Ryan X-13 Vertijet Flight Testing (1955-1957)

National Archives Identifier: 66803 (Color, Silent) Summary: Reel 1, 882’: 15-23 APRIL l957. Scenes of X-13 No. 620 tether tests on ground service trailer (19 April l957), takeoff from trailer, transition flight from level to vertical position, aircraft as it approaches ground service trailer and makes a vertical landing. Includes scenes of H-21 in flight and hovering. Reel 2, 1083’: 12 DECEMBER 1955-9 FEBRUARY 1956. Scenes of X-13 being towed, first flight No. 41619 (12 December l955), conventional takeoff on fixed landing gear, unstable flight, and F-l00 and T-33 chase planes. Reel 3, 850’: 20 JUNE l956. Sequence of scenes of X-13 being raised into vertical position from ground service trailer, aircraft in vertical position taxiing on rigid gear -- shows a brief lift-off, and scenes of pilot alighting and boarding aircraft. Reel 4, 865’: 8 -- 11 APRIL l957. (Flight Nos. 54 and 55) Scenes of X-13 No. 620 taking off from ground service trailer; leveling off, and making vertical approach -- aircraft hooks ont