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Former U.S. Army Lieutenants Lahm and Foulois recall their flights with Orville Wright in 1909

A film about the history of aviation in the United States. Retired Air Force Brigadier General, Frank Lahm talks about his first flight, as an Army Lieutenant, with Orville Wright on the Wright Flyer airplane, in July, 1909.Then, Retired Major GeneralBenjamin Foulois recalls how, as an Army Lieutenant, he flew the final cross-country and speed test flight from Fort Myer to Alexandria , Virginia, and back, again, with Orville Wright on 30th July, 1909. Film then shows that event, on July 30, 1909. Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois is seen climbing aboard the Wright Flyer airplane to accompany Orville Wright on the final cross-country and speed test required by the U.S. Army before it would purchase any aircraft. View of the Wright Flyer taking off with Wright and Foulois. Spectators watch in the background. View from another perspective of the aircraft taking off from Fort Myer, Virginia. View of the Wright Flyer being moved by several soldiers after landing back on the Fort Myer drill ground. (In his comments about this, Foulois notes that the flight set three world records: flying ten miles cross-country; attaining altitude of 600 feet, and speed of 42.5 miles per hour.)

Date: 1953
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068446
President Woodrow Wilson reviews Army units at Fort Myer during World War 1.

President Woodrow Wilson reviews Army units at Fort Myer. Officers on horses. Troops ready for inspection. The President and other officials arrive for the ceremony. The President along with Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker on stage. They inspect the troops. Soldiers approach the stage, greet the President and salute. A photographer takes pictures. People watch the event.

Date: 1917
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020879
U.S. Army personnel move the Wright airplane to the launching site for an official exhibition of its flight in Virginia, U.S.

Official trial of the Wright airplane at Fort Myer in Virginia, United States demonstrating compliance with specifications in the presence of the Aeronautical Board, U.S. Signal Corps. The storage building for Wright airplane at Fort Myer. U.S. President William Taft looks through doors which are surrounded by U.S. Naval and Army officers and civilians. President Taft in the crowd. Army personnel removing the doors from the building. Men remove the airplane from the hangar. They move the airplane across to the launching site near the headquarters building at Fort Myer.

Date: 1909, September 27
Duration: 3 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675075723
U.S. 3rd Infantry Regiment soldiers lead a military funeral procession for General Jacob Devers at Fort Myer in Virginia.

United States Army 3rd Infantry Regiment also known as 'Old Guard' during the funeral of General Jacob Devers at Fort Myer in Virginia, United States. Members of the 3rd Infantry Regiment on horseback. A riderless horse with a riding boot placed in a backwards position in the stirrup. Officials lined up outside the Fort Myer Old Post Chapel as soldier pallbearers carry a flag draped casket out of the chapel. Pallbearers place the casket on the caisson carriage. Honor guard lined up. Soldiers of the 3rd Infantry Regiment march in the military funeral procession. Deavers was commander of the 6th Army Group in Europe during World War II. Following D-Day, Devers was the first U.S. military officer to reach the Rhine River.

Date: 1979, October 19
Duration: 4 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021995
The Wright aircraft takes off from Fort Myer in Virginia, United States.

The history of aviation. Soldiers move the Wright aircraft out of the hangar building at Fort Meyer in Virginia, United States. American aviator Lieutenant Frank Purdy Lahm sitting at controls of the aircraft in July 1909. Orville Wright making final preparation prior to take off. Orville Wright get into control section of the airplane. Wright flier takes off from Fort Myer,Virginia. Headquarters building in the background.

Date: 1909
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070409
Launch of Wright plane in North Carolina on 17 December 1903 and in Virginia on 09 September 1908, United States.

Launch of Wright plane in North Carolina on 17 December 1903 and in Virginia on 09 September 1908, United States. Wibur Wright places wheels beneath wing on Kill devil hill, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States. Wright plane takes its first flight after launch. Flight of plane in France. Two men pull props through on the Wright aircraft. Frenchmen stand and watch Wilbur Wright who makes adjustment on aircraft engine. Launching tower at right. Wright plane launches by catapult in France. Civilians and officers attend the air show. Wright plane passes overhead. Flight of Wright plane in United States. Orville Wright and Lieutenant Lahm sits on control section of the plane. Wright plane launches by catapult launch track at Fort Myers in Virginia on 09 September 1908. Plane in flight at Fort Myers. Spectators watch the plane. Army personnel move the Wright plane across open terrain they remove hangar doors from storage building. Army personnel grouped around the Wright aircraft. President Taft stand along the spectators. President Taft walk through spectators.

Date: 1903, December 17
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025913
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