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keywords: early aviation, wright brothers, orville wright, wilbur wright, henri farman, glenn h. curtiss, wing walker lincoln beachey

Synopsis: Early aviation pioneers around the World and their aircraft in flight from the 1900's...(read more)

Date: 1900's
Duration: 00:12:16
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: United States, Europe

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History Of Aviation - Aviation Pioneers

History Of Aviation - Aviation Pioneers

The German Dornier Do X airliner with 169 passengers onboard takes off on October 10, 1929. Interior of aircraft showing news cameraman taking pictures of people on maiden flight of the German Flying Boat Airliner. Shows the Dornier Do X aircraft landing.

00:00:55;09

November 18, 1908. Wilbur Wright at Le Mans France made a world's altitude record by rising 360 feet. Note the balloons to determine the altitude.

00:01:49;02

The first Air Corps in the world was born in February, 1908 when the U.S. Army contracted for a Wright airplane to stay in the air for one hour and fly at a speed of 40 mph. Lt. Lamh, Lt. Foulois, and Lt. Selfridge were detailed to aviation duty.

00:02:22;14

Lt. Lahm and Orville Wright set a world's endurance record of one hour, twelve minutes, and forty seconds.

00:03:07;01

Lt. Foulois and Orville Wright make the first cross country flight, Fort Myer to Alexandria, Virginia and return.

00:03:37;04

Among the most successful competition of the Wrights was Henri Farman. Shows a Farman machine (airplane) as it appeared in 1908.

00:04:55;05

The Wrights learned to fly by gliding. This is a motor-less, man-carrying glider in Germany.

00:05:21;05

First flight of the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina December 17, 1903. Orville Wright was the pilot.

00:05:39;18

Wilbur's Wright's flight at Le Mans, France on August 8, 1908 convinced the last skeptic man could fly. Newspaper headline reads "Wright Glides In Air As A Hawk; Flies 2.17 miles in 106 Seconds".

Shows Wilbur Weight adjusting a transporting wheel to airplane. Two men cranking (starting) the motor on the Wright airplane by spinning the two propellers.

00:07:03;12

The early Wright airplane started from a rail and landed on skids. After 1904 they were catapulted into the air by means of a falling weight. Shows several men hauling up the weight that catapulted the plane from the rails into the air.

00:07:52;06

Shows large gathering of French men and women on October 3, 1908 that witnessed Wilbur Wright remaining aloft with a French journalist for 55 minutes and 37 seconds. Newspaper headlines reads "Wright In New World Record, Carries Passenger 36 Miles". On November18, 1908 at Le Mans France, Wilbur Wright made a world's altitude record by rising 360 feet as noted by stationary balloons.

00:09:34;07

Shows Glenn H. Curtiss, an American aviation pioneer, with his airplane at Rheims, France in 1909.

00:09:58;22

In the early days of aviation airplanes flew low to the ground for safety and "stunting" was unknown. Image of Lincoln Beachey the first man to "stunt fly" an airplane. Shows early days of "wing walkers" and "daredevils" transferring from one plane to another in mid-air. Air-to-air shot of early air dare devils.

00:11:04;13

Shows an odd airplane in the early days of aviation.

00:11:32;03

CU image of Orville Wright.

00:11:52;10

Shows a flight of early (vintage) airplanes flying in formation.