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[Boeing Model 247D, Sikorsky S-43 W Amphibian (Baby Clipper), and Caproni airplanes] (Item)

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)] (Item)

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)] (Item)

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…

[Mediterranean cruise of the USS Dayton (CL-105), circa 1947] (Item)

Film footage of a Mediterranean cruise of the USS Dayton (CL-105), circa 1947. The footage predominantly focuses on flight operations related to Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk seaplanes, showing the aircraft on deck, being launched via catapult, in flight, taxiing on water, and being recovered from the water via crane. Pilots and other military personnel are shown in several scenes. Also included are brief…

[Servicemen recovering Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk aircraft from the water] (Item)

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] (Item)

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] (Item)

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…

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