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Panama and the Canal from an Aeroplane is a 1914 silent actuality film taken by pilot Robert G. Fowler and cameraman Ray Duhem on April 27, 1913. Fowler...

Robert G. Fowler, pilot of Panama flight John W. Preston, prosecutor of Panama Canal case The Panama and the Canal from an Aeroplane (1914) MONTPELIER, in...

filmed parts of the canal during the flight. The film when released was eventually called The Panama and the Canal from an Aeroplane. That same month...

29th, and 78th PS) at Albrook Field in the Panama Canal Zone. These P-26s were transferred in 1940 to the 37th Pursuit Group (28th, 30th, and 31st PS)...

trade winds and the Suez and Panama canals; overlaid in yellow are the points antipodal to all points on the route. It can be seen that the route roughly...

America in a single voyage, via the Panama Canal. Halifax west through Northwest Passage. South to Panama canal and return to Halifax. USS Belmont; 1967;...

for landing rights in the Panama Canal Zone, ostensibly to survey air routes for a connection to the United States, which the Air Corps viewed as a precursor...

killed when he fell from a height of 200 feet during an aeroplane competition. 21 May – Paris to Madrid Air Race (Paris, France) – The French Minister of...

construction of the Panama Canal by flying over the construction site in the same Wright Biplane, B type. He commissioned a hydro-aeroplane plane to be constructed...

Further to the west, the Suez Canal was defended from Ottoman attacks in 1915 and 1916; in August 1916, a German and Ottoman force was defeated at the Battle...

Blériot made the first Channel crossing from Calais to Dover in an aeroplane. Blériot's crossing signalled a change in the function of the Channel as a...

1904–1914 – The Panama Canal constructed by the United States in the territory of Panama, which had just gained independence from Colombia. The Canal is a 77 km...

afterwards, bound for Ascension Island through the Panama Canal and stopping at Curaçao en route. At the end of May, Brazilian authorities allowed FAA...

P-61 aircraft at Shaw Field, South Carolina, and flew them to Panama for air defense of the Panama Canal. Assigned to 6th Fighter Wing. Squadron was subsequently...

and June 20, 1935, Brereton served in the Panama Canal Zone. He concurrently commanded the 6th Composite Group, based at France Field, and the Panama...

in the Signal Enlisted Corps, and the Army Air Corps, he also spent time at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C., France Field, Panama Canal Zone, and Mitchel...

became the first female pilot for a major U.S. airline, American Airlines, in March 1973. First manned flight by an electrically powered aeroplane: was...

purchase arms from the US. Some Salvadoran military officers were trained in North America and the Panama Canal Zone. Nevertheless, the amount of American...

novels. William Everett Potter, 83, American engineer and military officer, Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, heart failure. Bill Harris, 63, American guitarist...

via the Panama Canal. But in fact the ship never transited the canal during her career and never visited Australia. Gertrude Whitelaw was the grandmother...