DTD74W US Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager standing in front of Glamorous Glennis the Bell X-1 aircraft that broke the sound barrier 1947 in Palmdale, California.
RYJ88R aeroplane, military, USA, Air Force, Strategic Air Command, nuclear bomber Boeing B-52 Stratofortress in the air, 1950s, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available. Image shot 1950. Exact date unknown.
EWR64W French film actress Brigitte Bardot arriving at London's Heathrow Airport with her husband Gunther Sachs. She has a rrived for a costume fitting for her forthcoming appearance in Shalako, the first major British western adventure in which she stars. 28th
JMWC0X Cape Canaveral, FL - (FILE) -- The S-1C booster for the Apollo 11 Saturn V was erected atop its mobile launcher in the spaceport's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on February 21, 1969. Apollo 11 was the first in the Apollo series to have the capability of staging a manned lunar landing and launched on July 16, 1969. Members of the Apollo 11 prime crew were Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, Command Module (CM) Pilot; and Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin, Jr., Lunar Module (LM) pilot. The giant booster is 138 feet (42.0624 meters) tall, 33 feet (10.0584 meters) in diameter and produces 7.5