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Cavalcade of Aviation screen title.

Film (1941)

Production:
Joseph O'Brien (Production)
Thomas Mead (Co-production)
Graham McNamee (Narration)
Allan F.Kitchel,Jr (Script)
Henry Clay Bate (Script)
Jack Shaindlin (Music)

This film "Cavalcade of Aviation" shows the history of aviation beginning with the Wright Bros. and spanning through 1940. World War I forced advances in aviation history. This film includes various stunt fliers and pioneer pilots.

The Pioneers

Wright A

Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Wright A.

Wright Flyer III

Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Wright Flyer III.

Curtiss No.1 Golden Flyer

Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Curtiss No.1 Golden Flyer.

Blériot XI

Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Blériot XI.

1914 Europe in Flames!

Nieuport 28

SPAD S.XIII

SPAD S.XIII of the US Army Air Service

Airco DH.4

Airco DH.4 of the Royal Flying Corps.

Nieuport 28

94th Aero Squadron of the US Army Air Service.

Nieuport 28 of US Army Air Service.

SPAD S.XIII

American ace Eddie Rickenbacker from the 94th Aero Squadron of the US Army Air Service.

SPAD S.XIII of the US Army Air Service.

Keystone B-3

Keystone B-3 of the United States Army Air Corps.

Handley Page O/400

Handley Page O/400 of the Royal Naval Air Service.

Martin NBS-1

Martin NBS-1 of the US Army Air Service.

Martin PM-1

Production development of Naval Aircraft Factory design Naval Aircraft Factory PN-12. 27 airplanes built.

Martin PM-1 of the US Navy.

Unidentified Aircraft

Unconventional Lines

Unidentified Aircraft

Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Must be Mid-30/40s experimentation by the cars behind the ramp.

Unidentified Aircraft

Successful experimentation. Must be Mid-30s by the cars seen in the background.

Unidentified Aircraft

Gloria Rocket Airplane

Rocket plane test at Greenwood Lake, NY in 1936. Attempt to transport a load of mail across the state line and the New Jersey. It failed.

Unidentified Aircraft

Must be Mid-40s by the cars seen in the background.

Nemeth Parasol

Registration X13651, built in 1934.

Reg.X13651 Nemeth Parasol.

Unidentified Aircraft

Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others) - Human powered aircraft.

Unidentified Aircraft

Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing)..See discussion tab.

Cierva C.30

Registration G-ACFI, c/n 1. First flight in March 1933. Withdrawn from use in December 1938.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing).

Reg.G-ACFI Cierva C.30 of Cierva Autogiro Company Ltd.

Sikorsky VS-300 Second Configuration

The VS-300 helicopter was designed as a research vehicle that was modified iteratively based on flight test results. This version is the 2nd among 4 configurations. First test on March 6, 1940.

Sikorsky VS-300 Second Configuration.

Unidentified Seaplane (model)

Unidentified Flying Wing (model)

Unidentified Aircraft (model)

Unidentified Glider (model)

Piper J-3 Cub (model)

Piper J-3 Cub (model).

American Heroes of Aviation

Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis

Registration NX211.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg.NX211 Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis.

Wright-Bellanca WB-2 Columbia

Registration NX237. Built in 1926.
In this footage of April 1927, pilot Clarence Duncan Chamberlin safely landed the plane with two children on board with a broken landing gear.
Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg.NX237 Wright-Bellanca WB-2 Columbia.

Curtiss JN-4 Jenny

Phil "Jersey" Ringel, pioneer aviator and stunt flier,standing on wing of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny. He died following an airplane crash in 1930, ironically it was a routine flight and not a stunt performance.

Curtiss JN-4 Jenny.

Unidentified Aircraft

American woman pilot Ruth Elder known as the "Miss America of Aviation" in front of her undetermined airplane's propeller.

Lockheed Model 5 Vega Special

Ruth Rowland Nichols airplane in 1928.
Registration NR496M, c/n 619, named The New Cincinnati, owned y Powell Crosley, Jr.

Reg.NR496M Lockheed Model 5 Vega Special The New Cincinnati of the Crosley Radio Corp.

Tragedy in the Sky

Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster

Footage of the fatal crash of Lowell Bayles on 5th december 1931.
Reg. NR77V, c/n 1.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

NR77V Gee Bee Model Z Super Sportster.

Bellanca J-2 Special

Registration CS-AAK, c/n 1101. Built in 1935, registered NC782W. Sold to Monteverde Brothers, registered CS-AAK. Written off in 1935 after a crash on takeoff from Floyd Bennett Field, NY.

Reg.CS-AAK Bellanca J-2 Special.

Unidentified Aircraft

Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).[ See discussion tab].
Tragedy on the ground...

Goodyear Zeppelin ZRS-4 USS Akron

USS Akron at Camp Kearny in San Diego on the morning of 11 May 1932. When maneuvering the mooring cable, most of the mooring crew released their lines although four did not. 2 men died.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others).

Goodyear Zeppelin ZRS-4 USS Akron of the US Navy.

Bellanca J-3-500

Italian General Francesco de Pinedo attempted to take off from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, on 2 September 1933 for his flight to Baghdad with his Bellanca overloaded with fuel, he lost control of the aircraft and perished in the resulting fire, which also destroyed the plane.
Registration NC13199, c/n 3007. Named Santa Lucia.
Same footage used in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).