Summary: 11,000 mile endurance flight (1929) of Army's "Question Mark C-2" plane, showing air-to-air refueling. Film also includes some information on transcontinental flight of T-2 airplane. 1) Air-to-air Army's Question Mark which is a modified version of the Fokker F-8 type aircraft. A C-1 early bi-plane flying above and forward of it. 2) Air to air from the tanker plane showing the Army Question Mark flying directly underneath. The nozzle of the gas line swings back and forth in the frame of the camera. WHILE FLYING SEVENTY MILES AN HOUR THE FUEL PLANE LOWERS ITS HOSE LINE AND THE QUESTION MARK TAKES ON 100 GALLONS OF GASOLINE. 3) Air to air of the two aircraft, showing the tanker plane lowering its hose to the Question Mark. 4) Air to air showing crew member on the Question Mark catching the fuel hose and dragging it inside the plane. 5) MS from the tanker plane. Camera pans along the top of the fuselage of the Question Mark to the fuel hose, showing the hose entering the plane, and the crew member struggling to keep it in position. 6) MLS FV Question Mark being towed by tractor is surrounded by ground crew. ARMY PLANE ENDS 150 HOUR FLIGHT. "QUESTION MARK" BREAKS ENDURANCE RECORDS OF ALL TYPES OF DIRIGIBLE AIRCRAFT (FOX NEWS). 7) LS Army Question Mark--crowd gathered on right of the plane. 8) MS crew being congratulated by other officers--plane in the bg. MAJOR SPARTZ (RIGHT) AND THE CREW OUTLASTS MOTORS IN GRUELING GRIND OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (FOX NEWS). 9) MCU Spaatz and another person. 10) MPS the crew lined up beside the plane. 11)MS Spaatz and the crew boarding vehicles. SAFE BACK INTO THE HANGAR--- ITS QUESTION ANSWERED. 12) MLS Question Mark being towed by tractor to camera left. THE MEN WHO DID IT. STURDY CREW OF "QUESTION MARK" (LEFT TO RIGHT) MAJOR SPAATZ, CAPT. EAKER, AND HALVORSEN, LT. QUESADA AND SGT. HOOE. 13) MS of crew. WORLD'S ENDURANCE RECORD FLIGHT OF "QUESTION MARK." "QUESTION MARK," JANUARY 1--7TH, 1929, ARMY AIR CORPS. ARMY AIR CORPS C-2, TRANSPORT BREAKS ALL EXISTING WORLD'S RECORDS FOR FLIGHT, REMAINING ALOFT FOR 150 HOURS, 4O MINUTES--ARMY AIR CORPS. 14) MS SV Question Mark--C-2. LEAVING THE GROUND JANUARY 1ST NOT TO TOUCH THE EARTH AGAIN UNTIL JANUARY 7. 15) LPS C-2, "Question Mark" taking off. REFUELING DURING FLIGHT. ARMY C-1 TRANSPORTS ARE USED AS SUPPLY PLANES. (Note: supply line being lowered). 16)Air to air C-1 in front of the C-2. It lowers the refueling hose. 17) MLS from the bottom of the C-1 over the C-2 showing the hose swinging back and forth in the camera frame. 18) MS INT showing officer in flying clothes looking to the rear of the aircraft. 19) MLS from the top of the C-2, showing refueling hose coming from the bottom of the C-1 aircraft. 20) Air to air the two aircraft in flight, showing the refueling hose connecting the two planes. 21) MLS from the bottom of the C-1, showing the hose extending to the crew member who is holding it in position in the C-2. 22) Air to air crew member signaling to the C-1 for the hose to be reeled back in. FOOD, GASOLINE AND OIL ARE SUPPLIED IN THIS MANNER. 23) Air to air of the refueling. 11,000 MILES, ALMOST HALF THE DISTANCE AROUND THE EARTH, WAS COVERED IN THIS RECORD FLIGHT. 24) LS C-2 landing. 25) MLS SV of the plane. 26) MS crew members leaving the plane and being congratulated by fellow pilots. 27) MS as they all stand around talking happily, congratulating each other. THE MEN WHO REMAINED IN THE AIR FOR ALMOST SEVEN DAYS: MAJOR CARL SPAATZ, CAPT. IRA C. EAKER, LT. E. R. QUESADA, LT. H. A. HALVORSEN, S/SGT. R. W. HOOE. 28) MS the crew standing next to their plane. 29) MCU pan L to R of the crew. PYRAMID OF EMPTY TANKS REPRESENTS 5,200 GALLONS OF GAS USED BY THE TRI-MOT0R PLANE IN FLYING 11,000 MILES. 30) MLS plane crew and ground crew posed in front of the mounds of gasoline cans (50 gal. drums). THE TRANS-CONTINENTAL FLIGHT OF ARMY T-2 AIRPLANE SHOWING PROGRESS OF DURATION FLIGHTS AND RELATIVE DISTANCE COVERED BY WORLD RECORD FLIGHT, SINCE CROSSING OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL IN 1909 BY BLERI0T. 31) Animated map of the United States: Chart gives comparison of endurance flights from 1909 through 1921. Good
