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SM 79 ‘Sparviero’ “Sparrowhawk”

March 7, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

Unlike many pre-war German bomber types which started their career pretending to be airliners or fast mail aircraft, the Savoia Marchetti SM.79 tri-motor was a bona fide airliner which ended up as Italy’s best (and […]

Today’s Pictures of the B-17 ‘Memphis Belle’ visting Peachtree Dekalb Airport

March 2, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 2

In a very cold, windy and snowy day ( what snow in Atlanta!?) I took few shoots of the B-17 replica of the ‘Memphis Belle’ maintained by the Liberty Foundation. This is the history of […]

Test Pilot Posing for Alfred Palmer

March 2, 2013 Moreno Aguiari 0

“Lieutenant ‘Mike’ Hunter, Army test pilot posing for Alfred Palmer. “Lieutenant ‘Mike’ Hunter was assigned to Douglas Aircraft Company Long Beach in California . This 4×5 Kodachrome transparency was taken by Alfred Palmer in October […]

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 […]

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