The U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker C-2 named the 'Question Mark' is rolled out and takes off.from Van Nuys, California, on New Years Day 1929 with Capt.Ira Eaker at the controls. Shortly thereafter,it is refueled by a C-1 airplane piloted by 1st Lt. Odas Moon and 2nd Lt. Joseph G. Hopkins., View of the The C-1 above and slightly ahead of the Question Mark, maintaining 20 to 30 feet of vertical separation, with both aircraft stabilized in level flight at 80 mph. The refueling hose is reeled out. View of the Question Mark in flight over the coast of California. At the conclusion of the mission, cut short by engine trouble after 150 hours aloft, the crew, Sgt Hooe, Lt. Elwood Quesada, Lt Halverson, Captain Eaker and Major Spatz are seen standing in front of their airplane, the FokkerC-2, Question Mark.
U.S. Army Curtiss B-2 Condor bombers being used for humanitarian purpose. Food being packed into the airplanes and delivered to snow bound Navajo Native American Indian people in Arizona. Men load bags of food in a plane. Men look at a map and chart the route with the help of an Indian guide. Aircraft in flight over a snowy region. Shadows of the planes visible on the snow. On the ground, food is distributed to the Navajo families.
Aerial view of flooded areas around river in Pennsylvania. Small island protruding out of the flood waters. Cattle and people are gathered on it. Several other small islands in flooded areas with a cattle and people on them. U.S. Army Martin B-10 bombers seen in flight, dropping relief supplies from open bomb bay doors. Flood victims eating in a community dining hall. B-10 bombers flying through hills of Pennsylvania.
Men work on gondola, of the high altitude scientific balloon, Explorer 2, a joint venture of the U.S. Army Air Corps and the National Geographic Society. The balloon being filled with helium. The gondola is attached to the balloon and it lifts off. One of the two-man crew can be seen standing atop the gondola, as the balloon begins its ascent. Scene shifts to the return of the balloon. Captain Anderson, pilot, and Captain Steven, in charge of scientific observations, are seen retrieving instruments from the balloon.
U.S. Army Air Corps douglas Model O-2C biplane (number 26-410) taxis and takes off (possibly piloted by Army Captain J.R. Schumaker). The pilot demonstrates several aerobatic maneuvers, including loop, barrel roll, double roll, tail spin, and inverted flight.
Shadow is cast on the ground by camera airplane as it flies slowly, above U.S. Army Air Service biplanes demonstrating high speed low altitude tactical bombing. Bombs can be seen exploding behind the attacking airplanes. (These are possibly Curtis A-3 Falcon airplanes of the 3rd Attack Group which pioneered such tactics in the Air Service.)
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