Early Flight (b&w, silent, 16mm) Vintage Films

[capgurken]

Does anyone know what the plane was in Family Guy when Stewie says "You know, I vaguely recall seeing footage somewhere of something exactly

like this, which leads me to believe this probably won't work."????

[valic000]

great times and brave men,who make the first danger steps.. lovely!

[cadman2300]

And just think. Less than 10 years later, aircraft would be advanced enough to be effective tools in warfare.

[BoyScout1960]

Airplane designs from those days are funny to us because we KNOW how aviation works and how an airplane is supposed to look. The pioneering pilots of those days did not have that knowledge. They weren't using the textbooks, they were trying to write them.

[Maracangaia1]

Who invented the television? Who invented the internet?

Almost every invention is collective. The Wright brothers contributed much to aviation and aircraft control, as well as Santos Dumond.

The Writghts build a glider and put an engine. When the glider became autoproper is uncertain. Otto Lilienthal had done 2000 controllable glider flights between 1891 and 1896.

Dumond has shown that you can take off without launchers or track.

They, like many others, are heroes of aviation.

[Itsmeeman1]

@Maracangaia1 The Indians had Vimanas a thousand years ago. They took off vertically and flew like helicopters. Others flew like planes. The Chinese had rocket powered seats and ballistic missiles 3 thousand years ago. Don't get caught up with the Wright Brothers.

[heyther3456]

1:12-1:17 - Voisin-Archdeacon glider, 1905, France

1:18-1:22 - Bonney Gull, May 4, 1928, Long Island. Look for Bomberguy's full video here on Yt

1:23-end - Wright Flyer, 1908, France ? or Ft. Myer, VA ?

The rest - hilarious!

[odilonzinho7]

Santos Dumon the first

[SopwithT1]

For more information on a true early aviation pioneer, go to rockingwings.tripod.com

[hiperboreabrasileira]

uauhuhuauauaaauhuhan hilarious

[bikramkeshari]

I wish I could see the full length videos of each one of these.

[baherz123]

I feel the same way as paliarun. Flying is pretty outrageous for humans. I give them alot of credit for trying out their ideas.

[mercanaries3]

what the hell were they thinking back then??

a bird plane, heh if that really word that means we would be flying on metal birds now

might as well add a beak to the nose

[aattitude]

I find amazing how they were willing make that their last day of life in order to test their new designs.

Very ballsy.

[reply4reply]

it's funny to watch now, but without trial and error you can't have success

[ylesfitz8839]

Ok my top picks for funniest, #3 the first jet pack clip where they threw snow on him laughing, #2 the giant Bird, and #1 has to be the umbrella smash down (bang bang bang bang) hahah classic

[Dailybabble]

I bet the people who were making fun of the Wright Brothers are like "Fuck!" to their grave.

[jackasskidzify]

if i lived back in 1900 i would have attempted to fly

[DeepThroat1985]

Wonderful, Brave Nutters. We salute you. :)

[newstart2c]

pmsl at 0:17 lol can u imagine going on holiday via that type of craft lol

[abetmusic]

Very cool!

[DuguesclinBZH]

They were not the first to fly. Clement Ader was the first man to fly aboard a motorized aircraft heavier than air. The brothers are the source of the first modern form aircraft .

[zestydude87]

Were the wright brothers the actual first to fly or was it just first in our country?

[zperra]

1:10

Fail.

[clipcafe]

MyFootage website sells this footage in HD and all other formats

[bongmanabat]

i salute those early people who risk their lives inventing what they believe will be useful to mankind in the future..

[FrumpyShakes]

ah, a happy ending, one that flies.

[chrismofer]

i love the one at 0:40

[blaziken90]

the first planes are my favorites... look this short video of francesco baracca, the italian ace in 1world war!

[sanji7xy]

the one at .33 would had worked if that guy was sitting in the center of it

[dogdays6708]

Funny

[l0lr0flm40]

Did the guy at 1.20 die?

[JESSIEEDSELL21]

@l0lr0flm40 most people who were the test pilots for those things did die yes.

[heyther3456]

@l0lr0flm40 Yes. I was curious too & went looking. 'Bonney Gull', May 4, 1928. watch?v=97Udr_1FkiI

[metalaccc]

People try,Way not ?

[vipmd]

To fly is possible if you try!

[tenrazo215]

the rocketmail special would've flown if the c.g. was corrected.

[thisbuds4me]

0:51 epic fail

[IslandThunder84]

All these attempts resulted in epic failure... Then the Wright brothers showed up and changed the world forever.

[yurifulone]

but at the end should be the 14Bis of brazilian Santos Dumont

[Ramster211]

@yurifulone

No, it wasnt that great

[yurifulone]

but at the end should be the 14Bis of brazilian Santos Dumont

[jakicevic]

1:09 lol

[MlCHAELHlCKOXFilms]

That's hilarious... A great look at past engineering.

[heyther3456]

What is the suicide bird at 1:19-1:22? It flies pretty well then heads straight for the ground & gets smashed to smithereens

[heyther3456]

@heyther3456 After lots of searching... it's the Bonney Gull, 1927. Leonard Warden Bonney and Kirkham Motor Co, Flushing NY. Theoretically self-stabilizing. Crashed on initial takeoff. Killed the pilot Bonney, who learned to fly with Wilbur Wright in 1910.

[salinagrrrl69]

I loved this footage in the "Airplane" movie. "Targets Just Ahead!"

"Targets Just Ahead!" "Targets Just Ahead!"

[Twiztidguy]

anyways i understand the bird, i even understand the helicopter... but wtf were they thinking at 0:40?

[Twiztidguy]

Okay now in the background of this song play the benny hill theme song OR the hampsterdance. Makes the video come ALIVE!

[Fern0111]

awesome video to prove the power of persistence, in the end the did it!

[olisquercio]

humm... wright brothers fail, 14-bis by Santos-dumont was the first actual plane that could fly by itself

[PeterFardellSongs]

The Wright brothers were making half hour flights by 1905. There are witness accounts and photos (sadly no film) . Santos-Dumont was amazing, but his 1906 efforts in 14-bis were a long way behind the Wrights. The problem is that the Wrights took a long break from flying, and were notoriously secretive. Few doubted their claims though, once they finally showed off their plane properly in 1908 (although yes, they used a catapult to get airborne). Their superb control is what set them apart.

[ArmenDayan]

@PeterFardellSongs

the write bros were making a flight the length of a boing

[itshammer]

56 is jack ass the silent film hahaha

[DACLAWER]

1:02 

[lizcom24]

I'm currently looking for footage of falied flight attemps? Any suggestions for finding unaltered footage?

[lizcom24]

I'm currenlty searching for unedited footage of failed flight attempts. Any suggestions as to where I could look?

[Thief207]

lol

[operationnorthwoodz]

Needs silly music.

[Skylinetga]

Nice FAIL Video... Including Wright Brothers =D

Thanks for the invention of the airplane Santos Dumont!

[kingmarl365]

They all looked low-budget, especially 0:22.

[SonOfRojBlake]

The guy at 0:30 was LUCKY!

[aenigmate]

I can't help but smile and feel proud of our grandparents.

[Bladerunner93]

1:13 I'd like to try that

[KJS72]

Pure Genius!

[thesweatleaf]

OK, these attempts can be summed up in two words: IRON BALLS!

[morgulddt]

Es gracioso y a la vez conmovedor. Increible lo que el ingenio humano puede lograr o idear.

[MrRCwiz]

The rocket mail one would have worked if it wasn't so tail heavy. And I'm not going to lie, I laughed whith the guy and the rockets.

[asusp3v4x]

beautiful ... great ideas... 

[Daniel260289]

0:45 the first low rider car auhsushausauhsa

[Nathoia]

where is 14 bis???

[3ombieautopilot]

i lold at 0:40

[Godsinwar]

Fantástico documento!!! Francis Bacon tinha razão: "O Homem é o que sabe". UAUUUUU!!! ´[BP

[Mtrhd0024]

Hahaha, glad that video was around even back then, to record all those crazy flying conraptions! And these people weren't stupid, they were just inventors, trying out new stuff; seeing what worked and what didn't. The wright brothers failed a heck of a lot of times before they were successful! No need, to bash, its that 101st attempt that ends up being successful, you're only a failure if you give up before you get there!

[Toracube]

:44 ....A Bed that hops. Nearly...Plan B, I guess

[pixiewilson42]

@Toracube a bed that breaks...lol..

[yipwaileung1945]

funny  -.- !

[glimmer2158]

1:07 The Rocketeer's first attempt at takeoff

[toomanynotes1]

Kitty Hawk! Every time I see the Wright Bros. footage I think, "And so it begins." It's amazing they caught their flight on film.

[ingareinar007]

No, people weren`t stupid back then. They had to figure the way of flying, an amazingly coplicated thing. They had to start somehvere, the idea was there. Look at the first try to go submercial, "the Turtle", totally unusable, but the idea was set! So then it was started. Ehh, what do we have now? USA have the most fantastic subs now! There is only one `nonparalell to this: The Viking ships! With modern models, computers and highteck, they haven`t figured out a better sailingship like they had!

[ingareinar007]

sorry, some typos. ohh

[drewbrazil918]

FISRT FRYING 14-BIS IN FRANCE

[jonfarr2]

Rocket powered figure skating was short lived 1930s Olympic event.

[ingareinar007]

@jonfarr2 hahaha, but should be tried again! hahaha like the Coyote..:)

[djcountry1985]

the wright brothers had some wacky airplane designz

[andraken]

The title of this clip could be "EPIC FAIL"

[StuntedSnail]

wow, thats amazing at the end. thats why you should always follow your dreams.

[EmperorOfMars]

"Just follow your nose!"

[JackBlair2]

All naysayers can FUCK OFF. America is #1, bitches!

[hunterziegelmann]

LOL at jetpack on first try they started throwing snow on it XD

[fugazipythons]

If u think about it these guys were really CRAZY for trying these things!

[ysbaddaden2003]

Home movies from John McCain's flight training school?

[ryderfly]

lol wright bros killed it thanks to them aviation is were it is

[2Str0k3]

ROFL those are some crazy inventions. But if no one had ever made such the modern machines wouldnt exists.

[paliarun]

People making stupid comments here should put themselves in the shoes of the people back than and try to think what would they have done with the limited knowledge about aerodynamics at that time. Watching this video I only develop huge respect for the enquiring human spirit.

[tifosaurus]

+1000, I totally agree!

[jackjude]

@paliarun these are hardy - or the ones which are funny which is most of them - 'serious' attempts. A bird plane that can't even flap one wing, a crazy bouncing car and rocket skates with the a tray of bangers on a backpack? These have been kept because they were funny at the time.

[boazrg]

@paliarun Yes! Eliminating the ideas that failed brought us closer to the ideas that succeeded. Remember that inventors lacked the base of knowledge we now have, and that the whole concept of manned flight was widely ridiculed at the time.

[jackjude]

@paliarun ...many of .these aren't serious attempts, and would have been seen as comic at the time, you sanctimonious bore.

[ssfskater65]

people were dumb back than

[fairyheli2]

you invent youre own spacecraft, make a video of it, so people 100 years in the future can call you dumb

[peacockrepublic]

for real

[bluesharmonicaplaya]

@fairyheli2 Thats why Scotty developed the teleportation device for the Enterprise.

[Nigstesaba]

wow this is funny i can't stop loughing.kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[Stunt101Rider]

LOL we really did try to make it flap its wings!!!

[animeuserone]

It looked like plain stupidity when in the early years for anyone to put rockets on their back and hope they go flying through the sky. I wonder how many times injuries and deaths it ttook before they invite a flight pack (like the ones used at Dinseyland).?

[shakenama]

If it wasn't for those who have the ideas and the imagination - We wouldn't have things like the jetpack, the plane or the shuttle.

[DeadJerker]

Poor bastards. Some of those things look like they couldn't fly across a room

[flixmsncom]

nice clip!

[grrrbuddy]

42 is my fav, lol

[aghyoul09]

how did you get this footage

[StormyDrake]

Much of this stock footage is used by pretty much anyone making a documentary about the history of flight. I'm actually disappointed the video didn't show the one plane with like 10 sets of wings on top of each other.

[jpGaiamundo]

"Amazing funny video - Failed attempts at flying" xD

[ingareinar007]

The rocket-guy reminds me of the Coyote cartoon, hahaha.. cool

[20083803]

is there a way i can out a video like this or this one onto itunes?

[mastermikeypresents]

lmao 1:10

[moviemonkeys]

The one at 0:38 looks so funny...

[worldwar2madman]

nearly all of them are ornithompters. thinking they could fly by mimiking a birds wing action!

[Amaranteification]

Good vídeo, but who created the plane was Santos Dumont.

[unclebobunclebob]

"the desieses?" You have to be kidding with that spelling. I mean, come on.

"ancesters" too...to say nothing of "decendent"

and "grandparrents"

We've come a lot farther in flying than in spelling.

[treborly]

any specs on the machine at 35 sec?

the helicopter one.

[juaumgnr]

AND SANTOS DUMONT??

[ysbaddaden2003]

Looks more like earlier attempts at air conditioning.

[MeXx92]

funny :D:D:D

[altoids79762]

i wish i lived back then if it werent for the desieses

[dalestarnes]

i have a copy of this film.

[SEGAClownboss]

ROFLMAO

Man, it's hard to believe our grandparrents were such n00bs at flying!! XD

[jamesfz6]

more like great grandparents. this was around the turn of the century. For most nowadays it could have been greatgreat grandparents

[altoids79762]

i wonder how my ancesters lived cause im mexican lol cause what if im a decendent of hernon cortez or montezuma

[BearFlight]

Santos Dumont's 14bis, only flown twice, 1st on 10/23/1906 for 197 feet and then on 10/12/1906 for 722 feet. Orville Wright had flown for 24 miles (in continuing circle) on 10/5/1905 and there were hundreds of witnessess to that flight. Dumont's only successful aircraft was his 1909 Demoiselle, but he (Dumont) had used the Wright's patented 3-axis control system without permission and landed in French court for his abuse of the Wright's work. When he retired (1910) the Wrights dropped the suit.

[BearFlight]

The Wright brothers developed the basis for aeronautical engineering and invented the 3-axis control system (US Patent 821,323 issued 5/22/1906). There had been 8 individuals get off the ground prior the Wright's 1st flight on 12/17/1903.

[pentogram23]

wright brothers didnt invent the airplane ..they showed us CONTROLLED FLIGHT".........

[AstoundedAtheist]

This video sucks. I can't hear the sound!

Just kidding, I'll stop now :-)

[jackmarshak]

I don't understand how the one at 1:20 is a failed attempt. It flew...not far but it flew. Looks like may have flown just as far or maybe further than the Wright flyer.

[xXKentoXx]

Epic fail except that helicopter thing and the wright bros I cant belive flights happened in only 100 years ago

[alisson9137]

Santos Dumont is the real father of aviation, the world knows it, but america wont accept it!...yes....sou brasileiro e acho isso um absurdo,santos dumont é o pai da aviaçao,e a america precisa aceitar isso...

[swissdragon15]

Santos Dumont is the real father of aviation, the world knows it, but america wont accept it!

[bobbyjic]

lol i call the umbrella car a happyhoppingfailingumbrellacar xD

[bobbyjic]

lol im scared of the one with holes in the wings wouldnt want to fly tht! O_o

[comicbookfanboy]

To quote Nelson, "HAHA!"

[ultimate24ultima]

All of those were EPIC FAILS. Except the Wright Brothers, of course.

[GreeboSanders]

How good of you to inform us all.

[RightToFly787]

Come on guys, stop trying to convince yourselves that the wright borthers were not the first ones to fly on a PRACTICAL heavier than air airplane. There is mroe than a video evidence, there is personal evidence in diaries and military evidence. Not having a patent on such a plane proves nothing- and I don't believe that Alberto Santos-Dumont or Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim flew first because there is NO evidence of that. Wright brots have evidence everywhere, those people above have not got sh*t.

[swissdragon15]

Santos Dumont was the most popular person in the world in the early 20th century, he flew in front of hundreds of people without a catapult, the brothers wright refused to fly in front of witnesses, also the replicas made of the brothers wright plane werent successful at all, while santos dumonts replicas were flying without problems, the planes we know today are based on santos dumonts plane, not the bros wright. America even bought plans of his plane, why didnt they take the bros wirght plane?

[TJFdiego]

This is bullshit that the wright brothers refused to fly in front of witnesses, they just couldn't fly what so ever lol i don't know why America still believes that W.B invented the air plane

[ChannelLightVessel]

I'm sure we've all seen clips like this before. Thankfully there weren't any of those "man at quayside wearing feathered wings" type attempts.

The flapping one has to be the best.

[GenericGene]

We are at a time in history 100 years down the track where the excitement of Nikola Tesla, Wright Bros, Karl Benz, Henry Ford and his mass produced Motor Car, Alexander Graham Bell, Guglielmo Marconi, Thomas Edison and his wonderful inventions & others that paved the development of the 20th Century has been reinstalled into the hearts and minds of those engaged in the development of technology passing into the 21st Century.

[NJRocks281]

titanic wasn't far off from that either

[pumapreto]

The first to fly a heavier-than-air machine was Alberto Santos-Dumont. Just check history from the Aero Club de France, the world authority in flight of then and now.

The Wrights have a patent of a glider but not of a powered machine! The sole undated picture proves nothing. By the time the brothers arrived in France, others had conquered flight, including Santos-Dumont with the first single-wing airplane, the Demoiselle.

[evilhater818]

Very cool, never knew that those existed.

[oprahouse]

hahahahahhahahaha some of those are funny as

[sammiexxx21]

The first person to fly a powered, heavier than air vehicle (aeroplane) was Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, (who is more famous for his machine gun). On Tuesday 31st July 1894 at Baldwyn's Park (formerly the site of a mental hospital, now a housing estate) in the London Borough of Bexley, his flyer was launched for the first time and successfully flew.

[fillerupagain]

The umbrella bouncing machine is the funniest most worthless contraption ever made! What did they think it was ever going to do? It makes me laugh ever time I watch it!

[GGigabiteM]

Lol, if they would have made it a corkscrew umbrella that didn't bounce, but only spin, they may have gotten airborne for a few seconds before the torque made the thing fly around and go out of control.

Most of the designs are absurd, but at least a few of them got it somewhat close to right.

[ingareinar007]

heheee, yeah! But the bouncing machine looks soo coool X)

And what if that "birdplane" would have worked?? X)

[Freemmaann]

xD they tryed to make a jetpack with few rockets tied behind him xD

[dkbust3r]

LOL XD

[ingareinar007]

Hehe, the jetpack is the coolest attempt I`ve ever seen. Like the Coyote.. XD

[creepyfr777]

One of them looked like a jumping bed!

[RusianSoudierSysk]

No discuss what!

Here in Russia, Alemanha.Japão, China, France England, and in most countries of the world, know that the inventor of the airplane was a Brazilian!

Only the head and manipulated American nationalist who were those such Brothers!

Since the plane was played them and not even left the ground!

Long live the Brazilian inventors of the airplane!

[danblckwd]

They had the idea of flight, but not the first working airplane. Americans were the first to build and controll a heavier than air flying machine. Thats like saying the chiniese were the inventors of the space ship, since they had solid fueled rockets.

[ingareinar007]

hehe, back to school? Being Norwegian, I write better English than you! Funny..

[tomanyasses]

back to school dumb punk kid and back to reality

[moravallor]

Does anyone have any information about the first machine shown in this video?

[ingareinar007]

One thing here folks: Why allways bring in racism or religion in matters that have nothing to do there?? Plain stupid if you ask me! Racism stinks to high heaven! Be good instead..

Norway

[tomanyasses]

called reality stay off the drugs dork

[ingareinar007]

Are you talking to a mirror?

[tomanyasses]

yes the one your in i see you for what you are

[ingareinar007]

hehe, stupid old man... you are a waste.

[tomanyasses]

young ignorant think your smart , nothing butt a smart ass, youll get yours for being so stupid

[ingareinar007]

Butt? Hehe, back to school oldie..

[tomanyasses]

what an idiot comment sounds good never works in reality always some puke thinks hes smart making idiot comments

[TheBestGuitarSoloEVR]

@ingareinar007 You mean religeon right? ZING!