Our amusing little friend Bumptious again makes his appearance, and shows his versatility by entering the field of aeronautics. Needless to say he starts in with his usual unlimited confidence, and in the course of the picture again illustrates humorously the adage that “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” This time it is not a matter of expense which starts him on the road to a conquest of the air, but the seeing of the successful flight of one of the world’s famous aviators. The expression of wonder and amusement from his wife and others of the town folk naturally jar upon his sensitive nature, and he assures them that the whole thing is very simple and that he could probably do better if he tried. He does try, and succeeds in building a most simple and artistic looking aeroplane of his own, which after a private view by his particular friends is taken to a roof top and poised for flight. Of course a large crowd gathers, and after a brief dissertation on the beauties of his own machine little Bumptious takes his seat and starts the machinery. To his delight the aeroplane flies over the edge of the house and sails off into the ambient atmosphere. What he does not know is that far above him in the blue sky floats a big balloon, from which dangles a rope with an anchor at the end of it, and that this anchor is caught in the top of his aeroplane and had gently but firmly assisted in its launching. His friends take in the situation and it causes them great joy. We see successive views of the aeroplane dangling from the balloon and the perturbation of the two balloonists above, and finally of little Bumptious dangling from the front of the aeroplane in midair in a vain attempt to reach the ground, hundreds of feet below him. His motor spins the propeller around aimlessly in the air above him, and the next thing we see is a sudden descent. He lands in heap in a grassy place, fragments of the rained aeroplane strewing themselves over him in wild disorder, and this is followed by the alighting of the two balloonists close by, who no sooner strike terra firma than they proceed to wreak revenge upon the cause of their trouble, who is struggling to free himself from the debris, Their anger is so great that while they are engaged in pummeling our somewhat stout friend Bumptious they fail to note that their balloon has sailed away and left them, but they take it out of him finally and with such a thoroughness as to give him ample cause for the discouragement which is apparent when we see him limping home through the sunset, down and along a stretch of country road.