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  • U.S. Army Sikorsky XR-4 Serial No. 41-18874.

Audio Visual
CID:
  • 149775
Corporate Author:
  • Sikorsky
Publication Date:
  • [1944]
Physical Description:
  • 1 digital video file (11 min.) : silent, colour
Class:
  • Digital Video Collection
Series:
  • RAeS Film Archive
Subjects:
  • Aircraft - Rotating Wing
Abstract:
  • 11 mins colour silent film showing the flying qualities of the U.S. Army Sikorsky XR-4 Serial No. 41-18874.

    A young woman is filmed collecting a small package from the helicopter and a man is then seen climbing up a rope ladder into the helicopter the whilst in flight. The film then continues showing the flying qualities of the VS-300A NX 28996 with Igor Sikorsky at the controls with the XR-4 in the background. A man is then seen descending down a rope ladder from the XR-4 . The same stunt is then performed using a single rope. The film then concludes with the XR-4 flying close to the ground with two men hanging onto the airframe.; ; This appears appears to have been made on the same occasion as is shown in the first half of NAL 906 018 but with different footage and more close-up views.

Notes:
  • Taken from reel NAL 906 041
Publication Date Information:
  • c.1944
Record Type:
  • Audio Visual

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