Airplanes

General George F. Schulgen (at left)and pilot who flew him from Vienna, Austria to Tullin Airport in a Piper Cub. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

President Miguel Aleman of Mexico walking down the steps from his airplane shortly after his arrival at Washington's National Airport, while President Harry S. Truman waits at the bottom of the steps to greet him. Others are unidentified.

Mexican President Miguel Aleman walking from his airplane at Washington's National Airport, accompanied by President Harry S. Truman and other dignitaries. President Truman and President Aleman are in the second row of gentlemen from the left, just past the stairs to the airplane. Others are unidentified.

Senator Tom Connally of Texas speaking at an airport ceremony marking the departure of Secretary of State James Byrnes for the Paris Peace Conference, as Secretary Byrnes (back of platform) and others look on. The Paris Peace Conference will consider treaties ending World War II.

Secretary of State James Byrnes speaking at the airport ceremony marking his departure for the Paris Peace Conference, as President Harry S. Truman (rear of platform, left), Senator Tom Connally of Texas (rear of platform, right), and others observe.

President Harry S. Truman speaking at the airport ceremony marking the departure of Secretary of State James Byrnes for the Paris Peace Conference, as Senator Tom Connally of Texas (rear of platform, left), Secretary Byrnes (rear of platform, right), and others observe.

Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan speaking at the airport ceremony marking the departure of Secretary of State James Byrnes for the Paris Peace Conference, as President Truman, Senator Tom Connally of Texas, Secretary Byrnes (back of platform, left to right), and others look on. The Paris Peace Conference will consider treaties ending World War II.

President Harry S. Truman speaking at the airport ceremony marking the departure of Secretary of State James Byrnes for the Paris Peace Conference, as Secretary Byrnes (rear of platform, right), Senator Tom Connally (rear of platform, left) of Texas, and others look on. The Paris Peace Conference will consider treaties ending World War II.

Secretary of State James Byrnes making a statement as he prepares to board an airplane and depart for the Paris Peace Conference in which treaties ending World War II will be considered. President Harry S. Truman (back of platform, left) Senator Tom Connally of Texas (back of platform, right), and others observe.

President Harry S. Truman (on steps) waves to the crowd from the door of his airplane the "Sacred Cow" at Washington's National Airport before departing on a Christmas trip home to Independence, Missouri.