Grandstands, crowds, and spectators; Stearman biplanes trail smoke; parachutist Tommy "Batman" Boyd displays his jump suit wings; Aeronca C-3 "Kaddy's Krate"; Lockheed P-38 Lightning after a crash landing by Jack Becker; pilots of the USAF Acrojets Flight Demonstration Team; General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (USAF) with James "Jimmy" Doolittle.
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Group 2658: Goodyear F2G-1 Corsairs, Bell P-39 Airacobra; Sohio Trophy Race; National Air Races, 1949
Container:
Box 1, Folder 28
Type:
Archival materials
Negatives
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Group 2659: Military Flight Displays, National Air Races, 1949
Container:
Box 1, Folder 29
Type:
Archival materials
Negatives
Scope and Contents:
USAF formation flights of Curtiss C-46 Commando cargo aircraft, Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers, and Consolidated B-36 bombers; US Coast Guard Piasecki HRP-1 Rescuer (Flying Banana) helicopter demonstration; aerial views of Cleveland Municipal Airport.
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Group 2660: Kendall Trophy, National Air Races, 1949
Container:
Box 1, Folder 30
Type:
Archival materials
Negatives
Scope and Contents:
Grace Harris, winner of the Kendall Trophy race, with her modified North American AT-6 Texan (r/n N90641, race number 44); Katherine "Kaddy" Landry in the cockpit of her modified North American AT-6 "Nuta's" (r/n N66134, race number 31).
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Group 2661: North American P-51C "Beguine" after Sohio Race, National Air Races, 1949
Container:
Box 1, Folder 31
Type:
Archival materials
Negatives
Scope and Contents:
Jacqueline "Jackie" Cochran and pilot William P. "Bill" Odom following Odom's victory in the 1949 Sohio Race piloting Cochran's North American P-51C Mustang racer "Beguine" (r/n N4845N, race number 7).
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Group 2662: Military Racers (Allison Trophy), National Air Races, 1949
Container:
Box 1, Folder 32
Type:
Archival materials
Negatives
Scope and Contents:
Lt. Walter C. Rew (USAF), pilot of Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star, receives Allison Trophy; Republic F-84 (P-84) and McDonnell F2H-1 Banshees on ramp; Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star with checkered flag at finish line.
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Group 2663: Rounding the Pylon, National Air Races, 1949
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Box 1, Folder 33
Type:
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Negatives
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Group 2668, Negative 2668-0558: Lockheed P2V Neptune JATO Demonstration, National Air Races, 1949
Container:
Box 1, Folder 34
Type:
Archival materials
Negatives
Scope and Contents:
Distant view of jet assisted take-off (JATO) of a Lockheed P2V Neptune maritime patrol aircraft at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio. The Cleveland Airport NACA hanger is visible in the background.
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Group 2669: Acrobat hangs from Bell 47B Helicopter, National Air Races, 1949
Container:
Box 1, Folder 35
Type:
Archival materials
Negatives
Scope and Contents:
An acrobat (possibly Marilyn Rich) dangles from a hovering Bell 47B helicopter (r/n NC102B) during a demonstration at the the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Group 2670: Assorted aircraft, National Air Races, 1949
Container:
Box 1, Folder 36
Type:
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Negatives
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Negative 2174-0029: Bell P-39Q Airacobra racer (r/n N92848, race number 11)
Container:
Box 1, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Negatives
Scope and Contents:
One-half left front close-up view of a Bell P-39Q Airacobra racer (r/n N92848, race number 11). The men in the photograph are unidentified; the man on the wing may be Charles Brown, who piloted it in the 1948 Thompson race.
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Negative 2174-0044: Distant view of racers rounding pylon during a race
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Box 1, Folder 2
Type:
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Negatives
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Negative 2174-0045: Distant view of racers rounding pylon during a race
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Box 1, Folder 2
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Negatives
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Negative 2174-0050: Anson Johnson (center), 1948 Thompson Trophy winner
Container:
Box 1, Folder 2
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Negatives
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Negative 2174-0056: Cook Cleland's Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair racer (r/n N5590N, race number 94) on the ground
Container:
Box 1, Folder 2
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Negatives
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Negative 2174-0057: Three midget racers rounding the pylon during a race
Container:
Box 1, Folder 2
Type:
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Negatives
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Negative 2174-0058: Roscoe Turner (center) speaks with two men at an indoor event
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Box 1, Folder 2
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Negative 2174-0059: Actor James "Jimmy" Stewart (second from left) in informal group
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Box 1, Folder 2
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Negative 2174-0060: Anson Johnson (standing to the left of the trophy) on the Speakers Stand receiving the 1948 Thompson Trophy
Container:
Box 1, Folder 2
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Negative 2174-0071: Goodyear F2G-1 Corsair (race number 74) on the ground
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Box 1, Folder 2
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