Aerial view of the first public flight of a Lockheed Constellation (in Transworld Airways livery). Interior view of the cockpit showing flight instruments.
Pilot, "Doctor" Valentine Newbauer, and an assistant loading cargo aboard his failed flying contraption "Stratogyro," intended to fly to outer space and the planet Mars. Pilot Newbauer wears heavy flying suit and rubber boots. Assistant helps him don a metal helmet. He shows his special gloves. Pilot enters the plane, tests his controls and cranks a starter. Engine starts and large rotors begin to rotate. The entire ornithopter-helicopter machine vibrates, but does not move. Pilot shuts it down and steps out, removing his helmet and smiling. Assistants tow the machine back toward a shed. Repeat views of rotors turning; pilot testing controls; and cargo being loaded aboard.
U.S Army ground crews prepare Fokker C-2 Trimotor aircraft called "Bird of Paradise." Crowd at Oakland Airport as plane takes off. Aerial views of Oakland Airport and surrounding area, as seen from aircraft over San Francisco Bay. Aircraft in flight. Aircraft lands in Hawaii less than 26 hours later. Lieutenant Alfred Hegenberger and Lieutenant Lester Maitland are greeted by large crowd in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, as they were the first aircraft ever flown from the United States to Hawaii. Leis placed around neck of Hegenberger and Maitland.
Two girls move on road holding a banner which reads 'Dream of Music'. Crowd lined up on sidewalks in background. Procession of floats follow two girls. Various elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by trucks parade on road.
Airman along catwalk of USS Ranger. Men walk in the background along flight deck. Landing gears of A-7B Corsair II aircraft while it taxis along flight deck. Airman climbs up from catwalk to carrier's flight deck. Trucks and aircraft parked along flight deck. F-14 Tomcat aircraft taxis along flight deck. Pilots get out of plane.
Houseboats along water front in Sausalito. View of the San Francisco Bay. View of the houses and buildings in Sausalito. Boats at dock. People enter a house boat in Sausalito.
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