- Having stolen a paper windmill from a toy store, Dusty Rhodes, an unwashed tramp of dubious antecedents, dashes along the highway to escape from the pursuing storekeeper. A man with a bicycle offers little prospect of resistance and the tramp secures his machine. He mounts it, and in his wild flight runs into a milliner's girl and a porter, whose big hat boxes becoming affixed to his wheel, form the body of an aeroplane; the windmill serves for a propeller, and it is thus that Rhodes mounts into the air over roofs and chimney pots, far from the reach of his enemies. In the clouds he enjoys himself serenely. The efforts of his poor fellow creatures to bring him down to their planet amuse him intensely. The military are brought out and a round of firing ensues; this is followed by the cannon shot of the artillery, but none of it disturbs the airman, who sails comfortably on his way without hurt or harm. The least of things, however, causes his fall. A youngster shooting with a popgun, directs his aim at Rhodes, and that bold and intrepid aviator comes to earth amidst the ruins of his machine within the space of half a second. He is captured and his flying days are brought to a conclusion by his hurries departure to prison.—The Film Index synopsis
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