First film of an airplane flying

[Elvis]

So this was kinda neat. Came up in my YT news feed just a bit ago and had a great time watching this historic event....actually, events.
I'll let the video's OP explain...

Premiered Sept. 8, 2022
"This footage was thought to be from 1909, but very recently it has been discovered that it's actually a mixture of the 1908 and 1909 tests. In this way, they become the first moving images of an airplane, prior to the footage of Orville's flights in Europe in late 1908.
Wilbur and Orville Wright, five years out from their historic first flight at Kitty Hawk, decided to make a bid for the government contract. Tests of the Wright Flyer were first held at Fort Myer, Virginia, in September 1908, ending with a tragic crash that killed Army Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge and gravely injured Orville Wright. A recovered Orville resumed tests at Fort Myer with a new aircraft in July 1909."

...enjoy...


View: https://youtu.be/9SszsNHDCfI?si=Igpjt-lLp1Rl6jtV

 

[SaparotRob]

How times have changed. I imagine an aircraft carrier's crew can prep and launch a jet in less time.

 

[Elvis]

How times have changed. I imagine an aircraft carrier's crew can prep and launch a jet in less time.

What gets me is 4 guys picked up the airplane and carried it out of that shed.
Could 4 guys pick up, even something like a Piper Cub?
Wild to think about.

 

[SaparotRob]

What gets me is 4 guys picked up the airplane and carried it out of that shed.
Could 4 guys pick up, even something like a Piper Cub?
Wild to think about.

Ya' know, I'll bet there are members here who can legitimately answer that question.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

That is some scary shit. Look at that first bank to port and tell me Orville wasn't filling his britches.

 

[Gnomey]

Interesting!

 

[Njaco]

Wasn't there footage of the historic flight at Kitty Hawk or just pics?

 

[Marcel]

Wasn't there footage of the historic flight at Kitty Hawk or just pics?

I think there were only photos.

 

[Elvis]

Wasn't there footage of the historic flight at Kitty Hawk or just pics?

While pictures were taken of all the flights The Wrights did that day, I think there was only that one photo of the first flight...

 

[Marcel]

While pictures were taken of all the flights The Wrights did that day, I think there was only that one photo of the first flight...

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Indeed.

 

[nuuumannn]

While pictures were taken of all the flights The Wrights did that day, I think there was only that one photo of the first flight...

Taken by a life guard, John T Daniels I think, it was the first photo he had ever taken. There was a monument unveiled on the Centenary of Powered Flight at Kitty Hawk to him.

Awesome clip, by the way, Elvis. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.