Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. Back home in Underwood, Maryland, however, his uncle Hiram F. Jenkins, owner and editor of the local newspaper, refuses to print the story. Nicholas quits and continues to work on his own airplane, with the devoted help of his little daughter Peggy. Peggy is actually the first in her family to fly when her friends, Patrick Falconer and Scott Barnes, induce her to get inside a large kite they have made, and run with it in a field until she is airborne. The kite is caught in a tree, however, and Peggy gets a black eye. Later, Nicholas dies when his experimental airplane crashes, leaving his wife and children alone. By Peggy's adulthood, planes are capable of flying at an altitude of 11,000 feet, and speeds of nearly 100 m.p.h. Peggy continues her father's obsession with flight by helping Scott and Pat to build a plane.
as Pat Falconer
as Scott Barnes
as Peggy Ranson
as Joe Gibbs
as Hank Rinebow
as Hiram F. Jenkins
as Nick Ranson
as Martha Ranson
as Young Peggy Ranson
as Young Pat Falconer
as J.A. Nolan
as Col. Hadley
as Galton
as Nurse
as Young Patricia Falconer
as Burke
as Peggy's Baby
as Red Cross Man
as Patricia Falconer at Age 17
as Reporter
as Nurse
as Cody
as Sentry
as Woman
as Nurse
as Nurse
as Woman
as Edith
as Field Employee
as Officer
as Nurse
as Nurse
as Matron
as Long
as Field Official
as Photographer
as Chairman
as Gen. Marlin
as Mail Driver
as Attendant
as Reporter
as Pilot
as Reporter
as Nurse
as Norma
as Mechanic
as Clerk
as Jones
as Photographer
as Reporter
as Mail Truck Driver
as Waiter
as Photographer
as Patricia Falconer at Age 6
as Girl
as Mechanic
as Reporter
as Jimmy
as Reporter
as Mrs. Hill
as Reporter
as Alcott
as Nelson
as Nurse
as Woman
as Photographer
as Nurse
as Cab Driver
as Baker
as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
as Young Scott Barnes
