Five YG-1B early helicopters are pushed out of hangar by ground crewmen. Ground crewmen lock rotor blades into position for flight. Three YG-1B auto-gyros taking off from a grass field at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Views of five YG-1Bs in flight, then two auto-gyros land.
Curtiss Oriole airplane at Mc Cook field in Dayton, Ohio. Pilot Harry Block, Mrs. S.E.J. Cox and her son come out of the airplane. Hangar nearby the plane. Other men stand near the plane. The lady looks at a paper. They get into the plane.
An airplane with body like a fish stands on an airbase in Dayton, Ohio. Pilot comes out of the cockpit through stairs. Men work on the engine of the plane. Other men watch the plane. The plane takes off. It flies in the sky.
A machine teaches aviators about the plane in Dayton, Ohio. Pilot in the machine. New aircraft stimulator trains rookies in operation at Wright field.
Dignitaries attend ceremonies at the 38th Anniversary of the U.S. Army Air Force ( USAAF ) in Dayton, Ohio during World War II. Orville Wright and other dignitaries view from the grandstand. A captured German Junkers Ju 290 transport aircraft arrives from abroad for study, bearing the painted slogan "Alles Kaputt". The aircraft takes off from a runway. A new P-80 Shooting Star jet aircraft is displayed and takes off.
World's largest bomber (of its day) on first public demonstration flight at airfield in Dayton,Ohio. A Boeing Y1B-9 bomber taxis on ramp at Wright Field. The all-metal aircraft has open cockpits. Pilot in center of aircraft and crew member visible in nose gunner position. Change of scene shows a man standing behind the empennage of the parked bomber and moving its huge metal rudder slightly. The bomber taking off towards the camera over a grassy field, and later, in flight, .being observed and photographed from accompanying airplanes (partially visible).
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