Notable people in the field of aviation in the United States. Major General Mason M. Patrick, Chief of the Air Service, United States Army with Miss Katherine Wright, sister of the Wright Brothers on the porch steps of a house. Rear Admiral William Adger, Chief Bureau of Aeronautics, United States Navy seated at a desk writing on a notepad. Colonel B. F. Castle, Treasurer of the National Aeronautical Association, seated at a desk. He looks at a document. Porter Adams, President of National Aeronautical Association at a gathering. Army, navy and other officials in the background. Frederick B. Patterson, Past President of the NAA presents a medal to Orville Wright, commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the first flight. A close up of the medal.
United States aircraft land aboard the aircraft carrier Langley off the coast of California, United States. A U.S. Aeromarine 39-B airplane,piloted by Boatswain A. Feher, comes in for landing aboard the United States aircraft carrier Langley off the coast off California. A signal man on the edge of the deck waves flags. Aircraft lands, but noses over and then completely flips over upside down. Flight deck crewmen along the edge of the deck rush to the stricken airplane.
A U.S. Aeromarine 39-B aircraft piloted by Boatswain A. Feher comes in for landing aboard the United States aircraft carrier Langley off the coast off California. The aircraft, marked A-6477, successfully lands on the flight deck.
A U.S. Aeromarine 39-B aircraft piloted by Navy Lieutenant H.J. Brow comes in for landing aboard the United States aircraft carrier Langley off the coast off California. Aircraft marked A-6466 makes a rough landing on the carrier.
An Aeromarine 39-B aircraf, piloted by Navy Lieutenant W.M. Dillon, comes in for landing aboard the United States aircraft carrier Langley off the coast off California. He successfully lands the aircraft, marked AS663, on the flight deck of the ship.
Invention of electric incandescent lamp by Thomas Edison in United States. Dramatization:Men in laboratory trying experiment with metal filament. Glowing bulb filament. Young man at piano. Man thinking and spotting spool of thread. Young man talks to assistants. On October 21 1879 the invention of the incandescent lamp light bulb. Men leaving. Man compares arc lamp and incandescent lamp. Thomas Edison lying down on table.