Airplanes, Military

Simulated combat scenes from an early Hollywood movie showing mock combat by authentic World War I biplanes. Part of a series of eight photographs.

Simulated combat scenes from an early Hollywood movie showing mock combat by authentic World War I biplanes. Part of a series of eight photographs.

Simulated combat scenes from an early Hollywood movie showing mock combat by authentic World War I biplanes. Part of a series of eight photographs.

Simulated combat scenes from an early Hollywood movie showing mock combat by authentic World War I biplanes. Part of a series of eight photographs.

Simulated combat scenes from an early Hollywood movie showing mock combat by authentic World War I biplanes. Part of a series of eight photographs.

Captain James E. Webb, USMC (third from the right) and other officers and aviators at Quantico, Virginia, standing in front of a biplane.

Four Grumman F7F Tigercats begin to pull out of their dive after screaming in to attack their objective with simulated demolition bombs. A geyser of water and sand spouts skyward during the detonation. This was taken at the Marine Corps Training School at Quantico, Virginia.

James E. Webb, head of National Aeronautics and Space Administration, (right) explains a model of the Air Force X-15 to a visitor at his office.

The supersonic plane, Bell X-1. It was the first plane to fly faster than sound. Original is oversized.

Bell X-1 airplane, autographed to President Truman by the recipients of the Collier Award in 1948: John Stack, Charles "Chuck" Yeager, Larry Bell. The Collier Award was received for breaking the sound barrier in the X-1. This photograph apparently came to Mr. Truman from Mr. R. W. Phelps, Executive Vice President of the National Aeronautics Association, Washington, D. C.