Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. THE NATIONAL AIR RACES, CURTIS-REYNOLDS AIRPORT, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. THE NATIONAL AIR RACES, CURTIS-REYNOLDS AIRPORT, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

1930

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Col. and Mrs. Charles Lindbergh arrive for the races. Army pilots are introduced to the crowd. Bombing and pursuit planes are warmed up. Army and Navy pursuit planes fly in formation and perform tactical maneuvers. "Jimmy" Doolittle stunts in an Army plane. Shows autogyros, gliders. and a 1910 Curtis pusher-type plane in flight. Foreign aviators perform aerial stunts.

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Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize for making a nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. Lindbergh covered the ​33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600-statute-mile (5,800 km) flight alone in a purpose-built, single-engine Ryan monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. While the first non-...

Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993

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James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his daring raids on Japan during World War II. He also made early coast-to-coast flights, won many flying races, and helped develop instrument flying. Born in Alameda, California, Doolittle studied as an undergraduate at University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1922. He also earned a doctorate in aero...