The U.S. Army Air Forces XR-1 and XR-1A Helicopters designed and built by Platt-LePage Company

A 12-minute colour silent film about the flying qualities of the XR-1 and XR-1A Helicopters c.1943-1944 designed by Havilland H. Platt and W. Laurence LePage. Includes footage of the XR-1A undertaking various maneuvres at the Platt-LePage site at Baldwin Locomotive Works at Eddystone, PA, on October 31 1943 (Jim Ray and Buck Miller piloting the XR-1A) and later footage which may have been nearby Philadelphia Airport where the XR-1A was often kept there - off and on - for flight testing from early January 1944 on behalf of the Pennsylvania National Guard 103rd Observation Squadron.
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Fascinating films - thanks for making them available