CAVALCADE OF AVIATION 1930s AVIATION HISTORY FILM w, STUNT PILOTS EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT 26874
Love our channel Help us save and post more orphaned films Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This film Cavalcade of Aviation is comprised of newsreel footage depicting the progress of aviation. It was produced by Joseph OBrien and Thomas Mead (:21). The film is dedicated to the pioneers who had help to blaze trails in the field of aviation (:33). The very first airplane (:49) built by Orville Wright (:53) as well as his brother Wilbur (:56). Wilbur perished a few years after creating the plane. Their historic first flight took off from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in December of 1903 (1:04). Glenn Curtiss (1:11) is pictured, who hit a record speed of 47 miles per hour in 1909. Harriet Quimby is pictured hopping from her plane as she completed a flight across the English Channel (1:26). Europe in Flames 1914; aviation really came into age during World War I (1:41). Early fighter planes load out for m
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