Aircraft landing during the National Air Tour in the United States. A biplane in flight from Schenectady, New York, during the National Air Tour. Another biplane in flight. The biplanes landing on the airfield at East Boston due to bad weather. A few men beside a biplane. Several aircraft on the airfield and the spectators watching the aircraft. Morris W. Titterington, inventor of Pioneer Earth Inductor compass, showing Pilot Geo Wies how to use compass in the instrument panel. Several people and aircraft on the airfield. An aircraft in flight over the airfield. The aircraft landing on the airfield. A man signals to the aircraft. The Ford trimotor taxiing on the airfield. Men getting out of the Ford trimotor. Edward P.Warner, Assistant Secretary for Aeronautics, with a few men. The group of men posing beside the Ford trimotor. Pilot Meyers with a monkey on his shoulder on the airfield. Several men and an aircraft behind the pilot. Pilot Eddie Stimson, who leads on points, posing with a little girl Rose Shlee, on the airfield. People looking at the aircraft lined up on the airfield.
Officials load sacks of mail from a truck, into a Boeing model 40 airplane at an airport in California. The pilot stands by the airplane, wearing a seat-pack parachute. The fuselage of airplane has logo of the State of California painted on it. Several cameras on tripods stand beside the tail of the airplane. Formations of U.S. Army DH-4 airplanes in flight over California.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh arrives in Washington D.C., United States after his successful non stop trans Atlantic flight. Charles Lindbergh with mother in a car moving through crowd of newsmen and photographers. Army troops try to keep order as the car proceeds.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh arrives in New York, United States after his solo non stop Trans Atlantic flight. Ships and boats fill New York harbor and fire boats discharge plumes of water in salute. Charles Lindbergh enters an open car, at battery park, in lower Manhattan, and proceeds with mounted police and motocycle escort, in a tickertape parade up Broadway. Charles Lindbergh rides in a convertible surrounded by mounted police. Police foot patrolmen struggle to keep spectators on sidewalks. The sky is whitened by falling confetti and tickertape. Crowd is packed elbow-to-elbow in front of New York City Hall, as Mayor James J. Walker greets Colonel Lindbergh. Charles Lindbergh speaks to the assemblage. Crowds line the sidewalks as the Lindbergh party travels by car along the streets of New York City. View of Charles Lindbergh in open cockpit of an airplane.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh takes off on solo transatlantic flight from Roosevelt Field in New York. Charles Lindbergh poses with his mother in front of his plane 'Spirit of Saint Louis'. Charles Lindbergh then dons heavier flying suit and boards the plane. The "Spirit of St. Louis" hits a few bumps on takeoff roll and then gradually completes a shallow takeoff.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh acclaimed by French crowd at night, in Paris, after his solo non stop Trans Atlantic flight. Crowd of Parisians estimated at more than a hundred thousand turn out to greet him at Le Bourget Air Field. Part of the crowd begins to run to an illuminated building where Lindbergh appears on a on a window sill and waves at the crowd. The next day, French President Gaston Doumergue stands with Lindbergh on a balcony, where they wave the French tricolor. They converse, framed by American flags (one of which, almost falls from the balcony). Lindbergh holds and waves both the American flag and the French tricolor. Charles Lindbergh stands precariously on a window ledge and waves to French crowds.