USA / DEFENCE: Wind tunnel tests on American airmen (1949)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Wind tunnel tests on American airmen showing the effects of flying at 350 miles an hour on the human face. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Safety of aircrews in the age of speed USA: California: Crowd watch Lockheed Constellation airplane (aeroplane) taking off People seated inside plane Pilot getting in to plane Pilot sitting in plane wearing mask and goggles Pilot shot from ejector seat out of plane before parachuting safely down USA: Pennsylvania: Philadephia: Man prepares for test in wind tunnel Man in wind tunnel test has face distorted by air being shot out Background: Wind tunnel tests on American airmen showing the effects of flying at 350 miles an hour on the human face. Also features an ejector seat test. FILM ID: VLVA8KOAUNZ42RVGEGIIPRFUOZ8TL To license this film, visit Archive: Reut