Victory Through Air Power

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Movie (1942)

Starring:
Alexander P. de Seversky (himself)

A cartoon by Disney's studios which tells in the first part, the story of aviation; the second one recalls evolution of air power; the last one introduces A. de Seversky and the theory of his book about future air power and strategy. (note : some airplane are drawn with great accuracy but most have unsual details (for ex. : armament or engine) and a handful are pure caricatures).

Wright Flyer I

Santos Dumont 14-bis

Henri Fabre Hydroplane & Unidentified Aircraft

Flying lower, the first Hydroplane which flew for the first time on 28 March 1910.

Unidentified Aircraft

Looks like the Bristol Type T (but the real one has two rudder).

Disney's jokes

Where are the engine and the propeller ?

Another White Eagle, the cheapest of all the proposals.

Phillips Multiplane N°3

Santos-Dumont Demoiselle & Robert Esnault-Pelterie REP n°1

Robert Esnault-Pelterie was a french pionneer who studied aircrafts not with pragmatism but with really a scientific mind. He is the inventor of the joystick which was on his REP 1 (the red plane on this screenshot).

Ader Eole

This Flying Swan is in fact the Eole, the first trial of french pionner Clément Ader. This steam machine made a controversial flight in 1890 but Clément Ader is much more realistic in his opinion in future warfare.

Blériot XI Taxi-Pingouin

Here without engine, it's the aircraft with the shortest wingspan for very first lessons and training limited to taxiing.

Jean-Marie Le Bris Albatros glider

Joke based on the vintage 1856 winged boat of the frenchman Jean-Marie Le Bris. The original one was just a glider.

Blériot XI

Curtiss D

Eugene Ely took off from the USS Birmingham (14 nov 1910).

Ely landed his Curtiss pusher airplane on a platform on the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania (18 January 1911).

Curtiss D hydro

Wright Brothers Model EX

Calbraith Perry Rodgers who flew 4,212 miles in 49 days from New York City to Pasadena (17 september 1911 / 5 november 1911).

Caudron G.3

Farman HF.20 & Etrich Taube caricatures

DFW C.V & Morane Saulnier L Parasol caricatures

Fokker E.III caricature

Albatros D.II

General shape with incorrect wing struts.

Handley Page O/100

Albatros D.V

SPAD S.VII

Curtiss JN-4 Jenny

Curtiss NC-4

Vickers F.B.27A Vimy Transatlantic

Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis

Douglas World Cruiser

Lockheed Vega

Lockheed 14 Super Electra

Boeing Model 15

Alias PW-9 for the Army and FB-5 for the Navy. Given to be the first aircraft with a turbocharger despite several aircraft of WW1 have already such device.