Cornelius Edzard and Johann Risticz set a flight record (1927) in Dessau,Germany. The crowds wave at a W-33 Junker plane in air. A sign on the ground reads '9 o' clock, 51 hours and 12 minutes'. The plane comes in for landing. The crowd rushes towards the plane. The W-33 junker plane lands. Pilots get out of the cockpit of the plane. Flowers are presented to the pilot, Cornelius Edzard and the copilot, Johann Risticz. They drink from cups. They hold flowers and bystanders wave.
Wright brothers' first aircraft flight together near Dayton Ohio in 1910. Wilbur Wright is in the pilot's seat with Orville Wright as passenger to his right. (Until this flight, the Wrights had never flown together so that if one of them was killed, the other could continue their work.) Next, a view of Alberto Santos-Dumont, and the first European flight made by him on 13 September 1909. Following segment shows crowds gathered at Washington DC Polo field as truck arrives carrying mail to be loaded on the first U.S. Air mail flight, May 15, 1918. Army pilot, Lieutenant Webb, in his JN-4H airplane, on Southbound flight from New York, takes off from Philadelphia, where he stopped to pick up more mail. He flies over the Washington Polo Field upon arrival. We see his airplane being unloaded as he jumps down from cockpit and crowds watch. Views of first transatlantic flight begins with takeoff of three out of four existing United States Navy Curtiss flying boat aircraft from Newfoundland, on May 16, 1919. Curtiss flying boats NC-1, NC-3, NC-4 are seen at takeoff from Newfoundland on first leg of the transatlantic journey. Flying Boat NC-4 is also seen at one of its foreign ports, though which is unclear (Azores, Lisbon, or England).
Boeing-Steerman PT-13, Kaydet airplanes in a row at training station.Flight instructors accompanying student pilots to the aircraft. Pt-13s start up, taxi, and one is seen taking off. Pilot trainees are shown a radial engine, by an officer.A student inserts a cylinder into engine block. Pilots from North and South American countries line up in front of At-6 (Texan) training aircraft. they run to their respective aircraft and start them up. Fuselage of one airplane shows crossed flags of United States and Chile. Formation of AT-6s in flight. A map shows airways in America. Another shows them in Central and South America. A map of the world shows the military Air Transport Commands routes.
C-130 annual report about the Lockheed C-130B Hercules in the United States. Lockheed C-130B Hercules in flight and during landing approach. Equipment is loaded onto the Lockheed C-130B parked on the flight line. The plane takes off. Scenes of air drop from three Lockheeds show paratroopers leaving the aircraft, descending and landing. The UH-1A Iroquois is unloaded from a Lockheed. Five Lockheed C-130B Hercules in flight.
C-130 annual report shows Lockheed C-130E Hercules in the United States. A sketch shows Lockheed C-130E Hercules. An animated globe shows air routes. A partially assembled Lockheed C-130E Hercules prototype on production floor. A model of Lockheed C-130E Hercules on a pedestal. Four Lockheed C-130s Hercules in right echelon formation peel off.
Germany ten years after World War II. Construction of a bridge on the Rhine River in Wiesbaden, Germany.Men heat rivets. An air hammer is used in riveting. A worker rakes a red hot rivet from the fire with a pair of tongs. He places it on the ground to clean it. Men place a large girder into position using a crane. A man uses an acetylene torch for cutting. A man uses a drill. A forge is used to heat the rivets. A worker changes an automatic wrench. Piers to which the bridge will be connected. Men work around.
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