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• A fast, hard-hitting new A-20 [i.e., B-25] attack bomber is brought for a test hop to the flight line at the Long Beach, Calif., plant of Douglas Aircraft Company (LOC)

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  • 12 comments
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  • 60,859 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• B-25 bombers lined up at North American Aviation, Incorporated, almost ready for their first test flight, Kansas City, Kansas (LOC)

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  • 47,471 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• A C-87 transport plane, just off the assembly line, at the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation field, Fort Worth, Texas (LOC)

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  • 26 favorites
  • 46,273 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• A giant of the skyways poises for flight, Langley Field, Va. The four powerful engines of a YB-17 bomber are warmed up before a takeoff (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Civil Air Patrol Base, Bar Harbor, Maine (LOC)

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  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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