[Aerocar III, showing wing attachment, takeoff, flight, and landing, circa 1968]

Title

[Aerocar III, showing wing attachment, takeoff, flight, and landing, circa 1968]

Description

Film footage of the Aerocar III (N100D), showing wing attachment, takeoff, flight, and landing, Washington State, circa 1968. The footage begins with the Aerocar in its car configuration, towing its folded wing attachment. Molt Taylor and an unidentified man then convert the Aerocar to its plane configuration and take off from an unidentified airfield. The Aerocar is shown in flight, landing, and taking off. Other identified aircraft at the airfield include a Cessna 150B, Cessna 172K Skyhawk, Cessna 140, Piper PA-18-150, Piper PA-18-A, and Cessna 180. The final segment features an unidentified woman posing with the Aerocar as others take photographs, followed by a few shots of flowers and trees.

The footage is in color and is silent.

Label on film container: "Aerocar."

Date

1968 circa

Creator

Extent

1 film reel (6 min, 22 sec.) : silent, color ; 8 mm

Rights

Bibliographic Citation

The Roy A. Parsons Aerocar Film/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

1992-01-11_AV_001_01

Collection Organization