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Oerlikon Anti-Aircraft Gun

Date: 1942
Description: Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun on display. A sign on the right identifies it as a 20mm anti-aircraft gun manufactured by the Pontiac Motor Division.
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7-RA Comet Engine on Alexander Eaglerock A-12 Aircraft

Date: 04 22 1930
Description: Front view of a Alexander Eaglerock A-12 aircraft fitted with the 7-RA Comet air-cooled radial piston engine with seven cylinders. The fixed-wing plane sit...
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Transporting Austrian Aircraft

Date: 1914
Description: Wagons transporting an Austrian aircraft through the mud during World War I.
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Rapid Fire Anti-Aircraft Gun

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Description: Austrian rapid fire anti-aircraft gun and mounting on the Russian front.
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Group of People in Field with Crashed Airplane

Date: 1918
Description: Elevated view across stream in marshy area towards a group of people gathered around an aircraft wreck.
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Factory of Comet Aircraft Engines

Date: 11 1929
Description: Interior of a factory floor, with several large machines for manufacturing aircraft engines, including Landis, Whitcomb Manufacturing Company and Gisholt. ...
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Boy Playing with Toy Airplanes

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Description: Young boy with toy airplanes and an aircraft carrier.
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Cessna Model A

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Description: Three-quarter right side view from front of a Cessna Model A aircraft sitting on a runway. The tail identifier reads: "1627."
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Experimental Aircraft

Date: 1976
Description: "Experimental Aircraft at the EAA in Oshkosh."
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Kreider-Reisner C-4 Challenger with Comet Engine

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Left side profile view of a 7-cylinder Comet air-cooled radial piston engine and propeller on a Kreider-Reisner C-4 Challenger aircraft. A design of the Co...
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Aircraft Engine Corporation

Date: 08 29 1929
Description: Three-quarter view from across a road towards a factory building at the Aircraft Engine Corporation located on 9601 Russet Street, Los Angeles, California....
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Factory of Comet Aircraft Engines

Date: 11 07 1929
Description: Interior of a factory floor, with several large machines for manufacturing aircraft engines under the skylights. A Gisholt lathe is prominently pictured se...
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Helicopter Landing on Aircraft Carrier

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Description: A CH-37 Mojave helicopter landing on an aircraft carrier. This helicopter type could carry 26 troops or two jeeps. It was used for aircraft recovery in Vie...
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Alexander Eaglerock A-12 Aircraft with 7-RA Comet Engine

Date: 04 22 1930
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of an Alexander Eaglerock A-12 fixed-wing aircraft fitted with a 7-RA Comet engine. The plane is parked on an airstrip ...
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Alexander Eaglerock A-12 Aircraft with 7-RA Comet Engine

Date: 04 22 1930
Description: Right side profile view of an Alexander Eaglerock A-12 aircraft fitted with a Comet 7-RA air-cooled radial piston engine. A model of the Comet Engine Corpo...
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Base of Oerlikon Anti-Aircraft Gun

Date: 1942
Description: View of base of the Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun in a factory, possibly International Harvester's Indianapolis Works.
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Military Aircraft

Date: 09 05 1943
Description: Military aircraft at a Drome (airfield) near Port Moresby, preparing to take off for a landing at Nadzab near Lae. The aircraft in the foreground is named ...
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Factory of Comet Aircraft Engines

Date: 11 07 1929
Description: Interior view of a factory floor. Machinery by Whitcomb Manufacturing Company is in the right foreground, and a Comet 7-cylinder aircraft engine is in the ...
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Aircraft Carrier Drill

Date: 05 22 1944
Description: Physical exercise aboard an aircraft carrier during World War II. This photograph was a part of a scrapbook compiled by Philip F. La Follette, former gove...
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Sierra BLW-2 Aircraft with Comet 7-RA Engine

Date: 07 22 1929
Description: Left side profile view of a Comet 7-RA air-cooled radial piston engine and a wooden Westinghouse Micarta propeller on a Sierra BLW-2 aircraft. A design of ...

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