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[Boeing Model 247D, Sikorsky S-43 W Amphibian (Baby Clipper), and Caproni airplanes]
Photograph of people, including National Revolutionary Army soldiers, looking at several airplanes parked at an airfield in China, circa 1934-1937. Visible aircraft include a Boeing Model 247D, Sikorsky S-43 W Amphibian (Baby Clipper), and Caproni airplanes. Photo from album page 60.Inscription on album page: "Caproni, Sikorsky, Boeing."Part of the Julius A. Barr photograph album containing three…
[Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper)]
Photograph of the front of General Chiang Kai-shek's Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper) aircraft (tail number NC-16929), showing an indent in the soft ground after a rough landing in Nanjing, China, May 2, 1937. Several people, including National Revolutionary Army soldiers, are gathered around the plane. Photo from album page 132.Inscription on album page: "Pilot just flew Sikorsky to…
[Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper)]
Photograph of National Revolutionary Army soldiers gathered around General Chiang Kai-shek's Sikorsky S-43W Amphibion (Baby Clipper) aircraft (tail number NC-16929) at an airfield in Nanjing, China, May 2, 1937. Photo from album page 132.Inscription on album page: "Pilot just flew Sikorsky to Nanking. The military field was too soft. Plane nosed up but no damage done. May 2, 1937."Part of the…
[Servicemen recovering Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk aircraft from the water]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen recovering a Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk aircraft from the water and loading it onto the ship's catapult, circa July 1947. The pilot, likely Remi Charles O'Connor Collection, is visible in the cockpit.Inscription on verso: "Just about to secure flight operations here - They have hauled me out of the water and are in the process of setting me back on the catapult. Note -…
[Servicemen recovering Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk from the water]
Photograph of U.S. Navy servicemen recovering a Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk from the water, July 1947. Inscription on verso: "July 1947. This is a picture taken just after the plane hooked onto the sled and the engine was cut off. The hook on the float just [illegible] catch on the sled. Notice the way they swing that hook to the pilot so he can attach it to the hoist sling on the plane. That hook is a…
[People gathered around right propeller of Ford Tri-Motor aircraft, Hankou, China]
Photograph of several people, including National Revolutionary Army servicemen, gathered around the right propeller of a Ford Tri-Motor aircraft (wing number NC-432H), Hankou, China, circa November 1932. Another Ford Tri-Motor aircraft and a Sikorsky S-38 Amphibion aircraft are parked on the right.Inscription: "In Hankow. Nov. 1932. [crossed out: 'Sept.']. Ford. Ford. Sikorsky."Part of a…