Historic early aviation and flight, and man's quest for flight: A man tries to glide with ornithopter type wings attached to his arms and back. He runs and is also helped by several men who pull on a rope attached to him. He falls and his aircraft wings collapse.
Model airplane builders and enthusiasts walk together carrying their respective model airplanes, in a gathering on an airfield. Some of the model airplanes have Academy of Model Aeronautics numbers painted on their wings, such as, AMA-6744, which can be seen on one. A large tent is seen in the background, as well as automobiles, a fuel truck, and airplanes, in the distance.
Jersey Ringel, aerial wing-walker and acrobat, stands on wing of a Curtis JN-4 airplane and then jumps to the wing of another, while inflight. He swings from a ring under the wing of the second JN-4. His name: "Jersey" Ringel, is displayed on fuselage of the airplane.
Replica of an early airplane, reminiscent of the Wright Brothers era, is pushed across the tarmac at an airport in the United States. Several newer model aircraft are parked at edge of the ramp.
U.S. Air Force F-86 (North American Sabrejet) fighter airplane taxis on tarmac at an American airfield. Two ground crewmen stand at edge of ramp. The cockpit canopy is open and pilot visible.
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).
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