Boeing B-17H Flying Fortress

Boeing B-17H Flying Fortress. (29121 A.C.)

First photo of B-19

Douglas B-19 (first photographs rec'd of the plane after it was completed - ready for flight). (19991 A.C)

Piper L-4

Piper L-4; the former O-58, representative of the off-the-shelf airplanes which became standard for the Army Ground Forces. (1942) (82491 A.C.)

"The Seagull" General Mitchell DH-4B

"The Seagull" General Mitchell DH-4B. Scrapped in 1922 (33381 A.C.)

Training at Randolph Field

Training at Randolph Field, Texas: Phone system connects teacher and pupil. A complete telephone system connecting A.C. instructor in the front cockpit and his Flying Cadet student pilot in the rear cockpit, a distance of 3 ft., is used at Randolph Field, Texas giant training field. Telephone dial is the only part that's missing…and of course, no "busy signals". Two former Minneapolis, Minn. Men demonstrate the unit. Lt. Fred E. Hild, front cockpit, former All American Football Star of Coe College, and now a flying instructor for Uncle Sam, phones his pupil, F/C D. E. Crawford. The receivers are built right into the helmet in order to facilitate hearing above the roar of the planes' engine. (12016 A.C.)

Vultee BT-15

Vultee BT-15 in flight over Laredo AAF, Laredo, Texas, 2 November 1943. (B-39318 A.C.)