Charles A. Lindbergh visits Henry Ford and some of his staff at Ford Airport, Dearborn, Michigan, on his national tour of the 48 States, in his Spirit of St. Louis airplane. He converses with Henry Ford and some pilots and Ford executives. Then he walks to his airplane, where he poses briefly, in flight jacket and raised goggles, for pictures. He then climbs aboard the Spirit of St. Louis, starts its engine, and taxis out.
A C-47aircraft in flight in the United States. The C-47with a dangling cable and a hook trailing behind it flies low over a field. It snags a cable supported between standards. The cable is attached to an Army glider, sitting on the field, which the C-47 proceeds to pull off the ground and into the air. The C-47 continues in flight, towing the U.S. Army Air Corps glider.The action is repeated again by another aircraft and glider.
Commercial airplane reliability tour at the Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Several single engine Ford aircraft parked on a field. The founder of the Ford Motor Company Henry Ford and a man walk to the aircraft. A pick up truck in the background. Henry Ford with a man as they stand near the tail of the aircraft. A large hangar in the background. A sign on a doorway in the background reads 'Ford Airport'.
Commercial airplane reliability tour at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. The president of the Ford Motor Company Edsel Ford waves off a flag as a Swallow aircraft numbered 16 piloted by Earl Rowland takes off. A Fokker aircraft numbered 20 being waved off. A 'Carrier' aircraft piloted by Casey Jones and a Martin aircraft piloted by L.B. Richardson take off. A Ford all metal airplane piloted by Edward G. Harrington takes off. A mooring mast in the background.
Commercial airplane reliability tour at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Two men work on a partially inflated balloon. Weights around the edge of the balloon. Aerial view of five balloons at a field during the Detroit News Balloon Race Trophy. 'Skylark' balloon piloted by W.C. Naylor and Kenneth Warren ascends. 'Club' balloon piloted by Charles D. Williams and Arthur G. Schlosser with Dr. Geo M. LeGalle. The balloons ascend. A mooring mast in the foreground. Aircraft fly overhead. 'Goodyear IV' piloted by J.A. Bottner and W.W. Morton with H.M. Maxson in flight. 'Highball II' piloted by S.A.V. Rasmussen, E.J. Hill and S.A. Mitchell in flight as it ascends.
Commercial airplane reliability tour for the Edsel B. Trophy at Ford Airport in Dearborn, Michigan. Cars parked at the airport. People stand under the wings of an aircraft due to rain. An aircraft flies overhead and lands on a muddy field. A searchlight being used to help pilots find the the airport. Henry Ford in rain coat, conversing with William B. Stout, head of the Stout Metal Airplane Division of the Ford Motor Company. Ford steps away and Stout discusses something with another man, who refers to a paper, perhaps a flying schedule. Ford walks past in background.
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