Washington Gallery

United States Air Force - Kaman HH-43F Huskie 59-1544

United States Air Force - Kaman HH-43F Huskie 59-1544 (msn 25), of Detachment 14, 42nd Aerospace Rescue Squadron, at Nellis Air Force Base. Built as an HH-43B, #25 was converted to HH-43F and allotted to Detachment 14, 42nd Aerospace Rescue Squadron, Nellis AFB, NV.Disposed of to MASDC as HG048 on 15 March 1973. Sold, and placed on the civilian register on 15 June 1974, as N321WN with the State of Washington Department of Natural Resources. Sold to Pyramid Oil Co (Moseley Aviation) on 16 January 1984. Restored to fly in 1986 and operated by Moseley Aviation. On 9 January 1995 the aircraft collided with a tree and crashed into a field during an aerial application flight near Glendale, Arizona. The aircraft was substantially damaged but the pilot was not injured. Date: circa 1961

© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans

Astronauts are introduced to the American and foreign p?

Astronauts are introduced to the American and foreign press at a press conference in Washington in summer 1959. From left: Maj Deke Slayton, Cdr Alan Shepard, Cdr Walter Schirra, Maj Virgil Grissom, Lt Col John Glenn, Maj Leroy Cooper and Lt Cdr Malcolm Scott Carpenter. Date: 1959

© The Royal Aeronautical Society (National Aerospace Library)/Mary Evans Picture Library

1959, Alan, American, Astronauts, Cdr, Col, Conference, Deke, Foreign, Grissom, Introduced, John, Lieutenant, Lt, Maj, Press, Schirra, Shepard, Slayton, Summer, Virgil, Walter, Washington

The Franzoni Clock - Statuary Hill, US Capitol Washington DC

The Franzoni Clock - National Statuary Hill a chamber in the United States Capitol devoted to sculptures of prominent Americans - Washington, D.C., USA. Carlo Franzoni's 1810 sculptural chariot clock the Car of History depicting Clio, muse of history, recording the proceedings of the house. Flanked by Statues of Daniel Webster (1782-1852) and John Stark (1728-1822). Date: circa 1910s

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection