Newest Planes Break All Records

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Synopsis: Canadian 'Mosquito' bomber said to best fastest in the world. New U.S. Army observation plane can go anywhere the troops can...(read more)

Date: 1942
Duration: 00:01:40
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: Canada

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Newest Planes Break All Records

Canada's newest light bomber called the Mosquito is shown to the public for the first time. Air Force officers are keenly interested. Built of wood its said to out maneuver and out distance many fighter planes now in action. Test pilot Geoffrey de Havilland Jr, son of the famous designer, takes it aloft. Speed and range a military secret, the Mosquito is said to be the fastest bomber in the world. Even when flying on only one of its powerful twin motors Canada's Mosquito bomber carries a deadly sting.

The United States Army has a new and radical little plane too. Designed to go wherever ground troops can go it needs remarkably little space to take off and it climbs like a shot. Carrying pilot and an observer or cameraman the ship is highly maneuverable and invaluable for reconnaissance. Capable of landing on almost any field the tiny plane can turn around and get back in the air in a flash. The infantry's newest sky soldier, (the L-2 Grasshopper observation plane).

01:02:24:23

Test flight of de Havilland HD.98 Mosquito aircraft, nicknamed "the Wooden Wonder" or "Mossie".

01:02:55:21

Scenes of the Taylorcraft L-2 Grasshopper, Army observation and liaison aircraft.