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Title: Demon' darts in victory roll
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1957
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated March 4, 1957 reads, "One of newest fleet-based carrier planes is F-3H2N Demon flown by Lt. Thomas S. Rigers of Washington D.C. in victory pass after shooting down drone plane. Black smoke rising from desert floor is from crashed drone. Victory pass is pilot's reward for job 'well done.' Pilots agree that downing propeller-driven planes. Demon carries Sidewinder and can fire it at 50,000 feet."; See images #00117964 through #00117966 for all photos in this series.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00117966
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d021_f14_i6
CARL0005357130
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/51511
Subject: Naval Air Weapons Station (China Lake, Calif.)
United States.--Navy
United States.--Navy--Aviation
Air bases--California--China Lake
Demon (Jet fighter plane)
Ordnance testing--California--China Lake
Ordnance, Naval--California--China Lake
Smoke--California--China Lake
Smoke plumes--California--China Lake
Deserts--California--China Lake
Brush--California--China Lake
Clouds--California--China Lake
Mountains--California, Southern
China Lake (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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