Reel Number: 220473-19
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1945,1940s
Country: USA
Location: Dayton, Ohio
TC Begins: 11:28:01
TC Ends: 11:28:48
Duration: 00:00:47
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WWII - 1945, USA Aviation: Army Tests Newest Fighter Plane That Flies Tail First Intertitle: Aviation - Army Tests Newest Fighter Plane That Flies Tail First. 11:28:08 Views of plane, #278846, w/ elevators on nose & rear propeller. Testing at Dayton, Ohio; pilot in cockpit. Plane taxis, takes off & wheels up. Fighter w/ propeller on tail. Overhead pass. 1940s; WW2; Experimental Aviation; Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender; Note: #278846 was second built & now in collection of Smithsonian Institution.