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RAF flying boats over Felixstowe in June 1935 on their ?

RAF flying boats over Felixstowe in June 1935 on their way to a fly-past at the RAF Display at Hendon. Clockwise from left: the first prototype Supermarine Stranraer, K3973; Short S14 Sarafand, S1589; Short S19 Singapore III, K4577; the first prototype Saunders-Roe A27 London, K3560; and Short S18 Knuckleduster, K3574. Date: 1935

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Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom in the chow line at the ?

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom in the chow line at the Grand Bahama Island tracking station, the day after his sub-orbital flight, which had reached an altitude of 118 miles, and immediately prior to returning to Cape Canaveral, 22 July 1961. Behind him are fellow astronauts John Glenn, his alternate pilot, and Walter Schirra. Date: 1961

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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

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