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Wright Field Flight Testing Circa 1945-46

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Channel: airailimages · 2017 · Autos & Vehicles

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Silent scenes from an old Army Air Forces production about flight testing at Wright Field include great views of the Wright Field flightline filled with American and Axis aircraft, probably in 1945-46. The prominent hangars were flight test facilities back in the day; later some were repurposed as storage, restoration, and overflow display facilities for the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Watch for the infamous B-24J Liberator modified with the complete nose from a B-17G Flying Fortress; note the captured Fw-190 and Mitsubishi A6M. There's a P-38 with an offset second cockpit to test aircrew reactions to movements far from an aircraft's centerline. An early P-40 Tomahawk tests multi-wheel bogie landing gear in the soft turf beside the paved runway.  Razorback Mustangs are seen in flight calibrating instrumentation for test purposes. Is that the lone Douglas B-19 on the ramp in the background?

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