) Onboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft Carrier USS KITTY HAWK (CV 63), USN Machinery Repairman Fireman (MRFN) Anton Padilla, inspects a newly-fabricated sounding cap insert for flaws in the machine shop. The KITTY HAWK is currently underway in the South China Sea, in the 7th Fleet's area of responsibility, demonstrating power projection and sea control as the US Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication SPECIALIST SEAMAN Patrick L. Heil (RELEASED)

060808-N-3946H-044 (Aug. 8, 2006) Onboard the US Navy (USN) Aircraft C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) Scene Camera Operator: MCSN Pactrick L. Heil, USN Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Phot... More

Air engine tester. Dr. K.C. Dickinson, Chief of the Heat and Power Division of the Bureau of Standards, and the control room of the new aircraft engine testing laboratory at Arlington, Virginia Here all engines for use on licensed airplanes are to be tested and to protect the observer, the control room and the room in which the engines are mounted are heavily reinforced with concrete to prevent flying engine parts striking the observers

Air engine tester. Dr. K.C. Dickinson, Chief of the Heat and Power Div...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

National Airport. Plane beside building and control tower at National Airport

National Airport. Plane beside building and control tower at National ...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American cars, 1940s-1950s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Photograph Looking Down in Emergency Control Station of a Dirigible , ca. 1933

Photograph Looking Down in Emergency Control Station of a Dirigible , ...

Original Caption: Photograph Looking Down in Emergency Control Station of a Dirigible , ca. 1933..U.S. National Archives’ HMS Record Entry ID: NWL-16051..Creator: U.S. Congress. Joint Committee to Investigate ... More

A US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress aircraft, assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), Barksdale Air Force Base (AFB) Louisiana (LA), sits parked in front of the original control tower and base operations building, now used to house the 2nd Operations Support Squadron (OSS) Base Operations Center (BOC), some 71-years after the buildings dedication in 1933

A US Air Force (USAF) B-52H Stratofortress aircraft, assigned to the 2...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Barksdale Air Force Base State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Michael A. Kaplan, USAF Relea... More

Photograph of Emergency Control Station of a Dirigible, ca. 1933

Photograph of Emergency Control Station of a Dirigible, ca. 1933

Original Caption: Photograph of Emergency Control Station of a Dirigible, ca. 1933..U.S. National Archives’ HMS Record Entry ID: NWL-16051..Creator: U.S. Congress. Joint Committee to Investigate Dirigible Disa... More

The first wave. Sicilian invasion. "H" hour of the "D" day draws near and the first wave of men to invade Sicily prepare to debark from Allied transports lying four miles off shore. Landing boats, swung to deck level, are loaded with men and equipment. After they are lowered into the sea, cables are unhooked, the boats are cast off, and engines are started. They circle slowly in formation until the signal to head in is given. A control boat, between the transports and the beach, directs the men to shore. Fires, resulting from Allied naval and air bombardment, burn brightly along the coast and spasmodic enemy anti-aircraft fire meets fierce retaliation frm Allied destroyers

The first wave. Sicilian invasion. "H" hour of the "D" day draws near ...

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Marines from 3rd Battalion 7th Marines India Company, listen to a World War II battlefield sites tour guide on Peleliu after a simulated airfield seizure during Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. KOA THUNDER is an exercise involving elements of 1ST Marine Air Wing (MAW), and 3rd Marine Division, where Marines conduct an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE). The Aviation Support Element (ASE) from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, will be tested on command and control of several different missions, to include Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personal (TRAP), airfield seizures, and a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO)

Marines from 3rd Battalion 7th Marines India Company, listen to a Worl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KOA THUNDER 2001 Base: Peleliu Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion 7th Marines ... More

Marines from 3rd Battalion 7th India Company, take a moment to acknowledge a Peleliu World War II battlesite, after a simulated airfield seizure during Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. KOA THUNDER is an exercise involving elements of 1ST Marine Air Wing (MAW), and 3rd Marine Division, where Marines conduct an Operational Readiness Exercise (ORE). The Aviation Support Element (ASE) from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, will be tested on command and control of several different missions, to include Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel (TRAP), airfield seizures, and a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO)

Marines from 3rd Battalion 7th India Company, take a moment to acknowl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KOA THUNDER 2001 Base: Peleliu Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Battalion 7th Marines ... More

A US Air Force (USAF) O-2 Skymaster (right) forward air control (FAC) aircraft and a USAF A-10 Thunderbolt II close air support aircraft, sit in Heritage Park on Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK). The park was dedicated on July 20, 2000 and includes 5 static aircraft, a POW/MIA memorial, a World War II (WWII) era replica of a hangar, a memorial to Ben Eielson, and a new AIRMAN's Memorial, due to open late this year. The Skymaster flew at Eielson between 1971 and 1986 as a part of the 25th Tactical Air Support Squadron (TASS). The Thunderbolts are currently flying at Eielson with the 355th Fighter Squadron (FS), 354th Fighter Wing (FW)

A US Air Force (USAF) O-2 Skymaster (right) forward air control (FAC) ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Eielson Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joshua Strang, USAF Release Status:... More

A new three-place North American O-47A observation airplane with Army Air Corps marking was the first ircraft to arrive at Ames. The Circular antenna on top of the canopy is for direction finding. A close look show that help from the front cockpit was needed for directional control when using a rope (instead of a tow bar) to tow the aircraft. (Sept 1940). W.H. McAvoy Ames test pilot returning from an early flight of first test airplane at Ames, a North American O-47A-1 (or 0-47 AAC37-323) This aircraft severed for a short time upon arrival as a research aircraft for heated-wing deicing. NOTE: printed in NASA Ames Publications: Adventures in Research - SP-4320 57 Years - Flight Research at AMES - NASA SP-1998-3300 ARC-1969-M-925

A new three-place North American O-47A observation airplane with Army ...

A new three-place North American O-47A observation airplane with Army Air Corps marking was the first ircraft to arrive at Ames. The Circular antenna on top of the canopy is for direction finding. A close look... More

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the battle for humanity, this control car for a naval non-rigid airship is receiving the finishing touches at the huge airship dock of an Ohio rubber company. Workers are here installing one of the two powerful motors which provide the power for the ship. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is one of the airplane sub-assembly production lines at an Ohio plant, which was a former airship dock. These are control surfaces for military aircraft, being assembled here for shipment to plane plants. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is one of the airplane sub-assembl...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the battle for humanity, this control car for a naval non-rigid airship is receiving the finishing touches at the huge airship dock of an Ohio rubber company. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the b...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is the "dope room" at a huge Ohio plant. The fabric covering control surfaces for military aircraft is here doped, or covered with protective paints. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is the "dope room" at a huge Ohio ...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. Full production, twenty-four hours daily, is the schedule on these control surfaces for Martin bombers as well as for many other aircraft parts being turned out in this huge converted airship dock in Ohio. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Full production, twenty-four hours dail...

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A black and white photo of a man in a control room. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a control room. Office of War Info...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the battle for humanity, this control car for a naval non-rigid airship is receiving the finishing touches at the huge airship dock of an Ohio rubber company. Workers are here installing one of the two powerful motors which provide the power for the ship. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Plane coming in at the municipal airport, seen from the control tower, Washington, D.C.

Plane coming in at the municipal airport, seen from the control tower,...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. This worker at a large Ohio plant, is shaping a large piece of aluminum into the desired conture for fitting leading edges of the various control surfaces and outer wings. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. This worker at a large Ohio plant, is s...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the battle for humanity, this control car for a naval non-rigid airship is receiving the finishing touches at the huge airship dock of an Ohio rubber company. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Nearly ready to take its place in the b...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a factory, plant, manufacture, assembly line, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is the "dope room" at a huge Ohio plant. The fabric covering control surfaces for military aircraft is here doped, or covered with protective paints. This worker is spraying surfaces with a special lacquer to make them glossy and weather-proof. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. Here is the "dope room" at a huge Ohio ...

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Subcontracting aircraft parts. This young worker is an expert at sewing fabric onto movable control surfaces. The section on which he is now working, at this huge Ohio plant, will eventually be part of a U.S. bombing plane. Goodyear, Akron, Ohio

Subcontracting aircraft parts. This young worker is an expert at sewin...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Dusting with an airplane. Dust or insecticide is spread by low flying planes onto crops to control various insect pests

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Dusting with an airplane. Dust o...

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Spreading insecticide for malaria control

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Spreading inse...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Pilots studying maps to locate fields for dusting. Dust or insecticide is spread by low flying planes onto crops to control various insect pests

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Pilots studying maps to locate f...

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Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Engineers working at the control panel of a test stand at a large Eastern plant study the performance of a new Pratt and Whitney airplane motor. Each engine must meet rigid Air Force requirements before it is shipped to one of our huge aircraft factories. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft

Production. Pratt and Whitney airplane engines. Engineers working at t...

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Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together at one of the West Coast's huge aircraft plants. These two are working on an electrical control panel

Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together at one of the West...

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Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Loading insecticide into plane used in malaria control work

Wilson Dam, Alabama (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Loading insect...

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Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Women and men work side by side at Vultee's Downey, California plant. Here electrical installations and control units for the motor of a "Valiant" basic trainer are being installed. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine

Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Women and men work side...

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Women aircraft workers. Uncle Sam's fighting men can thank the girls they left behind for the great job they're doing on America's production line. These two young women are working on the control column of a giant bomber at one of the West Coast's aricraft factories. Vega

Women aircraft workers. Uncle Sam's fighting men can thank the girls t...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Loading gasoline into a dusting plane. Dust or insecticide is spread by low flying planes onto crops to control various insect pests

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Loading gasoline into a dusting ...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Laying out the fields for dusting. Dust or insecticide is spread by low flying planes onto crops to control various insect pests

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Laying out the fields for dustin...

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Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together at one of the West Coast's huge aircraft plants. These two are working on an electrical control panel

Women aircraft workers. Men and women work together at one of the West...

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Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wheel, sport event, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Picryl description: Public domain image of byciclyst, bike, bicycle wh...

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Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Dusting plane. Dust or insecticide is spread by low flying planes onto crops to control various insect pests

Bridgeton, New Jersey. Seabrook Farm. Dusting plane. Dust or insectici...

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Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. William Howell, aircraft worker in a large Eastern plant, is inserting bearings in a surface control of a medium bomber. Howell got his job after completing a war training course. Glenn L. Martin Bomber Plant. Baltimore, Maryland

Manpower. Negro bomber plant workers. William Howell, aircraft worker ...

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Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. The airport from the control tower

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

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Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patrol no. 20. The runways from the control tower

Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...

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Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Layout for control rods. One of the women employees at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. is pictured inside a tail cone which will be incorporated in a Vultee "Vengeance" dive bomber. She is checking the layout for control rods. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers

Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Layout for control rods. ...

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Grumman F9F-6 (Bu. No. 128138) Cougar airplane. EVALUATION OF CARRIER APPROACH TECHNIQUES Boundary Layer Control, STOL, and V/STOL Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology NASA SP-1998-3300 fig. 101 ARC-1969-A-20485

Grumman F9F-6 (Bu. No. 128138) Cougar airplane. EVALUATION OF CARRIER...

Grumman F9F-6 (Bu. No. 128138) Cougar airplane. EVALUATION OF CARRIER APPROACH TECHNIQUES Boundary Layer Control, STOL, and V/STOL Note: Used in publication in Flight Research at Ames; 57 Years of Developm... More

X-2 in flight after drop from B-50 mothership

X-2 in flight after drop from B-50 mothership

Description (1957) The Bell Aircraft Company X-2 (46-674) drops away from its Boeing B-50 mothership in this photo. Lt. Col. Frank "Pete" Everest piloted 674 on its first unpowered flight on 5 August 1954. He m... More

NASA Armstrong Celebrates 70 Years of Flight Research

NASA Armstrong Celebrates 70 Years of Flight Research

The X-1B reaction control system thrusters are tested in 1958 and later proven on the X-15 as a way to control a vehicle in the absence of dynamic pressure. Monroe Conner

Inside the bomb bay of US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer bomber, USAF STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Dustin Duncan, and USAF SSGT Brian Trainer, Hydraulic Technicians, 28th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (EAMXS), install a control valve on a weapons bay power drive unit

Inside the bomb bay of US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer bomber, USAF ST...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Matthew Hannen, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combine... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the podium, Center Director Roy Bridges Jr. offers remarks at the commissioning ceremony for the new Convoy Command Vehicle behind him. At left is Mike McCulley, chief operating officer, United Space Alliance. The new 40-foot vehicle is replacing a 15-year old model, and will be used following Shuttle landings as the prime vehicle to control critical communications between the orbiter, the crew and the Launch Control Center, to monitor the health of the Shuttle Orbiter systems and to direct convoy operations at the Shuttle Landing Facility. Upgrades and high-tech features incorporated into the design and development of this vehicle make it more reliable and efficient for the convoy crew. Seating capacity was increased from 4 to 12, and video recorders and television monitors were added to provide the convoy team with the maximum amount of visual information KSC-02pd1087

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the podium, Center Director Roy Bridg...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the podium, Center Director Roy Bridges Jr. offers remarks at the commissioning ceremony for the new Convoy Command Vehicle behind him. At left is Mike McCulley, chief operatin... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, noted physicist Stephen Hawking, in the wheelchair, is ready to get onboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp. for his first zero-gravity flight. Zero Gravity Corp. is a commercial company licensed to provide the public with weightless flight experiences. At right is Peter Diamandis, founder of the Zero Gravity Corp. Behind Hawking is Nicola O'Brien, a nurse practitioner who is Hawking's aide. Hawking developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease in the 1960s, a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him the loss of almost all neuromuscular control. At the celebration of his 65th birthday on January 8 this year, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight to prepare for a sub-orbital space flight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd0955

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Land...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, noted physicist Stephen Hawking, in the wheelchair, is ready to get onboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravi... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The media surround noted wheelchair-bound physicist Stephen Hawking after his arrival at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility for his first zero-gravity flight. Behind Hawking, at left, are Zero Gravity Corporation founder Peter Diamandis and Space Florida president Steve Kohler. The flight will be aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero G, a commercial company licensed to provide the public with weightless flight experiences. Hawking developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease in the 1960s, a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him the loss of almost all neuromuscular control. At the celebration of his 65th birthday on January 8 this year, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight to prepare for a sub-orbital space flight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd0949

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The media surround noted wheelchair-boun...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The media surround noted wheelchair-bound physicist Stephen Hawking after his arrival at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility for his first zero-gravity flight. Behin... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — Noted physicist Stephen Hawking greets the media after his arrival at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility for his first zero-gravity flight. The flight will be aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp., a commercial company licensed to provide the public with weightless flight experiences. Hawking developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease in the 1960s, a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him the loss of almost all neuromuscular control. At the celebration of his 65th birthday on January 8 this year, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight to prepare for a sub-orbital space flight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd0948

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — Noted physicist Stephen Hawking greets t...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. — Noted physicist Stephen Hawking greets the media after his arrival at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility for his first zero-gravity flight. The flight will be aboard... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, noted physicist Stephen Hawking, in the wheelchair, arrives at the runway for his first zero-gravity flight. The flight will be aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp., a commercial company licensed to provide the public with weightless flight experiences. At left is Peter Diamandis, founder of the Zero Gravity Corp. At center is Nicola O'Brien, a nurse practitioner who is Hawking's aide. Hawking developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease in the 1960s, a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him the loss of almost all neuromuscular control. At the celebration of his 65th birthday on January 8 this year, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight to prepare for a sub-orbital space flight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd0954

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Land...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, noted physicist Stephen Hawking, in the wheelchair, arrives at the runway for his first zero-gravity flight. The flight will b... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the RLV Hangar near NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF, in Florida, students and their flight instructors from Florida Tech, FIT, in Melbourne view F104 Starfighter aircraft and hear a presentation from Starfighter Director Rick Svetkoff. The group arrived at the SLF in Cherokee Warrior and Cessna 172S lightweight aircraft. The middle and high school students are participating in FIT’s Av/Aero summer camp experience. They and their flight instructors toured the SLF midfield control tower, viewed F104 Starfighters and NASA Huey helicopters in the RLV Hangar, viewed the runway plaques marking wheels stop for each of the three space shuttles, and toured the Vehicle Assembly Building where space shuttle Atlantis currently is stored. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-2012-3992

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the RLV Hangar near NASA Kennedy Space C...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Inside the RLV Hangar near NASA Kennedy Space Center’s Shuttle Landing Facility, or SLF, in Florida, students and their flight instructors from Florida Tech, FIT, in Melbourne view F104 S... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft transporting space shuttle Discovery to its new home receives permission for a 7-a.m. takeoff from the control tower at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The aircraft, known as an SCA, is a Boeing 747 jet, originally manufactured for commercial use, which was modified by NASA to transport the shuttles between destinations on Earth. This SCA, designated NASA 905, is assigned to the remaining ferry missions, delivering the shuttles to their permanent public display sites. NASA 905 is scheduled to ferry Discovery to the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia on April 17, after which the shuttle will be placed on display in the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. For more information on the SCA, visit http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/FactSheets/FS-013-DFRC.html. For more information on shuttle transition and retirement activities, visit http://www.nasa.gov/transition. Photo credit: NASA/Lorne Mathre KSC-2012-2394

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft transporting space...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft transporting space shuttle Discovery to its new home receives permission for a 7-a.m. takeoff from the control tower at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The media surround noted wheelchair-bound physicist Stephen Hawking after his arrival at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility for his first zero-gravity flight. Behind Hawking, at left, is Space Florida president Steve Kohler. In the center, striding toward Hawking, is Zero Gravity Corp. founder Peter Diamandis. The flight will be aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity, a commercial company licensed to provide the public with weightless flight experiences. Hawking developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease in the 1960s, a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him the loss of almost all neuromuscular control. At the celebration of his 65th birthday on January 8 this year, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight to prepare for a sub-orbital space flight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd0947

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The media surround noted wheelchair-b...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The media surround noted wheelchair-bound physicist Stephen Hawking after his arrival at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility for his first zero-gravity flight. Be... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp. takes off with its well-known passenger, physicist Stephen Hawking. Zero Gravity Corp. is a commercial company licensed to provide the public with weightless flight experiences. Hawking will be making his first zero-gravity flight. Hawking developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease in the 1960s, a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him the loss of almost all neuromuscular control. At the celebration of his 65th birthday on January 8 this year, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight to prepare for a sub-orbital space flight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-07pd0957

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Land...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp. takes off with its well-known passenger, physicist Stephen Hawking.... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, noted physicist Stephen Hawking, in the wheelchair, arrives at the runway for his first zero-gravity flight. The flight will be aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp., a commercial company licensed to provide the public with weightless flight experiences. At left is Peter Diamandis, founder of the Zero Gravity Corp. At center is Nicola O'Brien, a nurse practitioner who is Hawking's aide. Hawking developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease in the 1960s, a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him the loss of almost all neuromuscular control. At the celebration of his 65th birthday on January 8 this year, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight to prepare for a sub-orbital space flight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd0953

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Land...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, noted physicist Stephen Hawking, in the wheelchair, arrives at the runway for his first zero-gravity flight. The flight will b... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, Peter Diamandis, founder of the Zero Gravity Corp., talks to the media about physicist Stephen Hawking's (in the wheelchair) first zero-gravity flight. The flight will be aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp., a commercial company licensed to provide the public with weightless flight experiences. Hawking developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease in the 1960s, a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him the loss of almost all neuromuscular control. At the celebration of his 65th birthday on January 8 this year, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight to prepare for a sub-orbital space flight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd0951

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Land...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, Peter Diamandis, founder of the Zero Gravity Corp., talks to the media about physicist Stephen Hawking's (in the wheelchair) f... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp. is ready to take off with its well-known passenger, physicist Stephen Hawking. Zero Gravity Corp. is a commercial company licensed to provide the public with weightless flight experiences. Hawking will be making his first zero-gravity flight. Hawking developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease in the 1960s, a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him the loss of almost all neuromuscular control. At the celebration of his 65th birthday on January 8 this year, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight to prepare for a sub-orbital space flight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd0956

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Land...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp. is ready to take off with its well-known passenger, physicist Steph... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This aerial photo of the runway at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility looks north. Longer and wider than most commercial runways, it is 15,000 feet long, with 1,000-foot paved overruns on each end, and 300 feet wide, with 50-foot asphalt shoulders. The runway is used by military and civilian cargo carriers, astronauts’ T-38 trainers, Shuttle Training Aircraft and helicopters, as well as the Space Shuttle. On the lower right is the parking apron with the orbiter mate/demate tower and the tow-way stretching from the runway to the lower right. Farther north is a grassy area where the new control tower is located. KSC-04pd0934

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This aerial photo of the runway at the KS...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - This aerial photo of the runway at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility looks north. Longer and wider than most commercial runways, it is 15,000 feet long, with 1,000-foot paved overru... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, noted physicist Stephen Hawking, in the wheelchair, arrives at the runway for his first zero-gravity flight. The flight will be aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp., a commercial company licensed to provide the public with weightless flight experiences. At left is Peter Diamandis, founder of the Zero Gravity Corp. Behind Hawking is Nicola O'Brien, a nurse practitioner who is Hawking's aide. Hawking developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease in the 1960s, a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him the loss of almost all neuromuscular control. At the celebration of his 65th birthday on January 8 this year, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight to prepare for a sub-orbital space flight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd0952

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Land...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, noted physicist Stephen Hawking, in the wheelchair, arrives at the runway for his first zero-gravity flight. The flight will b... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - These laptop computers in Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center reveal data being relayed from the avian radars recently set up on Launch Pad 39B. On the left is an associated camera image. On the right is the radar image. When birds, especially vultures, are near the shuttle during a launch, impact on a critical area is possible and could cause catastrophic damage to the vehicle. Already proven affective for aviation where threats posed by bird strikes have been a problem, the avian radar, known as Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radar, provides horizontal and vertical scanning and can monitor either launch pad for movement of vultures around them. If data relayed from the avian radar indicates large birds are dangerously close to the vehicle, controllers could hold the countdown. Photo credit: NASA/George Shelton KSC-06pd1341

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - These laptop computers in Firing Room ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - These laptop computers in Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center reveal data being relayed from the avian radars recently set up on Launch Pad 39B. On the left is an associat... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Noted physicist Stephen Hawking arrives at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility for his first zero-gravity flight. The flight will be aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp., a commercial company licensed to provide the public with weightless flight experiences. Hawking developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease in the 1960s, a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him the loss of almost all neuromuscular control. At the celebration of his 65th birthday on January 8 this year, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight to prepare for a sub-orbital space flight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd0946

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Noted physicist Stephen Hawking arriv...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Noted physicist Stephen Hawking arrives at the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility for his first zero-gravity flight. The flight will be aboard a modified Boeing 727 ... More

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, Space Florida president Steve Kohler (left) talks to the media about physicist Stephen Hawking's (in the wheelchair) first zero-gravity flight. The flight will be aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft owned by Zero Gravity Corp., a commercial company licensed to provide the public with weightless flight experiences. At right is Peter Diamandis, founder of the Zero Gravity Corp. Hawking developed amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease in the 1960s, a type of motor neuron disease which would cost him the loss of almost all neuromuscular control. At the celebration of his 65th birthday on January 8 this year, Hawking announced his plans for a zero-gravity flight to prepare for a sub-orbital space flight in 2009 on Virgin Galactic's space service. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett KSC-07pd0950

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Land...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- At the Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility, Space Florida president Steve Kohler (left) talks to the media about physicist Stephen Hawking's (in the wheelchair) first zer... More

Lockheed NC-130B STOL turboprop-powered aircraft with ailerons drooped 30 degrees. Note trailing-edge flaps deflected 90 degrees for increased lift. Two T-56 turboshaft engines, which drove wing-mounted load compressors for boundary-layer control, are mounted on outboard wing pods. Landing approach speed was reduced 30 knots with boundary-layer control ARC-1961-A-28387

Lockheed NC-130B STOL turboprop-powered aircraft with ailerons drooped...

Lockheed NC-130B STOL turboprop-powered aircraft with ailerons drooped 30 degrees. Note trailing-edge flaps deflected 90 degrees for increased lift. Two T-56 turboshaft engines, which drove wing-mounted load co... More

Paresev 1-A on Lakebed with Tow Plane

Paresev 1-A on Lakebed with Tow Plane

(August 24, 1962) The Paresev 1-A (Paraglider Research Vehicle) and the tow airplane, 450-hp Stearman Sport Biplane sitting on Rogers dry lakebed, Edwards, California. The control system in the Paresev 1-A had ... More

3/4 REAR VIEW OF Breguet 941 AIRPLANE; FLIGHT EVALUATION, MAY 1963. Boundary Layer Control, STOL, and V/STOL Research. Fig. 105 NASA SP Flight Research at Ames: 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeronautical Technology ARC-1969-A-31322

3/4 REAR VIEW OF Breguet 941 AIRPLANE; FLIGHT EVALUATION, MAY 1963. B...

3/4 REAR VIEW OF Breguet 941 AIRPLANE; FLIGHT EVALUATION, MAY 1963. Boundary Layer Control, STOL, and V/STOL Research. Fig. 105 NASA SP Flight Research at Ames: 57 Years of Development and Validation of Aeron... More

3/4 rear view of model with flaps down with Cecil E. MacDonald. V/STOL Aircraft: Wind tunnel investigation of rotating cylinder applied to training edge flaps for high lift & low-speed control. ARC-1965-A-34561

3/4 rear view of model with flaps down with Cecil E. MacDonald. V/STO...

3/4 rear view of model with flaps down with Cecil E. MacDonald. V/STOL Aircraft: Wind tunnel investigation of rotating cylinder applied to training edge flaps for high lift & low-speed control.

3/4 front view of model with flaps up. V/STOL Aircraft: Wind tunnel investigation of rotating cylinder applied to training edge flaps for high lift & low-speed control. ARC-1965-A-34557

3/4 front view of model with flaps up. V/STOL Aircraft: Wind tunnel ...

3/4 front view of model with flaps up. V/STOL Aircraft: Wind tunnel investigation of rotating cylinder applied to training edge flaps for high lift & low-speed control.

3/4 rear view of model with flaps down. V/STOL Aircraft: Wind tunnel investigation of rotating cylinder applied to training edge flaps for high lift & low-speed control. ARC-1965-A-34560

3/4 rear view of model with flaps down. V/STOL Aircraft: Wind tunnel...

3/4 rear view of model with flaps down. V/STOL Aircraft: Wind tunnel investigation of rotating cylinder applied to training edge flaps for high lift & low-speed control.

AN air-to-air right side view of a U.S. Air Force 0-1E Bird Dog aircraft. The aircraft is used as a forward air control aircraft throughout South Vietnam. The forward air controller (FAC) spots suspected enemy strongholds and fires smoke rockets to mark the target for strike aircraft. Following a strike the FAC assesses bomb damage

AN air-to-air right side view of a U.S. Air Force 0-1E Bird Dog aircra...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Saigon Country: Viet Nam (VNM) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

AN air-to-air front view of an F-105D Thunderchief aircraft approaching a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft for refueling during flight. Aerial refueling and forward air control crews were honored by 388th Tactical Fighter Wing F-105D Thunderchief aircraft pilots in recognition of their successful coordinated combat mission. The day of the combat was called "Tanks a Million-That's a FAC" day

AN air-to-air front view of an F-105D Thunderchief aircraft approachin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Southeast Asia Scene Camera Operator: A1C Howard Fisher Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

X-24A Powered Flight Drop from B-52

X-24A Powered Flight Drop from B-52

Photo Description: (1970) The X-24A lights its XLR-11 rocket engine and begins its powered flight after being drop launched from its B-52 mothership, seen here with high-altitude contrails streaming from its w... More

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