C 46 Test And Sikorsky Helicopter (1952)

Unused / unissued footage - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Flash frame American newsreel titles read: ’C46 PASSES “DEAD ENGINE“ SAFETY TEST’. Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. Air to air shots of C 46 plane in flight. M/S of sandbags in plane, bringing the load to 3000 lb over the limit. M/S of pilot at controls. C/U of pilot’s hand levering controls. Air to air shot as one engine is cut dead in flight. L/S of plane with one engine dead landing. Intertitles read: ’1st ’COPTER OK’d FOR SCHEDULED AIR SERVICE’. Bridgeport, Connecticut. M/S of helicopter builder Igor Sikorsky receiving certificate of air worthiness after his Sikorsky S 55 helicopter has been approved for scheduled airline passenger service. C/U of certificate. M/S of Sikorsky bidding pilot Jim Shuder good flying. M/S Shuder closing cockpit. Several shots of helicopter in flight. C/U of Sikorsky looking up. L/S of helicopter landing on top of chimney. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITI