Aviation pioneer, Henri Farman, preparing to compete for the Deutsch-Archdeacon prize, by flying a closed one-kilometer course in one minute. He and his ground crew are seen going over his airplane carefully. The box-like tail section of his Voisin airplane, has the words: Henri Farmanni, displayed on it. Farman takes off in his airplane.
Scenes from first flight of the Lockheed XP-80A, prototype of the P-80 Shooting Star, America's first operational jet fighter aircraft. The aircraft livery (paint job) is dull gray. Unlike the future operational versions, this XP version has no tip tanks. The aircraft piloted by Lockheed test pilot Tony LeVier, is seen flying low over the Muroc Flight Test Base (later Edwards Air Force Base).
Aerial view of clouds and snow covered mountain in Korea
Wilber Wright talks with two Frenchmen in Le Mans France. They appear to be discussing a course of flight, as Wilbur Wright and the Frenchmen gesture with their hands and arms.
Gloster Meteor jet airplanes of the British Royal Air Force in operation during the early 1950s. A Gloster Meteor F.4 taxiing. View of a U.S. Boeing B-47 Stratojet forward nose wheel and surrounding area. A Gloster Meteor F.4 takes off. A flight of three Meteors fly low and peel off in 360 overhead approaches for landing at an airfield. A brief view of a U.S. F-80 Shooting Star jet fighter taking off.
Historic scenes in development of U.S. Naval aviation. Early flying boat. Numerous scenes of landing incidents and accidents aboard early U.S. aircraft carriers. Aircraft falling off the sides and ends of the flight decks. Landing with only one gear extended.
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