Airplanes

Visit of President Miguel Aleman (first off airplane, right) with President Harry S. Truman (first off airplane, left) in Washington.

Greeting President Miguel Aleman (shaking hands, right) of Mexico on his arrival in Washington, D. C.

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (left) and Mutual Security Administrator Harold Stassen are boarding a plane at Washington Airport for a nine-day tour of seven European nations. Before leaving, Dulles reiterated that he was not going to make "new commitments" but gather information on the "common problems" facing the Atlantic community. From: Beth Gore

The Honorable Walter J. Donnelly, U.S. Ambassador to Austria, is shown boarding the plane in Vienna for a visit to Germany to visit John McCloy. From: Beth Gore.

President Harry S. Truman is shown speaking to foreign diplomats, possibly from the Philippines, while Undersecretary of State James E. Webb, (right, with hat in hand) looks on.

Madame Henri Bonnet, wife of the French Ambassador to the United States, is shown here with Jack Frye, President of TWA. She is christening the Constellation airplane "The Paris Sky Chief" prior to the takeoff of a preview passenger flight to Paris, marking the debut of the 300 mile an hour Lockheed Constellation as a luxury liner of the skyways for TWA. Steam was used by Madame Bonnet to christen the plane. From: Beth Gore.

Plane refueling at Metz, France.

Plane enroute to Paris, France.

John F. Kennedy (left), General Curtis LeMay (center), and an unidentified officer stand under the wing of a plane. The date and location are unknown. From: Lucille Patterson.

A small plane waits at Pryor Field for former President Harry S. Truman to board after his visit to Decatur, Alabama, where he made a major address before a crowd of 10,000 plus at a political rally for the Kennedy-Johnson ticket. From: J.F. Rowden, Traffic Superintendent, Chemstrand Company, Decatur, Alabama 35602