ETE4129196: Air Base Mitchel (Long Island), USA, 1926: At the top the Vought O2U Corsair, one of the very first aircraft to have an all-steel tubular fuselage and to use the new air-cooled Pratt & Whitney Wasp star engine. This device was ordered by the US Navy. Downstairs, Colonel Pratt (Base Commander) and Lieutenant Balford showing the bomb the aircraft can carry - Mitchel Field, Long Island, USA, 1926: upper, Vought O2U Corsair Diving Bomber, lower, Colonel Pratt and Lieutenant Balford inspecting the bomb / Bridgeman Images
ETE4129434: Hotel Fairmont, San Francisco (USA), circa 1930: Portrait of two badminton players, Mrs G.E.B. Welles (winner of the City Badmington Individual Championship) and her opponent Miss Mildred Scott, after their match - Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, USA, ca 1930: portraits of badmington players, Mrs G E B Welles, winner of the San Francisco singles badminton championship, and her runner up Miss Mildred Scott / Bridgeman Images
ETE4129446: Hoover Airport, Virginia, USA, August 15, 1929: Miss Dorothy Mills christens the first plane to fly Washington-Pittsburg. Next to her is the Assistant Secretary of State for Commerce W.P McCracken. At the foot of the stage, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Ball (airline operator) and R.W Coates (air traffic manager) - Hoover field, Virginia, USA, 15th August 1929: Miss Dorothy Mills christening a plane of the new line connecting Washington to Pittsburg - Also present: Assistant Secretary of Commerce W P McCracken, operator of the line Clifford Ball and his wife, and traffic manager R W Coates / Bridgeman Images
ETE4129644: Sea between Shanghai (China) and Manila (Philippines) circa 1926/1930: On the deck of the cruiser USS Pittsburg (flagship of the United States Far East Fleet), the silhouettes of Lt Commander Donald W. Hamilton and Chief Quartermaster William C. Lyons decouve on the sky - silhouettes of Lt Commander Donald W Hamilton and Chief Quartermaster William C Lyons on the bridge of the cruiser USS Pittsburg, ca 1926-1930 / Bridgeman Images
ETE4129680: Harvard University (Massachusetts), USA, September 20, 1927: The daughter of the Commander of the Charlestown Naval Arsenal, Miss Catherine Rush, presents two flags to the students of the School of Radiotelegraphers of the US Navy - Harvard University (Massachusetts), USA, 20th September 1927: Catherine Rush, daughter of the Commander of the Navy Yard, presenting two silk flags to the Harvard Radio School men / Bridgeman Images
ETE4129814: Richmond, New Zealand, January 1928: Mechanicians prepare the monoplane “” Aotearoa”” (a copy of the “Spirit of St Louis”) for the attempted non-stop flight between New Zealand and Australia by Lieutenant John Moncrieff and Captain George Hood. They disappeared during this attempt on January 10, 1928 - Richmond, New Zealand, January 1928: mechanics tuning up the Ryan monoplane (“Aotearoa”) before Lieutenant John Moncrieff and Captain George Hood's attempt of the first Trans-Tasman flight / Bridgeman Images
ETE4129851: Guantanamo Bay (Cuba), circa 1930: The last straight line of the race of the American fleet oars crews (Poughkeepsie Regatta). In the background, USS Nevada (BB-36) - Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ca 1930: Poughkeepsie Regatta, final “” whaleboat”” races of the US Navy's battleships, with USS Nevada (BB-36) in the background / Bridgeman Images
ETE4129865: Houston, Texas, USA, July 30, 1920: Petrol tycoons, M and Mrs. S.E.J Cox start breaking a bottle of champagne on the nose of the Curtiss “Texas Wild Cat”” to represent the United States at the Gordon Bennett Cup - Houston, Texas, USA, 30th July 1920: Christifying of the Curtiss “” Texas Wild Cat”, US entry in the Gordon Bennett airplane race, by Mr and Mrs SEJ Cox with a bottle of champagne / Bridgeman Images