Men on surfboards in the United States. Young men paddle surfboards out on a beach. Men stand on the surfboards. They go back into the sea. Water spills as the men paddle the surfboards.
'The Epic American Trans Atlantic Flight' depicts crashes involving various pilots in the United States during early aviation history. Captain Charles A. Lindbergh. On September 21, 1926, Rena Fonck stands in front of his Sikorsky airplane, ready to try a solo flight across the Atlantic to Paris. He takes off and crashes in flames. Navy Commander Richard E. Byrd poses. On April 16, 1927, his Fokker C-2 trimotor airplane ("America"), piloted by Anthony Fokker, with Byrd, Floyd Bennett, and George O. Norville on board, flips over on takeoff at Hasborough, New Jersey. In September, 1927, Clarence Chamberlin in a Bellanca aircraft taxis and takes off. The tail and right main wheel dig into the soft field on landing and the airplane is severely damaged. The wreck of the "American Legion" Keystone Pathfinder airplane that carried Commander Noel Davis and Lieutenant Stanton Wooster to their deaths, in a crash landing, in the Back river, near Langley Field, Virginia, In Paris, on April 26, 1927, French pilot, Captain Charles Nungesser, and Francois Coli pose before taking off on their ill fated flight in a Levasseur PL8 aircraft named " White Bird." Charles Lindbergh standing next to his mother, Evangeline Land Lindbergh. The "Spirit of St. Louis" is towed out and refueled at Mineola, New York. Charles Lindbergh climbs into the plane and makes a bumpy takeoff. Bystanders watch. People gather to greet him upon arrival in Paris. Lindbergh poses with U.S. Ambassador to France Myron Herrick. Lindbergh honored by the French President Gaston Doumergue.
Captain Charles A. Lindbergh in Antwerp, Belgium after his trans-Atlantic flight. View of the Spirit of St. Louis. The plane takes off. Lindbergh at an airport in Belgium. People gather at the airport. The plane lands and bystanders watch. Lindbergh is greeted. People gather at a palace. The plane lands in London Croydon Airport (Airport House, Purley Way, Croydon, CR0 0XZ). People gather upon the arrival of the Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh poses with United States Ambassador to Great Britain Alanson B. Houghton. Lindbergh addresses the people.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh in Washington DC after his trans Atlantic flight. The ship Memphis docks at a harbor. Lindbergh is greeted by people. Scenes of a navy yard. The ship Memphis arrives at the navy yard. People wave. He walks out of the ship followed by other navy officials. He is seated in a car and other officials accompany him. Lindbergh is decorated by President John Calvin Coolidge at the Washington Monument. A large crowd gathers.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh in New York after his solo nonstop transatlantic flight in May from New York to Paris. An aerial view of ships in New York Harbor. A plane in flight over the sea. A large ferry ship with banner "Bear Mountain" carrying masses of people. Pilot Charles Lindbergh arrives by seaplane. He is picked up by the Mayors committee members in a tender of the Mayor's ship "Macom". An aerial view of the Statue of Liberty decked with streamers down the sides for the celebration. Lindbergh stands on the Mayor's ship Macom. Many ships in the harobr heading as a flotilla for the Battery on Manhattan. Skyscrapers and skyline of New York City Battery area. People greet him. Lindbergh rides in a massive ticker-tape parade down Broadway. He is celebrated at City Hall by Mayor James Walker who presents him a medal of honor, and Lindbergh is joined by his mother. Lindbergh places a wreath at the eternal light shaft commemorating those who died in World War 1. The parade continues to Central Park. Lindbergh is greeted by the Governor of New York Al Smith who makes remarks at the microphone with Lindbergh beside him, and then honors Lindbergh by presenting him the Medal of Valor.
C-130 annual report about the Lockheed C-130B Hercules in the United States. Aerial views of Lockheed C-130B Hercules in flight and during landing approach. Equipment is loaded onto the Lockheed C-130B parked on the flight line. The plane takes off. Scenes of air drop from three Lockheeds show paratroopers leaving the aircraft, descending and landing. The UH-1A Iroquois is unloaded from a Lockheed. Five Lockheed C-130B Hercules in flight.
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