Flight operations aboard United States Navy's first aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV-1). Planes take off from aircraft carrier. Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier. Catapult takes off from USS Langley. 'USS Langley' written on the aircraft. Aircraft in flight above water. Lieutenant Pennoyer flies U.S. Navy aircraft.
Flight operations aboard United States Navy's first aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV-1). Aircraft stands in line on flight deck. Planes take off from aircraft carrier. Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier. 'USS Langley' written on the aircraft. Aircraft in flight
Flight Deck activities aboard U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV-1) in United States. Lieutenant Commander VC Griffin pilots DT seaplane. DT seaplane takes off. Lieutenant Commander VC Griffin makes landing on flight deck of the aircraft carrier.
U.S. Navy aviators stand and walk about at the edge of the flight deck on the Navy's first aircraft carrier USS Langley (CV-1) in United States. Visibility is somewhat obscured by mist. They move to the area where sailors are standing slightly below the flight deck. All seem to be awaiting something. Suddenly, the sailors and aviators move up on the deck. One holds a megaphone. Others hold flags. Two officers in white caps converse with an aviator wearing a leather helmet. View from behind the men as they look expectantly out from the ship. Captain and another navy officer, both in whites, look out together. A Vought VE-7 aircraft approaches to land. It's tail hook is clearly seen extended as it passes the camera. But the aircraft had rounded out too high and the hook failed to snag any arresting barriers. It continues on, noses over and somersaults off the end of the flight deck and into the water. Next, an Aeromarine 39b approaches and the pilot loses control as it passes over the start of the flight deck. His right wing dips and contacts the flight deck and he crashes. The pilot is seen in the open cockpit and does not appear to be injured. Deck crewmen run to help the pilot.
A flight around the world. A globe rotates. U.S. President Calvin Coolidge bids goodbye to army airmen. The President and Major General Mason Patrick and the fliers on a lawn of the White House, Washington DC. The journey starts from Seattle, Washington. Douglas World Cruisers ( DWC ) in flight. The DWCs parked in a bay. A forest in the background. They arrive at Chignik Bay, Alaska. The aircraft in flight. An iceberg. Lieutenant Lowell Smith stands on one of the pontoons and works with propellers on his DWC. The DWCs in flight from America to Asia. The aviators are welcomed by Japanese officials in Yetorufu, Japan. Japanese children playing in a school yard. A child has a Japanese and a U.S. flag, one in each hand. They reach Hong Kong, China. A fleet of native junks to welcome them. In Calcutta, India , a DWC taxis on water. A large number of people gather around a DWC. A crane lifts a DWC out of water. The aviators land in Constantinople. People around the aircraft. They reach Paris, France.. Aerial views of the city. Mrs. Maclaren congratulates the airmen in London, England. The crew of USS Richmond cheers the aviators. The aviators board their aircraft from a small boat. People watch as the aircraft land in Labrador, Canada. The DWCs are anchored in a bay and the aviators are brought to the shore in a boat. Naval officers greet them. The aircraft in flight over the Boston skyline. A motor launch in Boston Harbor. The DWCs land on water. The aviators arrive at the dock in the motor launch and are greeted by officials. They fly over New York. A large crowd greets the aviators at Mitchel Field, Long Island. They arrive at Bolling Field in Washington and are congratulated by President Coolidge and U.S. Secretary of War John Wingate Weeks. The three DWCs are followed by an XNBL-1 Barling bomber in flight in Dayton. Lt. Jack Harding is welcomed home. The world flight ends in Seattle, Washington. Photographers click pictures as a DWC lands. Major Martin greets aviators standing beside a DWC.
Aircraft are used for different purposes in the United States. Passengers climb the stairs and into an early model bi winged, twin engined passenger airliner. Passengers exit an early model touring car and get into a U.S. Navy Larsen JL-6 transport aircraft. A pilot gets into the cockpit of the passenger aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off. Passengers getting in and out of the cabin of an early model seaplane. An Aeromarine West Indies Airways U.S. and Cuban mail service amphibian, which is a converted U.S. Navy TN-1O airship, in flight over water. Passengers looking out of the windows of the converted TN-1O airship. Men load cargo into the cockpit of a United States Army Air Service Curtiss JN-6 aircraft.