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TEST FLIGHTS OF JET-PROPELLED PLANE (YP-59A) & ROCKET ASSISTED F4U, PATUXENT RIVER, MARYLAND Part 1
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1) MS F4U with rocket attachment is wheeled out.2) MS P-59 wheeled out.3) MS Pilot gets in P-59. SCU Jet exhaust spits flame.4) LS P-59 takes off, in flight, lands-SV.5) MS F4U with rocket, warms up, taxis, in flight, lands, taxis-SV.6) AVL F4U in flight. MS P-59 in hangar.7) SCU F4U with rocket attachment.8) GV F4U, pilot in cockpit.
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General Records of the Department of the Navy
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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities
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