Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Collection: Where the West Begins: Capturing Fort Worth's Historic Treasureshttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/FWHT/browse/?fq=dc_language:nol&display=brief&fq=untl_institution:LDMA2008-10-07T18:21:13-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Collection: Where the West Begins: Capturing Fort Worth's Historic TreasuresC-18 plane in flight2008-10-07T18:21:13-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40277/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40277/"><img alt="C-18 plane in flight" title="C-18 plane in flight" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40277/small/"/></a></p><p>Aerial view of a C-87 in flight. It has 4 propellers and a star on the side and the right wing.</p>C-87 plane in flight2008-10-07T18:21:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40278/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40278/"><img alt="C-87 plane in flight" title="C-87 plane in flight" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40278/small/"/></a></p><p>Aerial photograph from above a C-87 aircraft. The plane had 4 propellers.</p>C-87 in flight over Possum Kingdom2008-10-07T18:21:06-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40279/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40279/"><img alt="C-87 in flight over Possum Kingdom" title="C-87 in flight over Possum Kingdom" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40279/small/"/></a></p><p>Aerial photograph of a C-87 in flight over Possum Kingdom. The plane has 4 propellers on it.</p>RB-57F, Four-engine Jet2008-10-07T18:21:01-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40284/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40284/"><img alt="RB-57F, Four-engine Jet" title="RB-57F, Four-engine Jet" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40284/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of an RB-57F in flight in August 1965. This aircraft is a four engine jet; it is a atmospheric reconnaissance aircraft.</p>B-36D No. 93 in flight2008-10-07T18:20:57-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40282/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40282/"><img alt="B-36D No. 93 in flight" title="B-36D No. 93 in flight" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40282/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of the Convair B-36 in flight. Also known as the Peacemaker, this plane was a strategic bomber built by Convair for the US Air Force. The B-36 had the biggest wingspan of any bomber ever built.</p>B-36D No. 93 in flight2008-10-07T18:20:46-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40283/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40283/"><img alt="B-36D No. 93 in flight" title="B-36D No. 93 in flight" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40283/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of the Convair B-36 in flight. Also known as the Peacemaker, this plane was a strategic bomber built by Convair for the US Air Force. The B-36 had the biggest wingspan of any bomber ever built.</p>RB-36 Bomber2008-10-07T18:20:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40285/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40285/"><img alt="RB-36 Bomber" title="RB-36 Bomber" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40285/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of the Convair B-36 in flight. Also known as the Peacemaker, this plane was a strategic bomber built by Convair for the US Air Force. The B-36 had the biggest wingspan of any bomber ever built.</p>Aerial View of Carswell Air Force Base2008-10-07T18:20:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40286/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40286/"><img alt="Aerial View of Carswell Air Force Base" title="Aerial View of Carswell Air Force Base" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40286/small/"/></a></p><p>Aerial view of Carswell Air Force base in Fort Worth, Texas. The runways form an asterisk pattern when seen from above. A plane is either taking off or landing on the runway in the center of the photo.</p>Aerial view of Liberator Village2008-10-07T18:20:35-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40287/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40287/"><img alt="Aerial view of Liberator Village" title="Aerial view of Liberator Village" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40287/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of Liberator Village from the air. Many houses are seen lining the streets in this housing tract.</p>Aerial view of C.V.A.C. and Tarrant Field2008-10-07T18:20:34-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40288/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40288/"><img alt="Aerial view of C.V.A.C. and Tarrant Field" title="Aerial view of C.V.A.C. and Tarrant Field" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40288/small/"/></a></p><p>Aerial view of C.V.A.C. (Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation) and Tarrant Field. Runways criss-cross below and a fleet of planes are lined up to the lower left of the photo.</p>32.787694 -97.421757Aerial View of Convair2008-10-07T18:20:25-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40289/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40289/"><img alt="Aerial View of Convair" title="Aerial View of Convair" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40289/small/"/></a></p><p>Aerial photograph of Convair (Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation) in April 1953. Airplanes, runways, and the plant are seen below.</p>Aerial View of Convair2008-10-07T18:20:23-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40290/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40290/"><img alt="Aerial View of Convair" title="Aerial View of Convair" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40290/small/"/></a></p><p>Aerial photograph of Convair (Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation) in April 1953.</p>B-32 military plane2008-10-07T18:20:23-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40291/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40291/"><img alt="B-32 military plane" title="B-32 military plane" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40291/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a B-32 on the tarmac near a large building under construction, possibly a hangar. The B-32 is a large plane with 4 propellers.</p>B-32 military plane2008-10-07T18:20:16-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40292/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40292/"><img alt="B-32 military plane" title="B-32 military plane" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40292/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a B-32 on the tarmac near a large building under construction, possibly a hangar. The B-32 is a large plane with 4 propellers.</p>Looking down on a B-322008-10-07T18:20:12-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40293/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40293/"><img alt="Looking down on a B-32" title="Looking down on a B-32" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40293/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a B-32 from above. It is a large military plane with 4 propellers. There is a fleet of smaller planes behind the B-32.</p>B-32 plane, side view, on the ground.2008-10-07T18:20:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40294/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40294/"><img alt="B-32 plane, side view, on the ground." title="B-32 plane, side view, on the ground." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40294/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a B-32 from the side. A building under construction is behind the plane.</p>Congressman George Bush Visits GD/FW2008-10-07T18:09:01-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40298/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40298/"><img alt="Congressman George Bush Visits GD/FW" title="Congressman George Bush Visits GD/FW" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40298/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of Congressman George Bush, in a light suit with a blue tie, standing next to a shorter man wearing a blue suit and tie. In the background is plane (likely an F-111) with open bay doors and panels removed to reveal ducts, cables, and a circuit breaker panel.</p>P. Ostricher of Flt. Dept. Handling Sweep Wing Lever on F-1112008-10-07T18:08:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40297/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40297/"><img alt="P. Ostricher of Flt. Dept. Handling Sweep Wing Lever on F-111" title="P. Ostricher of Flt. Dept. Handling Sweep Wing Lever on F-111" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40297/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of P. Ostricher dressed in a flight uniform, helmet and mask, holding two levers in a small cockpit. There is clipboard with paper on his lap.</p>[Photograph of Fort Worth Skyline]2008-10-07T18:08:40-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40301/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40301/"><img alt="[Photograph of Fort Worth Skyline]" title="[Photograph of Fort Worth Skyline]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40301/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of the Fort Worth skyline. In the foreground is mowed grass and a river, in the middle ground is a parking lot and cars, and the background is a line of tall buildings.</p>Field Maintenance on F-111s2008-10-07T18:08:30-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40300/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40300/"><img alt="Field Maintenance on F-111s" title="Field Maintenance on F-111s" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40300/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of two men, one standing in a flannel shirt and one kneeling in a polka-dot shirt. They are on either side of a boxed machine and a cable. In the background is a military airplane.</p>[Photograph of Fort Worth Skyline]2008-10-07T18:08:19-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40302/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40302/"><img alt="[Photograph of Fort Worth Skyline]" title="[Photograph of Fort Worth Skyline]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40302/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of the Fort Worth skyline. In the foreground is mowed grass and a river, in the middle ground is a parking lot and cars, and the background is a line of tall buildings.</p>Vice-President H. Humphrey Visits Carswell AFB2008-10-07T18:08:07-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40304/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40304/"><img alt="Vice-President H. Humphrey Visits Carswell AFB" title="Vice-President H. Humphrey Visits Carswell AFB" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40304/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of Vice-President H. Humphrey kneeling with four other men and a boy beneath an airplane. The men are wearing suits and neckties. Mr. Humphrey is wearing a wedding ring and holding sunglasses. In the background are old cars and more men in suits.</p>Vice-President H. Humphrey Visits Carswell AFB2008-10-07T18:08:05-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40305/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40305/"><img alt="Vice-President H. Humphrey Visits Carswell AFB" title="Vice-President H. Humphrey Visits Carswell AFB" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40305/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of Vice-President H. Humphrey visiting Carswell Air Force Base. There are nine men walking next to a military airplane, wearing suits and neckties and one man in a military uniform and hat. In the right side of the frame are aircraft stairs.</p>F-111 Flight Control Room2008-10-07T18:08:02-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40311/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40311/"><img alt="F-111 Flight Control Room" title="F-111 Flight Control Room" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40311/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of eight men in a flight control room. Seven of the men, one in a suit and the others in shirts and ties, are hunched a large control panel in the center of the room. On the panel are buttons, sheets of paper, and gauges. The men are seated on stools. In the background is a glass-paneled room, a door and a clock on the wall.</p>Val Prahl in Pressure Suit2008-10-07T18:07:47-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40309/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40309/"><img alt="Val Prahl in Pressure Suit" title="Val Prahl in Pressure Suit" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40309/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of Val Prahl dressed in a pressure suit. He is wearing dark gloves and boots, a helmet and a suit with cables and fasteners. Behind Mr. Prahl is a military airplane and two aircraft stairs.</p>F-111 Flight Control Room2008-10-07T18:07:46-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40312/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40312/"><img alt="F-111 Flight Control Room" title="F-111 Flight Control Room" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40312/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of eight men in a flight control room. Seven of the men, one in a suit and the others in shirts and ties, are hunched a large control panel in the center of the room. On the panel are buttons, sheets of paper, and gauges. The men are seated on stools. In the background is a glass-paneled room, a door and a clock on the wall.</p>F-111 Flight Control Room2008-10-07T18:07:21-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40313/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40313/"><img alt="F-111 Flight Control Room" title="F-111 Flight Control Room" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40313/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of eight men in a flight control room. Seven of the men, one in a suit and the others in shirts and ties, are hunched a large control panel in the center of the room. On the panel are buttons, sheets of paper, and gauges. The men are seated on stools. In the background is a glass-paneled room, a door and a clock on the wall.</p>F-111A #1 - Flight #2 - News Briefing2008-10-07T18:07:16-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40315/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40315/"><img alt="F-111A #1 - Flight #2 - News Briefing" title="F-111A #1 - Flight #2 - News Briefing" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40315/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a news briefing. In the foreground are two news cameras. On the right of the frame are two men with cameras around their necks. In the room are several men in suits with neckties and some are wearing glasses. Hanging from the ceiling are light fixtures.</p>NBC Foreign Correspondents and J.E. Harwell2008-10-07T18:07:08-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40316/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40316/"><img alt="NBC Foreign Correspondents and J.E. Harwell" title="NBC Foreign Correspondents and J.E. Harwell" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40316/small/"/></a></p><p>NBC Foreign correspondents and J.E Harwell stand on a ladder platform next to a Convair F-111. J.E. Harwell briefed the correspondents on the F-111 on the day of the plane's roll-out.</p>NBC Foreign Correspondents and J.E. Harwell2008-10-07T18:07:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40317/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40317/"><img alt="NBC Foreign Correspondents and J.E. Harwell" title="NBC Foreign Correspondents and J.E. Harwell" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40317/small/"/></a></p><p>NBC Foreign correspondents and J.E Harwell stand on a ladder platform next to a Convair F-111. J.E. Harwell briefed the correspondents on the F-111 on the day of the plane's roll-out.</p>Secretary Robert McNamara Being Interviewed by Press2008-10-07T18:06:49-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40320/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40320/"><img alt="Secretary Robert McNamara Being Interviewed by Press" title="Secretary Robert McNamara Being Interviewed by Press" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40320/small/"/></a></p><p>Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara answers questions for the press at the roll-out of the first Convair F-111 airplane at General Dynamics Corporation at Fort Worth, Texas.</p>[Ernie Lain Shooting Pictures]2008-10-07T18:05:56-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40331/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40331/"><img alt="[Ernie Lain Shooting Pictures]" title="[Ernie Lain Shooting Pictures]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40331/small/"/></a></p><p>Ernie Lain photographs an advertisement.</p>Hand Tools in Use in F-111 Assembly Plant2008-10-07T18:05:56-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40332/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40332/"><img alt="Hand Tools in Use in F-111 Assembly Plant" title="Hand Tools in Use in F-111 Assembly Plant" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40332/small/"/></a></p><p>An employer does mock-up work sanding metal in an F-111 Assembly Plant.</p>Hand Tools in Use in F-111 Assembly Plant2008-10-07T18:05:50-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40333/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40333/"><img alt="Hand Tools in Use in F-111 Assembly Plant" title="Hand Tools in Use in F-111 Assembly Plant" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40333/small/"/></a></p><p>An employer does mock-up work using hand tools in F-111 Assembly Plant</p>Hand Tools in Use in F-111 Assembly Plant2008-10-07T18:05:43-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40334/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40334/"><img alt="Hand Tools in Use in F-111 Assembly Plant" title="Hand Tools in Use in F-111 Assembly Plant" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40334/small/"/></a></p><p>An employer does mock-up work using a clamping device in F-111 Assembly Plant</p>Three Officers After the Mackay Trophy Presentation2008-10-07T18:05:34-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40336/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40336/"><img alt="Three Officers After the Mackay Trophy Presentation" title="Three Officers After the Mackay Trophy Presentation" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40336/small/"/></a></p><p>Three officers and a man in a suit stand in front of the Bendix Trophy Winner, B-58 #61, after the Mackay Trophy Presentation at Carswell Air Force Base.</p>Mackay Trophy Presentation at Carswell AFB2008-10-07T18:05:29-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40337/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40337/"><img alt="Mackay Trophy Presentation at Carswell AFB" title="Mackay Trophy Presentation at Carswell AFB" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40337/small/"/></a></p><p>The press photographs three officers standing before the Mackay Trophy at its presentation at Carswell Air Force Base.</p>B-58 Hustle Up Rework Assembly Line2008-10-07T18:05:29-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40338/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40338/"><img alt="B-58 Hustle Up Rework Assembly Line" title="B-58 Hustle Up Rework Assembly Line" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40338/small/"/></a></p><p>Line of Convair B-58 airplanes in the Hustle Up rework assembly line.</p>B-58 #38 Ground Crew2008-10-07T18:05:24-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40339/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40339/"><img alt="B-58 #38 Ground Crew" title="B-58 #38 Ground Crew" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40339/small/"/></a></p><p>The ground crew of Convair airplane B-58 #38 stand next to their plane on the day of the last B-58 test flight. B-58A 59-2435, used for weapons drop testing. Sent to storage at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ on 7 January 1970, she was subsequently scrapped on 27 June, 1977.</p>[B-58 #38 Crew]2008-10-07T18:05:17-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40340/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40340/"><img alt="[B-58 #38 Crew]" title="[B-58 #38 Crew]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40340/small/"/></a></p><p>The crew of Convair airplane B-58 #38 stand next to their plane on the day of the last B-58 test flight.</p>[B-58 #38 Taxing]2008-10-07T18:05:16-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40341/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40341/"><img alt="[B-58 #38 Taxing]" title="[B-58 #38 Taxing]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40341/small/"/></a></p><p>A worker helps Convair airplane B-58 #38 tax into position after the last B-58 test flight.</p>[Dancers in "Gypsy" at Casa Manana]2008-10-07T18:05:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40342/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40342/"><img alt="[Dancers in "Gypsy" at Casa Manana]" title="[Dancers in "Gypsy" at Casa Manana]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40342/small/"/></a></p><p>Dancers Garland Strong, Betty Lynn Buckley and Evelyn Brooks dress in "Gypsy" at Casa Manana.</p>B-58 #61 Bendix Trophy Winner2008-10-07T18:05:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40344/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40344/"><img alt="B-58 #61 Bendix Trophy Winner" title="B-58 #61 Bendix Trophy Winner" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40344/small/"/></a></p><p>Four men stand beside the Convair airplane B-58 #61 that won the Bendix Trophy on March 5, 1962 for record flights from New York to Los Angeles.</p>B-58 #61 Bendix Trophy Winner2008-10-07T18:05:03-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40343/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40343/"><img alt="B-58 #61 Bendix Trophy Winner" title="B-58 #61 Bendix Trophy Winner" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40343/small/"/></a></p><p>Four men look at the letters emblazoned on the side of the Convair B-58 #61 that won the Bendix Trophy on March 5, 1962 for record flights from New York to Los Angeles. They display the information about the record time recorded on the flights from New York to Los Angeles.</p>Traffic at 3:45 PM2008-10-07T18:04:58-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40345/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40345/"><img alt="Traffic at 3:45 PM" title="Traffic at 3:45 PM" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40345/small/"/></a></p><p>Traffic flows beside an airfield at 3:45 P.M.</p>Jimmy Stewart After a Flight in TB-582008-10-07T18:04:50-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40346/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40346/"><img alt="Jimmy Stewart After a Flight in TB-58" title="Jimmy Stewart After a Flight in TB-58" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40346/small/"/></a></p><p>Actor Jimmy Stewart greets an officer after his flight in a TB-58.</p>Niki Wall autographing the cast of a monkey named Joey2008-10-07T18:04:50-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40347/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40347/"><img alt="Niki Wall autographing the cast of a monkey named Joey" title="Niki Wall autographing the cast of a monkey named Joey" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40347/small/"/></a></p><p>Niki Wall autographs the cast of a monkey named Joey while he's lying on a table.</p>Bendix Trophy Winners2008-10-07T18:04:43-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40348/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40348/"><img alt="Bendix Trophy Winners" title="Bendix Trophy Winners" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40348/small/"/></a></p><p>The press and spectators view the Bendix Trophy Winners as they greet a senior officer upon their arrive in Los Angeles, California after their trophy flight. L to R: Robert G. Sowers, Robert MacDonald, John T. Walton, and Gen. Thomas Power, Commander In Chief of the Strategic Air Command, on podium.</p>Bendix Trophy Winners2008-10-07T18:04:38-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40350/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40350/"><img alt="Bendix Trophy Winners" title="Bendix Trophy Winners" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40350/small/"/></a></p><p>The Bendix Trophy Winners disembark from an American Airlines plane.</p>Press Conference for the Bendix Trophy Winners2008-10-07T18:04:37-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40349/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40349/"><img alt="Press Conference for the Bendix Trophy Winners" title="Press Conference for the Bendix Trophy Winners" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth40349/small/"/></a></p><p>The Bendix Trophy Winners sit on a sofa in front of microphones answering questions for the press. R to L: Capt. John T. Walton, Capt. Robert MacDonald, and Capt. Robert G. Sowers.</p>