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Roy Geiger
Roy Geiger worked to make Marine aviation a global force in the 1930s.
Ruth Nichols with Lockheed Vega
In 1931-32, Ruth Nichols became the only woman to hold at once the women's world speed, altitude, and distance records.
Sergeant Major Jiggs
The first Marine Corps bulldog, Sgt. Maj. Jiggs, lent his celebrity to Marine Corps aviation.
Sergei Pavlovich Korolëv
Sergei Pavlovich Korolëv, born in Zhitomir, Ukraine, Russian Empire, in 1907, joined the Moscow GIRD, a rocket club, in 1931.
Sgt. Arthur Turner
Sgt. Arthur Turner was assigned to the Chicago but fell ill just before the flight.
Smith and Arnold flying the Chicago
A view of Lowell Smith, Leslie Arnold, and the Chicago in flight.
Smith and Arnold in Japan
Smith and Arnold oversee the maintenance of the Chicago by Japanese naval personnel at Kushimoto, Japan.
The Goddards at Home
Robert and Esther Goddard at home at Tydings-on-the-Bay, Maryland, 1943.
The Lindberghs with the Sirius
The Lindberghs with the Sirius, which has been pulled up on a beaching platform at College Point, Long Island, New York, to be fitted with aluminum floats.
The NC-4 Crew
Flight crew of the NC-4, the first aircraft to successfully complete a transatlantic flight.