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1. Retractable landing gear

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Topic		 TL683.R4
Technology--Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics--Aeronautics. Aeronautical engineering--Aircraft (General)--Heavier-than-air craft--Airplanes--Details and parts--Landing gear. Undercarriage--Special, A-Z--Retractable landing gear ; Retractable landing gear--Airplanes
2. Skis. Landing gear for use on snow

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Topic		 TL683.S6
Technology--Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics--Aeronautics. Aeronautical engineering--Aircraft (General)--Heavier-than-air craft--Airplanes--Details and parts--Landing gear. Undercarriage--Special, A-Z--Skis. Landing gear for use on snow ; Skis--Airplanes ; Landing gear for use on snow--Airp...
3. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Burring landing gear housing. Two women workers are shown on the job at the Nashville Division of Vultee Aircraft Inc. burring landing gear housings for "Vengeance" dive bombers. Women have proved themselves most efficient at repetitive hand operations of this type. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is a single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers 1943 Feb

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 Instance 19642692
4. Richie, Robert Yarnall Conversion. Auto parts to aircraft landing gear. The finishing touches in the making of a precision die are done by hand by this expert toolmaker in a large auto plant which has converted to the production of aircraft landing gear 1942 May

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 Instance 19637391
5. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. A-31 ("Vengeance") dive bombers. Landing gear installation. This woman worker at Vultee-Nashville is shown making final adjustments in the wheel well of an inner wing before installation of the landing gear. This is one of the numerous assembly operations in connection with the mass production of Vultee "Vengeance" dive bombers. The "Vengeance" (A-31) was originally designed for the French. It was later adopted by the RAF (Royal Air Force) and still later by the U.S. Army Air Forces. It is single-engine, low-wing plane, carrying a crew of two men and having six machine guns of varying calibers 1943 Feb

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 Instance 19642696
6. Richie, Robert Yarnall Conversion. Auto parts to aircraft landing gear. Like a sculptor working in marble, this toolmaker is carving a die (a process known as diecasting) from a piece of solid steel for use in the production of forgings for aircraft landing gear. The machining is being done in a converted Midwest automobile plant 1942 May

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 Instance 19637392
7. Richie, Robert Yarnall Conversion. Auto parts to aircraft landing gear. Like a sculptor working in marble, this toolmaker is carving a die (a process known as diecasting) from a piece of solid tool steel for use in the production of forgings for aircraft landing gear. The machining is being done in a converted Midwest automobile plant 1942 May

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 Instance 19637394
8. Palmer, Alfred T. YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. The buck privates don't get all of the dirty jobs in this man's army. A group of non-coms in a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia wash down the landing gear of a four-engine bomber 1942 May

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 Instance 19636780
9. Framed by the landing gear and center section of one of the company's AT-6A advanced trainers, this unusual photo shows North American Aviation's "California assembly line" of B-52 medium bombers. Facing the camera, in front of the bomber line, is a Harvard trainer, built by North American for the Royal Air Force (RAF) [between 1940 and 1946]

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 Instance 19649732
10. Gruber, Edward Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. The capable hands of this craftsman belie the adage that an old dog cannot learn new tricks. For years those hands have carved most of the horses that appear on American carrousels. For the duration they're operating this lathe and machining landing gear housings for the dread Airacobra pursuit ship. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York 1942?

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 Instance 19635370
11. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. Airplane manufacture, general. Florence Strand inspects hydraulic assemblies for war plane landing gear at the Inglewood, California plant of North American Aviation, Incorporated. She took her husband's place when he joined the Army. North American gives preference to the wives of men in the service. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe 1942 Oct

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 Instance 19640390
12. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A huge rubber tire is mounted on the landing gear strut of a B-25 bomber before it moves to the final assembly line of North American's Inglewood, California, plant. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe 1942 Oct

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 Instance 19640715
13. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. A landing gear ready for assembly on a B-25 bomber is rolled into place on the final assembly line of North American's Inglewood, California, plant. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe 1942 Oct

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 Instance 19640717
14. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Inspecting trainer landing gear at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine 1942?

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 Instance 19642630
15. Bransby, David Production. Aircraft. Although the tiny part in this veteran's "mike" looks insignificant, its variation from perfection may mean a jammed gun, faulty landing gear, or stalled engine. This machinist in a large Western aircraft plant has had twenty-three years of experience. Craftsmen of his skill are at an all-time premium now 1942 June

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 Instance 19638205
16. Palmer, Alfred T. YB-17 bombardment squadron, Langley Field, Virginia. The buck privates don't get all of the dirty jobs in this man's army. A group of non-coms in a bombardment squadron at Langley Field, Virginia wash down the landing gear of a four-engine bomber 1942 May

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 Instance 19636779
17. Gruber, Edward Conversion. Merry-go-round plant. These hands used to turn out merry-go-rounds to gladden the hearts of the nation's children. The carrousel plant in which they work is now engaged in producing war parts on subcontracts from army and navy contractors. These skilled hands belong to sixty-five-year-old Herman Jagow, whose wood carving skill delighted thousands of children riding the horses of merry-go-rounds. Here he is doing lathe work in landing gear housing. Spillman Engineering Company, North Tonawanda, New York 1942?

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 Instance 19635369
18. Three wing sub-assemblies are brought together here in this section of Bell Aircraft's Elwood Avenue factory at Buffalo. Leak proof tanks, landing gear and machine guns are installed in the final wing assembly section, working on orders for hundreds of P-39 "Airacobras" [between 1940 and 1946]

 BIBFRAME Instances
 Instance 19649599
19. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bombers. Adjustments are made on the main landing gear of a B-25 bomber at the Inglewood, California, plant of North American Aviation. In addition to the battle-tested B-25 "Billy Mitchell" bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, this plant produces the P-51 "Mustang" fighter plane which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe 1942 Oct

 BIBFRAME Instances
 Instance 19640718
20. Palmer, Alfred T. Production. BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainers. Hydraulic sections for landing gear assemblies for "Valiant" basic trainers at Vultee's Downey, California plant. At the Downey plant is made the BT-13A ("Valiant") basic trainer--a fast, sturdy ship powered by a Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine 1942?

 BIBFRAME Instances
 Instance 19642615


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