CONVAIR XFY-1 ("POGO STICK") DELTA WING FIGHTER<*> NAS, Moffett Field, Calif Part 1

Description

LS XFY-1 sitting on the mat, turning up; several trucks around; people working.LS XFY-1 leaving the ground, hovering over ground (about 15 or 20 feet) and then landing; takes off again, hovers again, and lands again.LS Some of the maintenance crew and equipment on the mat as the camera approaches the "Pogo Stick" (SV).MLS "Pogo Stick" sitting on the mat; many men and much equipment around.MLS Convair Eng. Test Pilot, J.F. ("SKEETS") COLEMAN, being interviewed (SV).LS XFY-1 sitting on mat; some of maintenance crew working on plane; equipment around.<*>This was the first free vertical take-off in history by a fighter plane.QUALITY: FAIR

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities