The history of aviation. Wilbur Wright and a French journalist fly in an aircraft in France. October 3, 1908 headlines proclaim the event. Wilbur Wright and the journalist get into the aircraft. Launching of the aircraft. The aircraft in flight overhead. Pressmen standing on the airfield duck as the aircraft flies overhead. The Wright aircraft flies overhead.
The history of aviation. Orville Wright stands the deck of a boat in the United States. Water in the background. Wilbur Wright and two Frenchmen stand on an airfield. A formation of ten early model twin-engine bombers.
Views from ground at Curtiss Aircraft Company airfield ( likely Buffalo, NY). USAAF P-40 Tomahawk airplanes buzz the field. First, they fly fast and low, individually over the field. After that they perform in close formation, making low fast passes. Brief glimpse of a Curtiss company employee next to a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft, on the ground, below the maneuvering P-40s.
Aviation activities in France during World War I. A French Spad VII C.1 aircraft takes off from an airfield near Chaux. The aircraft in flight overhead. It lands. A formation of single-engine bi-winged French bombers in flight
Aviation activities in France during World War I. A French Spad 11 aircraft parked at an airfield near Viefvillers in Oise, France. A group of American and French officers of the First Division standing and sitting beside the aircraft. A second Spad 11 parked in the background. A group of American officers of the 42nd Division, observers and photographers with the 1st Division stand beside the aircraft. These include Lieutenant R. T. Maddock, 17th Field Artillery; Lt. S. B. Nash, 151st Field Artillery; Lt. T. E. Hibbon, Captain H. B. Parker, Capt. W. B. Wynn, Lt. John S. Beekley, and Lt. J. P. Harmon of the 149th Field Artillery.
Aviation activities in France during World War I. A French Letord bi-motor, bi-winged observation and photographic airplane parked at an airfield. A ground crewman standing beside the right wing motor looks up at another crewman standing in the nose machine gun position of the aircraft. Several tent hangars in the background.
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