Disc Flight Development, Avrocar I Progress Report
- Date
- 1959-05 to 1960-04 (catalog coverage)
- Location
- not stated
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Release
- National Archives (NARA)
- Type
- video
Summary
Catalog film item on the Avrocar disc flight development program. The catalog describes static testing of Avrocars Nos. 1 and 2, the first flight on 12 November 1959, and wind-tunnel testing at Ames Research Center, California. Digitized file: 1418 s video, audio present (mean -30.2 dB); keyframes show a hand on a control stick, a disc vehicle on the tarmac by a building, and the disc hovering.
Note
Media file described from catalog text, file metadata and three keyframes only; not transcribed.