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Pilot Makes Belly Landing Of Prototype Plane
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keywords: bell xp-39b pursuit plane, bell airacobra p-39, test pilot captain george price, aircraft belly landing
Synopsis: Test Pilot Captain George Price makes a dramatic belly landing of the prototype Bell XP-39B Airacobra when the landing gear froze in mid-air. The Airacobra went into production as the Bell P-39 which was the principal pursuit plane used by the U.S. when it entered WWII...(read more)
- Date: 1940
- Duration: 00:01:16
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Pilot Makes Belly Landing Of Prototype Plane
Gripping scenes of the test flight of the Bell XP-39B Airacobra new pursuit plane on January 6, 1940. The landing gear "freezes" in mid-air, but Project Officer Capt. George Price, test pilot, saves the aircraft by landing on it's belly. Scenes of plane (aircraft) making a belly landing.
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- Newsreels: 1940 - January 22
