Ten-year-old Eugene Vidal, Jr. assists in test flight of experimental safety plane
Title card: "10-Year-Old Boy Flies New Plane" / Eugene Vidal, Sr., director of the Bureau of Air Commerce, walks past a new experimental safety plane, the Hammond Model Y monoplane, with son Gene, Jr. (later known as Gore Vidal); they examine the plane as it sits at Langley Field / 2-shot the two chat in front of the cockpit door / WS Gene opens the door and both get into the plane; sign on side of plane "Department of Commerce, Bureau of Air Commerce"; inscription above door "Hammond Y" / Eugene explains controls to Gene, who has his hand on the throttle / Gene starts the plane; hand outside the plane shuts its door / Eugene pilots as the plane taxis on the ground / VS plane taxis, picks up speed, lifts off / plane lands / 2-shot father and son chat, smile / Note: exact day not known