Two Air Force pilots in the process of entering the cockpit of a jet at Portland Air Base. The words, "Vagabond Fury, U.S. Air Force," are painted on the side of the aircraft (negative 2 of 10).

Harald A. Wagner, standing next to a twin meter light plane, most likely on a Portland airfield. He rests his left arm on the plane, holding the other in his pocket (negative 2 of 13).

Pilot Marion Carl standing on the side of a jet while visiting Portland. He’s wearing a flight helmet and has one arm over the cockpit of the jet. Carl broke the record for the fastest speed in a conventional aircraft in 1947 (negative 5 of 7).

Pilot Tex Rankin and Portland Mayor Earl Riley, flying in an Ercoupe airplane over Portland and the Columbia River. Taken from another airplane, Mount Adams can be seen in the distance. A cropped version of this photograph was published in the Oregon Journal on Sunday, April 28, 1946 (negative 2 of 6).