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.
Orville Wright and U.S. Army aviator Frank Purdy Lahm, the first army passenger, test the "Wright Flyer" at Fort Myer, Virginia. A small group stands at the door of a hangar. A crowd gathers around the hangar. The doors of the hangar are opened. Dignitaries greet each other. Notable dignitaries present include U.S. President William Howard Taft and Mrs. Taft, U.S. Army Major General George O. Squier, U.S. Army Major Charles McKinley Saltzman. U.S. Army soldiers open the doors from the hangar. They push the Wright Flyer sideways out of the hangar.
Orville Wright and U.S. Army aviator Frank Purdy Lahm, the first army passenger, test the "Wright Flyer" at Fort Myer, Virginia. U.S. Army soldiers turn the Wright Flyer. They pull the aircraft to a field. A headquarters building in the background.
Orville Wright and U.S. Army aviator Frank Purdy Lahm, the first army passenger, test the "Wright Flyer" trials at Fort Myer, Virginia. The aircraft in flight. Headquarters building in the background. Men stand in front of the buildings. They watch the Wright Flyer flying. The aircraft circles over a field and buildings. The aircraft in flight. It lands on the field. The aircraft is moved on the field. Army personnel group around the Wright aircraft. Oliver Wright gets off the aircraft.
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. The storage building for Wright airplane at Fort Myer. U.S. President William Taft looks through doors which are surrounded by U.S. Naval and Army officers and civilians. President Taft in the crowd. Army personnel removing the doors from the building. Men remove the airplane from the hangar. They move the airplane across to the launching site near the headquarters building at Fort Myer.
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.