View from nose canopy of a U.S. Army Air Forces B-29 bomber, as it taxis behind another at Isley Field, Saipan, during World War 2. Next, the B-29 is on the active runway, accelerating for takeoff.
Types of airplanes in the United States prior to 1917. Orville Wright takes off, flies a short distance and lands in an early airplane. The Wright airplane takes off accompanied by a De Havilland airplane. An early blimp in flight.
August 8, 1908 newspaper front page story about the Wright Brothers first public demonstration flight completed in France. Wilbur Wright adjusting a launching wheel for their airplane. Horses pull the airplane across a field. Two men turn the propellers of the Wright's airplane to start the engine. Men maneuver the Wright airplane on a steel takeoff rail.
Developments in the field of aviation in France. An early model airplane taxis on a field. Trees in the background.
French aviator Louis Charles Joseph Blériot in France (opening slate incorrectly lists his name as Jean Bleriot). Blériot sitting at the controls of his first monoplane, the first to cross the English Channel. Louis Bleriot's airplane, the Blériot XI takes off.
French aviator Henri Farman flies his aircraft in France in 1908. Tail to nose section view of Henry Farman flying his aircraft. Farman prepares his aircraft for the flight, pours fuel in a gas tank from a small can. Farman's aircraft takes off.
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