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The Wright Air Development Center (WADC) in United States; early Wright aircraft flights.
'The Story of Wright Air Development Center' shows various activities at WADC in United States. Aircraft parked at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Narration outlines the purpose of Wright Air Development Center. The Wright Flyer aircraft manually pulled out of a hangar. Two men climb into aircraft. A plane is catapulted by means of weight. Crowd stands in the foreground. The flight took place at Ft. Myer, Virginia. (This footage is a mix of 1909 footage where the aircraft shows two half-rounds of canvas in the front elevator at removal from the hangar, and 1908 footage, from the rear taking off, where the aircraft has a single half-round of canvas in the front elevator.) A Wright Brother Development Center. Wright field shows Massie Wind Tunnel, Aero-Med Lab, hangars etc. A book entitled 'Wright Air Development Center'. Hands turn back showing forward mission to complete research and development of aircraft, guided missiles, weapons, components and associated equipment etc. A technician pushes instrument on cart down hallway-interested along hallway are various types of gaging instruments. Technician opens vault door and places instruments in chamber. Entrance of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Two technicians work in office building.
Montage of Wright brothers and their airplanes in France and at Ft. Myer, Arlington, Virginia.
As a contrast to the early pioneering airplanes, passengers are seen seated inside cabin of a "modern" airplane (Douglas DC-4E). View of the DC-4E in flight. A view of Orville Wright. Wilbur Wright gesturing as he talks with officials in France about an aerial course to be flown. Wilbur Wright placing wheels under a Wright Flyer before it is moved across a muddy field in France. A team of men pull a rope raising a catapult weight in a tower. The weight falls, catapulting the Wright Flyer airplane into the air. Soldiers remove a Wright Flyer airplane from a storage building onto the parade grounds at Ft. Myer, Virginia. The airplane is seen in flight with Orville Wright alone, at the controls, On July 30, 1909, soldiers are seen moving a Wright Flyer from its shed for its final acceptance test. President William Howard Taft, U.S. Army Major George Owen Squier, U.S. Army Major Charles E. Saltzman and Wilbur Wright are among those standing with the President, as the Wright Flyer is moved toward the parade ground. Views of the monorail and weight and catapult used for launching an airplane. Men turn the two propellers on a Wright Flyer, as Wilbur Wright stands at the rear of the aircraft engine and makes an adjustment. . On September 9, 1908. U.S. Army Lt. Frank P. Lanham, seen in uniform, seated on a Wright Flyer, is joined by Orville Wright. Wilbur. They take off and set a new airborne endurance record, and Lt. Lanham becomes the first Military officer to fly in an airplane. On July 30th, as part of the final acceptance test, Orville Wright takes Army Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois on a cross country flight to Alexandria, Virginia, and back again. They are seen aboard the Wright Flyer, and then high in the air on their way to Alexandria.
U.S. Army Lieutenant Benjamin Delahauf Foulois and Orville Wright sitting in the Wright aircraft in Virginia, United States.
The history of aviation. U.S. Army Lieutenant Benjamin Delahauf Foulois and Orville Wright make the first cross country flight from Fort Myer to Alexandria in Virginia, United States. Wright, Lt Foulois and another worker stand near the control section of the aircraft. Foulois gets into the cockpit. Wright makes adjustment on the aircraft motor. The engine starts. Wright and Lt. Foulois sitting in the airplane.
The Wright airplane flies over Fort Myer in Virginia, United States during an official exhibition of its flight.
Official trial of the Wright airplane at Fort Myer in Virginia, United States demonstrating compliance with specifications in the presence of the Aeronautical Board, U.S. Signal Corps. Orville Wright prepares to board the airplane with U.S. Army Lieutenant Frank Purdy Lahm. A crowd around the launching tower. U.S. soldiers pull a weight up in the tower. The airplane is launched and it flies over barracks and administration buildings. A crowd attends the event. The airplane lands. The airplane being readied for a flight. Orville Wright stands near the cockpit of the aircraft.
Orville Wright and Army personnel fly in Wright plane, Virginia United States.
Development of airplane by Wright brothers. Orville Wright in a plane presented to U.S. Government by him at Fort Myers, Virginia. Plane takes off catapulted in a field near a building. Spectators on ground observe the plane. Army personnel remove doors of hanger. Wright aircraft take out of the hanger. Army personnel stand near the plane. Lieutenant Lahm and Orville Wright sit in plane and take off for a flight. Lieutenant Foulois and Orville make preparations and sit in plane for a cross country flight.
Frank Lahm and Orville Wright prepare for a take off, take seats and take off in Wright flyer during a test at Fort Myer.
Orville Wright and U.S. Army aviator Frank Purdy Lahm, the first army passenger, test the "Wright Flyer" at Fort Myer, Virginia. Preparations for the take off of the aircraft. Frank Purdy Lahm sits at the controls with Wright standing in the front and releasing the ropes. Lahm and Orville Wright take seats in the aircraft. Men standing beside a catapult in front of buildings. Good views of Fort Myer buildings of the era. They adjust the position of the catapult. The catapult as seen from the front of the aircraft. View of catapult from behind the aircraft. The Wright Flyer takes off. The aircraft in flight. It circles over a field and buildings. Headquarters building in the background. The aircraft in flight over the field. (This footage is a mix of July 1909 footage where the aircraft shows two half-rounds of canvas in the front elevator, and September 1908 footage, from the rear taking off, where the aircraft has a single half-round of canvas in the front elevator.)
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