Post-WWII - 1940s, USA Aviation, Experimental Aircraft: X-1; X-4. ca 1946 - 1948

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Post-WWII - 1940s, USA Aviation, Experimental Aircraft: X-1; X-4. ca 1946 - 1948 Main Titles. 22:29:50 Intertitle: X-1 (upside down). CU Front of Bell X-1 on tarmac; rear w/ no. 6063, motor firing. Tractor towing X-1, barracks etc behind; backed into loading pit, tractor positioning B-29 above & X-1 raised, B-29 backed off & taxiing taking off, past. Aerial in flight w/ chase plane, X-1 drops & engine starts. LS X-1 & chase plane following. Contrail behind X-1, fast against sky. 22:34:10 MS X-1, rolling over & descending, landing; taxiing w/ rocket engine flame & taking off. 22:34:58 Engine starting, taxiing & take off. CU landing. First flight was 19Jan46. 22:35:52 Intertitle: X-4. First Northrop X-4 Bantam twin engine S/N 6676 on tarmac. Taking off from Rogers Dry Lake aerial in flight from above. Taxiing. NOTE: had no horizontal tail surface; only two produced & this one only flew 10 flights due to being unreliable. First flight 15Dec48 by test pilot Charles Tucker. Cold War; Aviation; Post-WW2; Oddities; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk