RADIO EQUIPMENT Part 1

Description

Summary: This reel contains two edited pictures, one showing a PQ-8 making a radio controlled take off and the other, the first flight test of television set AN/AXT-1 (XA-1). WF 26-7. PQ-8 Radio Controlled Take-Off. 6-7-43. PS showing the PQ-8 taking off followed by an AT-10 control ship. PS of the two ships coming up the runway after landing. WF 26-10. First Flight Test of Television Set AN/AXT-1 (XA-1) Wright Field, Ohio, 2 & 5 June 1944. Several runs over what seems to be an airfield and a river. Television screen shots all very poor. Television screen shots of an airfield and surrounding buildings. Good shot television, airfield, surrounding area. Television camera shot of aircraft parking area. Television camera shot of an airplane coming in for a landing, hitting runway and going on own runway. Good--Poor

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities