Vintage Aviation News

Working In The Tail Section Of a B-17F Bomber

February 27, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Today’s picture is another 4×5 Kodachrome transparency taken by Alfred Palmer in October 1942. Workers installing fixtures and assemblies in the tail section of a B-17F bomber at the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Long […]

Vultee “Vengeance” Dive Bomber Wheel Well

February 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

This worker at the Vultee-Nashville factory is shown making final adjustments in the wheel well built into the underwing of the A-31, before the installation of the landing gear and the mating of wing to […]

Construction of a “Vengeance” Dive Bomber

February 24, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

The exacting touch of a female worker riveting the structure of a horizontal stabilizer for a “Vengeance” dive bomber at the Consolidated-Vultee plant in Nashville, Tennessee. 4×5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer for the Office […]

B-25 Wind Tunnel Testing at North American Aviation

February 21, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Today’s picture shows the experimental staff at the North American Aviation plant in Inglewood, California, observing wind tunnel tests on a model of the B-25 (“Billy Mitchell”) bomber. 4×5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.

Engine Installers at Douglas Aircraft Company

February 19, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Today’s pictures shows women at work on a B 26 Invader’s radial engine at Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California approximately around October 1942. 4×5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.

Douglas Aircraft Company, Electric Wiring Testing.

February 15, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

October 1942: Testing electric wiring at Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California. World War II saw a huge increase in airplane production with one Douglas factory alone producing a plane every hour. Over the course […]

YB 17 Flying Fortress Machine Gun Testing

February 13, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

May 1942, Langley Field, Virginia, YB-17 bombardment squadron. Testing of the machine guns on the YB 17 Flying Fortress at the Army’s testing facility in Langley, Virginia. Founded in 1916, Langley Field was the […]

Engine Inspector for North American Aviation.

February 12, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

June 1942. Engine inspector for North American Aviation at Long Beach, California. 4×5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer.

Alfred Palmer

Working In The Tail Section Of a B-17F Bomber

Vultee “Vengeance” Dive Bomber Wheel Well

Construction of a “Vengeance” Dive Bomber

B-25 Wind Tunnel Testing at North American Aviation

Engine Installers at Douglas Aircraft Company

Douglas Aircraft Company, Electric Wiring Testing.

YB 17 Flying Fortress Machine Gun Testing

Engine Inspector for North American Aviation.

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