U.S. Air Force mission,'Operation bird's-eye'

U.S. Air Force mission, 'Operation bird's-eye'
Title: U.S. Air Force mission, 'Operation bird's-eye'
Date Created/Published: 1948 Sept.
Summary: Selected aerial photographs from 40,000 feet during the second Republic XR-12 non-stop, 7-hour, 2,700 mile flight to demonstrate the aircraft's photoreconnaissance capabilities. Photographs show views during the flight from the Air Force Flight Test Center at Muroc, California, to Mitchel Field at Garden City, Long Island, New York; cloud-covered Pacific coast; Grand Canyon; Alamosa, New Mexico; Hoover Dam; Kansas City; Columbus, Ohio; Allegheny Mountains; and New York City harbor.
Notes:
LOT title devised by Library staff.
Photographs apparently made with infrared film.
Images include captions.
Photographer: U.S. Air Force.
This record contains unverified, old data from shelflist card, with subsequent revisions.
Transfer; Aeronautics Division; 1953.
Subjects:
United States.--Air Force.--1940-1950.
Military reconnaissance--American--United States--1940-1950.
Flight testing--United States--1940-1950.
Aeronautics--United States--1940-1950.
Transcontinental flights--United States--1940-1950.
Aerial photographs--1940-1950.
Photographic prints--1940-1950.
Bookmark /2003653211/
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