Test Plane Crashes
Test Plane Crashes
In the first public test of a $5,000,000 vertical takeoff plane, "disaster" rides as the co-pilot. Lou Everett is killed as his experimental craft crashes during the demonstration. Edwards Air Force Base, Northern California A new Army test plane parked by the air plane hanger, state officials examining the plane. The test plane is taking off like a helicopter, straight up. The plane going through its paces, looking like a formidable jet fighter. As the jet passes Edwards Air Force Base the plane is rocking. You see nothing but black smoke rising from the desert floor as a crowd of men stand motionless. The pilot, Lou Everett plane plummeted to the ground killing him instantly. Wreckage of the plane strewn all over the desert floor, it had to be a very hard hit, because the pieces of the plane are very small and unrecognizable.