Winter maneuvers of First Pursuit Group of United States Army Air Service in Oscoda Michigan. Airmen carry fuel in a container. DH-4 De Havilland is refueled. The wheels of DH-4 are replaced by skies. Airmen stand near the planes. Curtiss PW-8 Hawks parked. Aircraft taxis and takes off.
U.S. Army Air Service engineers demonstrate the Ruggels Orientation which is used to check the fitness of applicants for flying in the United States. The engineers stand near the machine used for the Ruggels Orientation. An engineer sits on a three axes chair and demonstrate its operation. An engineer sits in the machine and demonstrates the examination.
Activities of the U.S. Army Air Service in the United States. A Curtiss PW-8 in flight. The PW-8 performs a barrel roll, a double roll and a tail spin while in flight. An aerial view of houses and buildings. The PW-8 flies on its back and the pilot controls it perfectly.
Activities of the U.S. Army Air Service in the United States. An XA-1 ambulance plane taxis. Two patients in the plane. The XA-1 in flight.
The U.S. Army Air Service demonstrates the effectiveness of aerial bombing in the United States. A phosphorus bomb explosion on the mast of the USS Alabama battleship. A smoke screen is laid up during the bombing test.
American aviation pioneer Glenn Hammond Curtiss sits at the controls of his first aircraft. Two mechanics assist in starting the engines. The first Curtiss aircraft takes off. Louis Bleriot, who was the first to fly across the English Channel, sits at the control of his aircraft in France. Lincoln Beachey, the first man to perform aerobatics in an airplane, dives his first aircraft which is a Curtiss model. Spectators are lined at a fence and watch him flying.
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