The 13th Academy Awards at Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. A reconstruction : American comedian Bob Hope receives a special Academy Award in recognition of his unselfish services to the motion picture industry. Bob Hope talks to Hollywood actress Ginger Rogers.
A test flight of a new USAAF (United States Army Air Force) Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft in Burbank, California. USAAF P-38s inside a hangar. Men seated on a wing of a P-38. The P-38 is pulled out of a hangar. A pilot wearing a mask on a bicycle. The pilot wearing a helmet and a mask gets in to the cockpit of the aircraft. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The P-38 in flight over the city. Mountains in the background.
Flight tests of Ercoupe airplane without and with an auxiliary jet propulsion at March Field in California. The flight test is conducted to furnish information on the effect of auxiliary jet propulsion on short take off distance and time, effect on stability and control and effect of blast from jet units on the airplane structure. Check posts at March Field. Men at machines during flight testing. The men enter a check post made of aluminum sheets.
Flight tests of Ercoupe airplane without and with an auxiliary jet propulsion at March Field in California. Check posts made of aluminium sheets at an airfield. A sign on a check post: 'Explosives'. Solid propellant sections leave thrust to be used in Ercoupe airplane flight tests at the airfield.
Flight tests of Ercoupe airplane without and with an auxiliary jet propulsion at March Field in California. Flight tests are carried out in early morning. The aircraft is piloted by Captain Homer A. Boushey, Jr. The pilot in the cockpit. Flight test crew unloads the boot of a car. The pilot in the Ercoupe airplane and the airplane is in hold down position for the measurement of static thrust of the propeller. Crew men assemble jet units for the tests. They work with the jet units. The car parked in the background. The airplane in stationary position for static tests.
Flight tests of Ercoupe airplane without and with an auxiliary jet propulsion at March Field in California. The Ercoupe airplane taxis with 2 jet units firing. It is piloted by Captain Homer A. Boushey Jr. The pilot steps from the airplane. Crew works near the airplane for static tests. (World War II period).
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