An Aviation Movie Set To The Glen Miller Big Band Hit "In The Mood"
Aviation's elite converges on Oakland for the Dole race to Hawaii (1927)
Charles Lindberg takes off in the "Spirit Of St. Louis" on the first transatlantic flight, 1927
The trip nearly ended before it began. "Lucky Lindy's" monoplane was so loaded down with fuel that he barely cleared the trees at the end of the runway.
John F. Kennedy and other dignitaries review the second fleet and second marine division in action
Superb material of combat aircraft, battleships, carriers, sailors, marines. (1962)
These are the last pictures taken of the female flyer Amelia Earhart
"In June 1937 she began a flight around the world, flying eastward from Miami, Florida, accompanied by Frederick J. Noonan, a navigator. Their plane disappeared on July 2, while en route from Lae, New Guinea, to Howland Island. An extensive search by planes and ships of the United States Navy failed to discover any trace of the lost flyers, and their fate remains a mystery."
Lindberg lands at the Paris airport where thousands wait for him
After touchdown, Lindberg's plane is mobbed by hysterical fans. It is all officials can do to usher the flier to the safety of the administration building. By making the first solo transatlantic flight, the youthful "Lone Eagle" had captured the imagination and the adulation of the word. (1927)
Footage from Castle and Pathé coverage of the Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst (1937)
