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Members of Civil Aeronautics Authority inspect latest aid to airplane pilots. Washington, D.C., Oct. 10. An instrument which gives airplane pilots their height above the ground over which the plane is flying was demonstrated today to members of the Civil Aeronautics Authority by officials of the Western Electric Co. and the United Airlines. Claimed to be the first successful altimeter showing terrain clearance, the new device operates by radio, using the shortest wave ever employed for aviation, officials of the companies stated. In the photograph, left to right: Col. Sumter Smith, Peter C. Sandrette, Supt. of the United Airline's communication laboratory who was in charge of the demonstration; and Thomas Hardin. Smith and Hardin are members of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, 10/10/38

Weather technician, SENIOR AIRMAN Wes B. Robinson, 21st Operation Support Weather Squadron, prepares a pre-flight weather briefing. Using the latest in weather tracking computer and related equipment he is able to more accurately forecast the type of weather that pilots may encounter during their flying missions. He is participating in the 21st Space Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection that was conducted at Cheyenne Mountain Air Station and Peterson AFB, Colo., 13 to 17 February 1996. The Inspector General's Team tested their ability to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robbery,...

US Air Force (USAF) Colonel (COL) Steven Dreyer, Commander 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), performs a preflight check on an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter in Lungi, Sierra Leone (SLE). The 398th Air Expeditionary Group (AEG), is currently in Lungi, Sierra Leone (SLE) to provide personnel recovery and emergency evacuation capability for the Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team (HAST) and the Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team (FAST) in Liberia (LBR)

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) David Gardner, 30th Mission Support Squadron (MSS), prepares for a deployment of over 170 personnel during the 30th Space Wing's (SW) Expeditionary Readiness Inspection (ERI) at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA). For eight days members from the 30th SW were tasked with various exercises and real world events, which culminated in the wing receiving an Excellent on the operational inspection and Satisfactory for the expeditionary inspection

Aviation Warfare Systems Operator CHIEF PETTY Officer (AWC) Paul Schenk (left) and Aviation Warfare Systems Operator Secound Class (AW2) Steve Ayers (right), Navy SH-60 Seahawk helicopter crew chiefs, go through their final checks before taking off on a familiarization flight for exercise ROVING SANDS '97. The mission will include a search for Scud missile sites in the Alamogordo Bombing Range. The airmen and the helicopter are from the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron, North Island, California, are participating in exercise ROVING SANDS as part of the Red force. ROVING SANDS is a multinational effort and is the largest military exercise on United States soil that allows training in a...

US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) J.B. Bobbitt, a pilot assigned to the 429th Electronic Combat Squadron (ECS), Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, performs a pre-flight inspection before making a final flight to the US, in one of two EF-111A Raven aircraft from Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH 1998

A US Air Force (USAF) Air Mobility Command (AMC) C-17A Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the 62nd Air Wing (AW), lands on the newly repaired runway at McChord, Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA). This C-17A, one of many aircraft scheduled to land today to help celebrate the newly repaired 10,100-foot flight line. Over 1,100 McChord Active-duty and Reserve Airmen returned today from deployment due to the shut down flight line

U.S. Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN James Kempfer (left), Flight Engineer, CAPT. Eric Hendrikson (center), Aircraft Commander, and CAPT. J. B. Marshal (right), Co-Pilot, 36th Rescue Flight, 336th Training Group, Air Education and Training Command, conduct an aircrew mission brief on Oct. 1, 2004, prior to flying their UH-1N Huey ("Iroquois") light-lift utility, search and rescue helicopter to support the U.S. Air Force Survival School at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by STAFF SGT. Laura K. Smith) (Released)

US Air Force (USAF) Air Surveillance Technicians, AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Summer Talbot (foreground), USAF A1C Greg Cummings (middle), and USAF SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Timothy Moore, mans their stations onboard a USAF E-3"Sentry"Advanced Warning And Control System (AWACS) aircraft, in support of Operation SOUTHERN WATCH

Members of Civil Aeronautics Authority inspect latest aid to airplane pilots. Washington, D.C., Oct. 10. An instrument which gives airplane pilots their height above the ground over which the plane is flying was demonstrated today to members of the Civil Aeronautics Authority by officials of the Western Electric Co. and the United Airlines. Claimed to be the first successful altimeter showing terrain clearance, the new device operates by radio, using the shortest wave ever employed for aviation, officials of the companies stated. In the photograph, left to right: Col. Sumter Smith, Peter C. Sandrette, Supt. of the United Airline's communication laboratory who was in charge of the demonstration; and Thomas Hardin. Smith and Hardin are members of the Civil Aeronautics Authority, 101038

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A black and white photo of three men in suits, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection

Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.

Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.

General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec

Temp. note: Batch five.

The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)

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The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives. Washington DC.
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No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Information http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/140_harr.html

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Col. W.J. Watkins, George Grantham Bain Collection

Public domain image of Before take-off (Unsplash)

Flight deck crew members and ordnance crew members use an HLU-196 bomb hoist to load an AIM-7 Sparrow missile onto the pylon of an EA-6B Prowler aircraft on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72)

655th Tactical Field Hospital Squadron members erect a mobile hospital during exercise Team Spirit '81

Visit of Secretary Shaun Donovan to Denver, Colorado, [where he joined Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, Colorado Congressman Ed Perlmutter, other officials, and Mile High Youth Corps members for tours, briefings on the Park Avenue Redevelopment Project and other initiatives]

Artwork: "COL. Tip Clark Over Hahn". Artist: John W. Clark. U.S. Air Force Art Collection

Discuss government reorganization with President Roosevelt. Washington, D.C., Sept. 23. Charles E. Merriam, (left) and Louis Brownlow, members of the President's Reorganization Committee, leaving the White House today after discussing government reorganization with President Roosevelt, 9/23/38

Bayonne, N.J., Nov. 26, 2012 -- FEMA Community Relations (CR) Outreach Team Lead Mike Dunn provides this storm survivor with FEMA Registration information while FEMA Corps members Dane Gellerup and Saul Korzenecki, and FEMA CR Specialist Juanita Manley observe. FEMA is here to help individuals and the community recover from this record breaking storm. George Armstrong/FEMA

Members of a crash/fire rescue squad move a patient away from a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter following a simulated helicopter crash. The squad members are wearing proximity suits

Interiör från en tursistbuss. Statens Järnvägar, SJ buss 2286.

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Kent Laughbaum (foreground left), Commander, 494th Fighter Squadron, assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force (RAF) Lakenheath, United Kingdom (UK), answers questions from members of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Look East Television Network, concerning the arrival of the Wings newly acquired F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft. The new Strike Eagle aircraft were flown from the manufacture by 494th Fighter Squadron (FS) aircrews and will be assigned to the unit

Chinese Aviatrix receives gift of new plane from Col. Roscoe Turner. Washington, D.C., April 3. Col. Roscoe Turner, winner of speed trophies in the air, dropped down to Washington Airport today with a red high wing monoplane which he presented to the friends of New China, represented by Miss Hilds Yen, Chinese Aviatrix. The plane, 'the Spirit of New China', was built by the Porterfield factory. 4-3-39

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district of columbia washington dc glass negatives harris and ewing collection harris and ewing photo civil aeronautics authority members airplane pilots officials sumter smith airline communication laboratory thomas hardin ultra high resolution high resolution military colonel civil aviation passenger aircraft airlines united states history 1930s aircrafts 1930 s library of congress