Various US Navy seaplanes in training operations prior to World War II HD Stock Footage

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Various US Navy seaplanes in training operations prior to World War II

US Navy P2Y-1 Ranger amphibian plane being taxied on a ramp at Pensacola Naval Air Station. It takes off with one crewman standing in open cockpit, behind the wing. The Ranger flies overhead and drops a bomb on a target marked in the water. A crewman standing in an open seaplane cockpit, attempts to make celestial observations. A PBY Catalina is launched and takes off. Formations of Catalinas in flight. A Naval Aircraft factory N3N torpedo seaplane is seen flying low over the water. View inside cockpit of crew member pulling lever to release the torpedo.t. Location: Pensacola Florida. Date: 1938.

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