Bird men risk lives to provide thrills at a big air show and give sensational exhibition of flying at Cleveland, Ohio. A formation of nine P-12 aircraft in flight low over the ground. A formation of U.S. Navy F4B-4s (P-12s) in six sets of threes in flight. The flight of English RAF Lt. Ackerly, wearing a top hat and a frock coat, flying his plane while sitting in a saddle on the fuselage. Milo Burcham in flight upside down in his aircraft 'The Blue Flash' P-12. Parachutists jump from two C-3As. United States Army Air Corps Martin B-10s in flight. A B-10 in flight over a desert terrain and another B-10 in flight in the background. A propeller hub on a B-l0. Three B-10s in flight. Martin B-10b aircraft in flight over a mountainous terrain on a training exercise between Marchfield California and Tucson Arizona. Two B-10s in flight. Clouds in the background. A formation of nine B-10s in flight.
Bombers soar over Yosemite National Park in California, United States. United States Army Air Corps B-10s in flight over the national park and over a high mountain peak.
31st anniversary celebration of a Wright aircraft at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina. Several men push an early Wright aircraft. Mr. Orville Wright stands and smiles. Several men pull a rope which lifts a weight in a tower in order to launch the Wright aircraft. The aircraft is in the background. Several men push the Wright aircraft and turn it around near a launch track. Two men turn the propellers on an early Wright Pusher. The launch of the Wright aircraft. The aircraft in flight low over the ground. A tug tows a Sikorsky S-42 flying boat on a road. Water on either side of the road. Hangars and buildings in the background. The S-42 takes off from water surface. The copilot of the camera aircraft. Seven P3Y Catalina in a step-down formation. A Boeing 247 in flight. 306 and 600 lb bombs drop from United States Army Air Corps B-3As and explode on the ground. Bomb-pitted earth. A civilian inspects a bomb crater.
U.S. Army sky range develops sharp shooting corps and strike target at Langley field in Virginia. The army airship TC-12 is attached to mooring as mooring is towed across the ground. Ground crewmen mount and check 100 lb bombs on the side of the gondola of the airship. Views of the ground as the airship takes off. A helmsman and airship personnel in the gondola. The airship's shadow as it passes over a marked circular target. The target as seen through an opening in the bottom of the gondola. Interior of the gondola shows crew members at their stations. Bombs are dropped and explode on the target. An explosion on the ground. The airship in flight over the marked circular target. Two bombs drop and explode on the target area. Two bombs dropped over target area. An explosion on the ground.
Boeing P-12 pursuit biplanes and Curtiss A-12 Shrike ground attack monoplanes, of the U.S. Army Air Corps 18th Pursuit Group, are lined up at Wheeler Field, Oahu, Hawaii. The 18th Group's Fighting Cock emblem is visible on the P-12s closest to the camera. The A-12s have fixed gear and wheel pants. The aircraft all start engines and sit with props turning. Then they shut down. They start again, and crew chiefs pull chocks out from under wheels. Pilots can be seen in the cockpits.
Crashing of airplanes in Daytona Beach, Florida. Two army fliers die due to the crash. Crashed planes in a snow covered field. People gather near the crashed planes. Wrecked parts of the planes. Planes parked outside a hangar. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh confers with U.S. Secretary of War Dern on aerial postal system plans in Washington. The President orders rigid restrictions of flying schedules to prevent further fatal accidents.