Aerial view of the first public flight of a Lockheed Constellation (in Transworld Airways livery). Interior view of the cockpit showing flight instruments.
Howard Hughes speaks to a group of men at the Burbank airport in California, where a TWA Lockheed Constellation aircraft is preparing to take off on a public demonstration flight. A large group including members of the press board and the aircraft takes off. Interior scenes of the aircraft cabin during flight with passengers onboard.
Howard Hughes escorts a group of men around a Trans World Airline Lockheed Constellation aircraft in Burbank California. . Control panel in the plane's cockpit. Howard Hughes at the controls drinks from a cup. He flies the plane during this public demonstration flight. Plane in flight and its engines and mountains outside visible through window.. Passengers take notes.
Howard Hughes speaks to a group of men at the Burbank airport in California, where the TWA Lockheed Constellation aircraft is preparing to take off on a public demonstration flight.. Members of the press board and the aircraft takes off. Plane in flight and passengers inside the plane.
A Trans World Airlines Lockheed Constellation plane in public demonstration flight with mountains in the background in California, United States. Aircraft landing gear is lowered in demonstration, while cruising aloft.
A large group of men boards a Trans World Airlines Lockheed Constellation passenger aircraft at Burbank Airport in California, for a public demonstration ride. Aerial view of the flight as it is filmed from another aircraft flying over the California mountains. (Glimpses of chase plane cockpit floor are accidentally photographed as camera is lowered while still running.)