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• Transport plane takes off on test flight, Consolidated Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Texas (LOC)

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  • 6 comments
  • 44 favorites
  • 41,624 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
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• One of America's new warships of the air, a mighty YB-17 bomber, is pulled up at a bombardment squadron hangar, Langley Field, Va. It is all set to taxi out to a runway and take off (LOC)

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  • 4 comments
  • 32 favorites
  • 41,476 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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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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  • 3 comments
  • 39 favorites
  • 37,235 views
  • Date taken: 1939
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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• Atwood rising (LOC)

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  • 4 comments
  • 15 favorites
  • 16,286 views
  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
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• Capt. Thos. Baldwin (LOC)

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  • 4 comments
  • 7 favorites
  • 14,713 views
  • Date taken: 1910
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
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• Curtiss "Flying boat" (LOC)

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  • 3 comments
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  • 10,715 views
  • Date taken: 1912
  • Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
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