Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. CURTISS AIRCRAFT

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. CURTISS AIRCRAFT

1925-1928

Covers views of XB-2 Condor bomber, USN F7C-l Sea Hawk fighter, USN N2C-l Fledgling trainer, P-lB Hawk fighters, Curtiss Robin and Curtiss Falcon Mailplane. Also shows Charles A. Lindbergh. 1' SUBTITLE: THE CURTISS "CONDOR" A HUGE BOBER BUILT FOR THE US ARMY. IT IS POWERED WITH TWO CURTISS "CONQUEROR" 600 HP ENGINES, HAS A SPAN OF 90 FEET, WEIGHS EIGHT TONS FULLY LOADED, AND HAS A SPEED OF 130 MILES AN HOURS. 11' Shows XB-2 airframe in assembly Jig, two civilians in cockpit operating controls, XB-2 taking off, in flight, landing, taxiing to parking position and parked, and AV's of XB-2 in flight. 176' Civilian moving machine gun on molting ring in XB-2 right engine gunners tub. 183' SUBTILTLE: THE CURTISS SEA HAWK, A FAST SINGLE-SEAT SHIPB0ARD FIGHTER BUILT FOR THE US NAVY. l87' Shows USN F7C-1 taking off, performing aerobatics over field, landing and parked. 267' SUBTITLE: TESTS OF THE CURTISS FLEDGLING, A PRIMARY ADVANCED TRAINING PLANE BUILT FOR THE US NAVY. 272' Shows USN N2C-l float plane on water, engine starting, aircraft taking off, in flight and taxiing on water. 311' SUBTITLE: A GROUP OF 12 CURTISS HAWK PURSUIT PLANES FROM THE FAMOUS FIRST PURSUIT GROUP OF THE US ARMY AT SELFRIDGE FIELD, MICH. THESE PLANES ARE POWERED WITH CURTISS D-12 ENGINES. 319' Shows P-1B's parked, taxiing out, mass takeoff, and formation of 14 in flyovers. 379' SUBTITLE: COLONEL LINDBERGH FLIES THE CURTIS ROBIN, A THREE-PLACE CABIN MONOPLANE. COL LINDBERGH FLIES THE FALCON MAILPLANE. 384' Shows Charles A. Lindbergh walking, and talking with men at front of Curtiss Robin, Lindbergh and companion wearing parachutes at front of Curtiss Falcon Mailplane, and Lindbergh seated in cockpit of mailplane -- intercut with AV's of Curtiss Robin in flight, and Curtiss Falcon Mailplane in flight, landing and parked. 441' Total footage in reel.

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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-...