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Sputnik Spotted

Sputnik Spotted

A group of men pose formally during a meeting to discuss spacecraft.

Project Orbiter Meeting

Top view of commercial jet with four engines and Boeing livery. People are crowded around the prototype jet.

Boeing Model 367-80

NASA X Planes

NASA X Planes

Three helicopters with two sets of propellors apiece vertically fly together during an airshow.

HRP-1 “Flying Bananas”

Robert Eucker, a white male aviator, stands on the wing of his aircraft. He is holding a white helmet.

Robert Eucker on his Bell P-63A Kingcobra

Bell X-1 in Flight

Bell X-1 in Flight

Sgt William E. "Bill" Jones, a white male U.S. Army photographer, crouches as he holds a camera in a forest.

Sgt William E. "Bill" Jones

A group of seven members of a bomber combat plane used in World War II named "Flak-Bait" pose formally in front of the aircraft following a milestone mission.

Flak-Bait’s Crew

A group of four bomber aircraft fly in the sky during a mission during World War II.

322nd Bombardment Group

Two employees of an aeronautical corporation in the 1940s smile as one employee hands a turkey to the other employee.

Northwestern Aeronautical Corporation Holiday Turkey Distribution, 1945

Multiple employees of an aeronautical corporation in the 1940s hold their bagged turkeys.

Northwestern Aeronautical Corporation Employees Display Their Bagged Turkeys

Front view of an unassembled military aircraft. The internal structure can be seen on the right side of the aircraft.

Unassembled Horten Ho 229 V3

View of several turkeys stacked as part of the Northwest Aeronautical Corporation's giveaway during the 1945 holiday season.

Stacked Holiday Turkeys

A group of men employed with the Northwestern Aeronautical Corporation unload cases of turkeys prior to a holiday giveaway to employees.

Unloading Cases of Turkeys

A group of men unload turkeys from a truck prior to the Northwestern Aeronautical Corporation's employee giveaway of holiday turkeys.

Unloading Turkeys from Truck