Inventors demonstrate various flying contraptions with unsuccessful results. A man talks about his new invention, the ornithopter, jumps off a rock and crashes. A man test drives his rocket vehicle. Two inventors talk about their new machine propelled by human motion before testing and crashing the plane. An airplanes takes flight and then crashes into a wooden building. An invention explodes in flames. A plane with moving wings tries to take flight but collapses. A woman wearing wings discusses how she can teach people to fly like birds.
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