| Flying Test Bed | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1649 |
| Catalog #: | 355651 | |
| Clip Number: | 355651-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 031-050-04 | |
| Timecode: | 00:10:48 - 00:11:32 | |
| Location: | Torrance, California | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INVENTIONS: Transportation LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California MILITARY: Army, USA TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Experimental TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Technology | |
| Description: | In California, first tests of an army-sponsored craft that can rotate its propellers to vertical position for an upright takeoff. A very strange looking un-completed air craft. CUS - The control panel. MCUS - The plane is tied down and two technicians are holding it while there's a technician at the controls of the test bed. CUS - The engines of the test bed. MS - All the technicians well satisfied by the running operations of the test bed plane, | |
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