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Roy Geiger

Roy Geiger worked to make Marine aviation a global force in the 1930s.

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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.

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Sergeant Major Jiggs

The first Marine Corps bulldog, Sgt. Maj. Jiggs, lent his celebrity to Marine Corps aviation.

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Sergei Pavlovich Korolëv

Sergei Pavlovich Korolëv, born in Zhitomir, Ukraine, Russian Empire, in 1907, joined the Moscow GIRD, a rocket club, in 1931.

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Sgt. Arthur Turner

Sgt. Arthur Turner was assigned to the Chicago but fell ill just before the flight.

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Smith and Arnold flying the Chicago

A view of Lowell Smith, Leslie Arnold, and the Chicago in flight.

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Smith and Arnold in Japan

Smith and Arnold oversee the maintenance of the Chicago by Japanese naval personnel at Kushimoto, Japan.

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The Goddards at Home

Robert and Esther Goddard at home at Tydings-on-the-Bay, Maryland, 1943.

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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.

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The NC-4 Crew

Flight crew of the NC-4, the first aircraft to successfully complete a transatlantic flight.

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