Film footage of the 1939 National Championship Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1939. The footage includes scenes of aerobatics, formation flying, parachute jumps, air races, officials, and spectators. Identified aircraft include:
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Film footage of the 1938 National Championship Air Races in Cleveland, Ohio, an air show at Black Hills Airport in South Dakota, and miscellaneous in-flight and airport scenes, circa 1938. The first segment is of the 1938 National Championship Air…
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn falling from a rope ladder attached to a low-flying Curtiss JN-4 Jenny during a performance in Coronado, California, May 16, 1920. Pangborn was attempting an auto-to-airplane transfer stunt when he lost his grip and…
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn climbing a rope ladder attached to a low-flying Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft during an auto-to-airplane transfer stunt, California, circa 1921. "Savage Tires" is painted on the plane's wings.
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn falling from a rope ladder attached to a low-flying Curtiss JN-4 Jenny during a performance in Coronado, California, May 16, 1920. Pangborn was attempting an auto-to-airplane transfer stunt when he lost his grip and fell.
Clipping, "Taking undue liberties with the solar system," from Mid-Week Pictorial, July 31, 1924. Article features a captioned image of stunt pilots Clyde Pangborn and Billy Brooks performing during a fireworks exhibition over New Orleans, Louisiana.…
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn hanging from the underside of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft during a barnstorming performance in Houston, Texas, circa 1920s.
Inscription on verso: "Clyde wing walking over Hustion [Houston], Texas."
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn's Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft crashed nose-first into the ground, circa 1920s. "Pangborn" is written on the plane's wings.
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn standing on the back of a moving car during an attempted auto-to-airplane transfer stunt, Coronado, California, circa 1920s.