Post-WWII - 1945, USA Military: Aviation Progress - Power Glider - Pilotless Plane - Bat Plane

Post-WWII - 1945, USA Military: Powered Glider; Drone Demonstrated; Bat Missile Demonstrated Intertitle: Aviation Progress - Powered Glider. 03:54:57 Man into glider w/ motor; pusher motor starts, taking off along runway. Air to air in flight. Landing demonstrated. 03:55:28 Intertitle: Pilotless Plane. Pilot out of Navy Hellcat fighter, military men standing beside civilian w/ remote-controls. CU joystick & switches; plane taxiing on takeoff, maneuvers aircraft & lands plane. (real size!) 03:55:59 Intertitle: Bat Plane. Twin-engine Navy PBY aka PB4Y-2 Privateer carrying flying bomb aka Bat Missile. CU missile mounted under wing. Aircraft takes offk air to air of dropping missile, steered by radar shown hitting target ship. Drone; Post-WW2; Military Inventions; 1940s; NOTE: Bat Missile first used in combat 23Apr45 against Japanese shipping in Balikpapan Harbor. Originally called Mk 57 & Mk 9 SWOD (Special Weapons Ordnance Device). 300 produced in 1944 & 2,800 in 1945.