The USS Akron (ZRS-4) over Camp Kearny, near San Diego, California,docking to refuel. A large group of sailors hold on to cables lowered from the USS Akron. They are being dragged by the dirigible as they try to arrest it, unsuccessfully. All the sailors let go of the cables, except three, who are pulled into the air. One of the dangling sailore, Robert H. Edsall, falls to his death. Moments later, Sailor, Nigel M. Henton, also loses his grip and falls. The third sailor, Charles Cowart, ties himself to the cable and is seen being pulled close to the USS Akron.
Ryan M-1 airplane aloft. A parachutist leaves the aircraft and descends with parachute fully opened. Men in an airplane cabin take pictures with motion picture camera. A huge parachute, large enough to support an airplane, deploys from a biplane, in flight. (It may have been manufactured by San Diego parachute maker, Jimmy Russell.) The parachuting airplane swings widely as it descends beneath the chute.
The first piece of airmail is displayed. President Wilson holds an envelope for mailing by airmail. Mrs. Wilson stands with him. Many officials and spectators are present. The Curtis JN-4 airmail airplane, piloted by Lieutenant George L. Boyle, takes off from the Polo field in Washington DC.
A circular-wing airplane, also called the Saucer Plane, or the Umbrella Plane. The aircraft, invented by Steven P. Nemeth, of Chicago, is demonstrated in flight. Views from an accompanying airplane, as it maneuvers.
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).
U.S. Army Air Force Major General Curtis Lemay, a civilian, and a four-star Air Force General (Barney McKinney Giles?) check their watches as they wait to formally accept the one thousandth B-29 aircraft from the Boeing Wichita, Kansas manufacturing plant during World War 2. Many persons from news media are seen with microphones set up at edge of ramp. Large crowd is gathered but only the edge of crowd is seen. The awaited B-29 taxis slowly toward the assembly after production completion and parks with engines running.
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