Wright Field in Ohio. What causes jet airplanes to disintegrate. Air force. Airmen patrol runway looking for small objects, planes in background; CU of metal pieces in hands. Aerial shot coming into Wright Field, where problems of flight, past, present, and future are tackled. Shots inside grotesque structures where components are subjected to grueling experimentation. MS of model airplanes in motion, centrifuges, wheels turning, etc.