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Government plane completely equipped for testing radio and lighting. Captain F.C. Hingsburg, Chief of the Airways Division of the United States Department of Commerce, and a Government airplane that has been completely oufitted as a flying laboratory for testing radio and lighting systems along the country's airways. The radio equipment, for example, includes a transmitting set and two receivers, the pilot or passenger can plug in for radio reception at several convenient points throughout the cabin of the plane

U.S. Chief Signal Officer inspects new radio equipment for talking to Aviators in flight. The new aircraft-radio equipment designed by both the Signal Corps of the War Department permits of both radiotelephone and radiotelegraph communication, sending, receiving, at the same time. The apparatus is used communicating with airplanes in flight. Corporal ... is demonstrating the outfit to the Chief Signal Officer, Major General George S. Gibbs, this is the first photograph showing him with radio

Airplanes - Radio Equipment - Airplanes and parts manufactured for government use. F 5-L Antenna reel, installation for wireless. After pilot's cockpit. At Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, PA. U.S. Navy Department

Airplanes - Types - Building aeroplanes for the government. Front view, Martin twin-motored 800 H.P. Bomber, showing power plant installation and interplane wing structure. Plant of The Glenn L. Martin Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Duplicate of the bomber which on Jan. 17th, 1919, flew from McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio - 215 - in 1 hour and 15 minutes averaging 172 miles an hour. From The Glenn L. Martin Co

U.S. Chief Signal Officer inspects new radio equipment for talking to Aviators in flight. The new aircraft-radio equipment designed by both the Signal Corps of the War Department permits of both radiotelephone and radiotelegraph communication, sending, receiving, at the same time. The apparatus is used communicating with airplanes in flight. Corporal [...] is demonstrating the outfit to the Chief Signal Officer, Major General George S. Gibbs, this is the first photograph showing him with radio

Production. Lockheed P-38 pursuit planes. A new Lockheed P-38 pursuit plane, complete except for propellers, is hoisted from a station stand in a large Western aircraft plant assembly line. From here, the ship will be rolled to the testing field where the propellers will be installed and trial flights will be made

Airplanes - Types - Building aeroplanes for the government. Three-quarter front view of Martin twin-motored 800 H.P. Bomber. Built by The Glenn L. Martin Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Duplicate of the bomber which on Jan. 17th, 1919, flew from McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio - 215 miles - in 1 hour & 15 minutes, averaging 172 miles an hour. From The Glenn L. Martin Company

Airplanes - Inspection - Airplanes for government use. Dayton-Wright Airplane Co. Plant, Dayton, Ohio. Motor test department

The first radio beacon is inaugerated. An executive photograph showing Dr. George K. Burgess, Director fo the United States Bureau of Standards, and the aircraft radio beacon at College Park, Maryland, designed for guiding airplanes by radio. This is the first radio beacon for use of civil aviation and this station is bur a forerunner of 40 other similar installations to be established at 200-mile intervals along the 8,234 miles of civil airways

Government plane completely equipped for testing radio and lighting. Captain F.C. Hingsburg, Chief of the Airways Division of the United States Department of Commerce, and a Government airplane that has been completely oufitted as a flying laboratory for testing radio and lighting systems along the country's airways. The radio equipment, for example, includes a transmitting set and two receivers, the pilot or passenger can plug in for radio reception at several convenient points throughout the cabin of the plane

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Heavier than Air: From first heavier-than-air manned flights, to a dawn of modern aviation.

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Heavier than Air: From first flights to commercial aviation

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