Biplane takes off from airfield in Los Angeles. A biplane with tilt wings parked at an airfield. Inventor Professor A A Merrill stands near the biplane. The biplane taxis and takes off from the airfield. The biplane in flight over the city. The biplane lands.
Landing of autogyro at the Heston Aerodrome, England. An autogyro taxis and lands at Heston Aerodrome. Captain Arthur Rawson stands by the autogyro. Captain Rawson demonstrates the advantages of the autogyro from the pilot's viewpoint.
The 25th Anniversary of Wright brother's first flight in Washington DC, United States. Crowd of delegates in front of building. President of the United States John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. and his secretary stand on steps of building. Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics Frederick Trubee Davison,aviator Charles Augustus Lindbergh, businessman Harry Frank Guggenheim, Assistant Secretary of Navy Warner also present. Pilot Clarence Duncan Chamberlin present. Delegates from Venezuela present. Irish aviator Mary Lady Heath. Orville Wright honored stands amidst group of delegates. United States Secretary of Commerce William Fairfield Whiting and Orville Wright sitting.
Opening slate reads: "First Utility of airplanes was in National Defense." A huge formation of large military bi-planes is seen in formation. The Next slate reads: "In the Navy." Curtiss 28 TS-1 airplanes lined up for takeoff on the deck of the U.S Navy's first aircraft carrier, the USS Langley (CV-1). The first in line takes off. The others wait their turns, with engines running. View from aircraft above, of the Langley cruising with aircraft parked on her deck. Slate refers to Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. Closeup of Charles Lindbergh wearing a flying suit with helmet and goggles. Slate refers to Commercial flying advances. View of passengers boarding a British Inperial Airways Armstrong Whitworth Argosy airplane.
The 25th birthday of the Wright Brother's first flight in Dayton, Ohio. Orville Wright stands on the steps of a building playing with a model aircraft with his three nephews. One of the nephews holds a medal which is enclosed in a small case.
The 25th birthday of the Wright Brother's first flight in Dayton, Ohio. A line of early model aircraft on an exhibit. A model of an early Wright brothers airplane. Two men sitting at the controls of the aircraft (which is a modified Wright Model B that is now located in the United States Air Force Museum near Dayton Ohio).