Watch testing of the B-47A Stratojet in 1953
Testing in 1953 of the B-47A Stratojet, a version of the swept-wing bomber built by the Boeing Company. B-47s formed the core of the U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air Command (SAC) during the 1950s and early '60s.
NASA/Dryden Research Aircraft Movie Collection
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The Royal Air Force fending off German bombers during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940.
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NASA/Dryden Research Aircraft Movie CollectionU.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber flying over the Mojave Desert in California, c. 2003.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The world's first military airplane is demonstrated for the U.S. Army in 1909 by Orville Wright, shown here climbing into the pilot's seat. Wright and Lieutenant Frank Purdy Lahm are catapulted down a rail and launched into the air. The machine circles the field for 1 hour 12 minutes, setting a new world's record for time aloft with pilot and passenger.
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NASA/Dryden Research Aircraft Movie CollectionA U.S. Air Force KC-135A Stratotanker taking off during a test of experimental winglets, mid-1970s.
