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Film footage of a Learstar (registration number N16L) and Lockheed L-1888 Electra, circa 1950s. The footage opens with the Learstar being towed into a hangar and William P. Lear boarding the airplane. The next several scenes feature Lear and an…

Film footage of Northwest Airlines aircraft at an unidentified airfield, possibly at Minneapolis Airport (Minnesota), and at aircraft crash site, circa 1950s. The footage is mostly comprised of scenes of NWA aircraft landing, taxiing, taking off, and…

Film footage of Mid-Continent Airlines aircraft at an unidentified airfield, possibly at Minneapolis Airport (Minnesota), circa 1950s. Douglas DC-2s and other aircraft are shown taxiing on the runway and taking off. The footage focuses predominantly…

Film footage of commercial airliners and "The Independence" Presidential aircraft at Washington National Airport, Arlington, Virginia, circa 1950s. The footage consists of brief clips of various aircraft parked or taxiing on a runway. In some scenes,…

Photograph of United Air Lines flight attendant Thelma Irene "Tim" McGraw in the cabin of a Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser aircraft, December 1, 1950. Photograph was taken while en route from Los Angeles, California to Honolulu, Hawaii.Stamped on…

Photograph of a Douglas DC-3S aircraft (tail number N30000) in flight, circa 1949.Stamped on verso: "C. F. Dennis / Jun 1949."

Magazine advertisement for Trans World Airlines, circa 1946. Features a half-page illustration of a TWA Lockheed Model 49 Constellation aircraft in flight over a city. The text describes TWA as "the finest way to fly."

Photograph of a Douglas DC-3S aircraft (tail number N30000), circa 1940s-1950s.

Photograph of a Douglas DC-3S aircraft (tail number N30000), circa 1940s-1950s.

Photograph of a Douglas DC-3S aircraft (tail number N30000) in flight, circa 1940s-1950s.