Can you handle yet another photo thread? ... actually I've owed a thread to a certain WIX member for some time. Hope this works.
Naval Aircraft Factory/Interstate TDN-1 attack drone (Bureau # 17308) Ready for its first (piloted) flight at Naval Air Station, Traverse City, Michigan on 19 May 1943. Pilot was Lieutenant C.C. Corley. The plane's Bureau # is crudely marked on the engine cowlings, fuselage and vertical tail. Note the stepladder and nose wheel towing bar.
Naval Aircraft Factory/Interstate TDN-1 attack drone (Bureau # 17308) On its first (piloted) flight, near Naval Air Station, Traverse City, Michigan, 19 May 1943. Pilot was Lieutenant C.C. Corley. The TDN was intended to serve as a television-guided flying bomb. Note the antennas atop the fuselage, behind the wing, and aperature for a television camera in the center of the plane's nose. The plane's Bureau # is crudely marked on the engine cowlings, vertical tail and rudder, and the horizontal stabilizer. This view looks north from over Franke Road, immediately south of the west side of Traverse City. Silver Lake Road is in the upper distance, with the State Hospital Farm visible in the upper left.
Naval Aircraft Factory/Interstate TDN-1 attack drone (Bureau # 17308) On its first (piloted) flight, near Naval Air Station, Traverse City, Michigan, 19 May 1943. Pilot was Lieutenant C.C. Corley. The TDN was intended to serve as a television-guided flying bomb. Note the antennas atop the fuselage, behind the wing. The plane's Bureau # is crudely marked on the forward fuselage, vertical tail and rudder. This view looks west-northwest, several miles south of Traverse City. Chum's Corner, the intersection of north/south highway M-37 and east/west highway US 31, is in the lower right. The southern part of Silver Lake runs across the center of the view, with Bass Lake beyond and Long Lake in the distance.
USS Sable (IX-81) In West Grand Traverse Bay, off Traverse City, Michigan, for flight tests of TDN-1 drones, 10 August 1943. A crane barge is under tow near the ship. This view looks north, with Old Mission Peninsula in the right distance and Marion Island visible beyond the barge in the left center
USS Sable (IX-81) In West Grand Traverse Bay, off Traverse City, Michigan, with two TDN-1 drones on her flight deck for tests, 10 August 1943
USS Sable (IX-81) Off Traverse City, Michigan, for flight tests of TDN-1 drones, 10 August 1943. A crane barge is alongside, lifting a TDN-1 onto the ship's flight deck. Note that its wings have been detached and are stowed on deck at left. This view looks south, with Clinch Park in the immediate center background. The tall building in the left center distance is the Park Place Hotel. The clock tower in the right distance is that of the Traverse City State Bank.
USS Sable (IX-81) TDN-1 drones parked on the flight deck, off Traverse City, Michigan, during flight tests on 10 August 1943. Note the inscriptions and cartoons on the aircraft noses, including Fatstuff and Coop's and Roy on the nearer TDN, and Dilbert on the more distant one.
USS Sable (IX-81) Launching a TDN-1 drone while steaming astern off Traverse City, Michigan, during flight tests on 10 August 1943. Another TDN-1 is parked near the ship's island. Note the dense coal smoke issuing from Sable's smokestack, and what appears to be a SNB twin-engine airplane approaching in the left distance.
USS Sable (IX-81) Launching a TDN-1 drone while steaming off Traverse City, Michigan, during flight tests on 10 August 1943. Note this aircraft's unoccupied cockpit. The TDN was intended for use as a television-guided attack drone
USS Sable (IX-81) Launching a TDN-1 drone while steaming off Traverse City, Michigan, during flight tests on 10 August 1943. This plane has assumed an excessive nose-up attitude and is probably about to stall. The terrain in the distance appears to be Sutton's Bay, indicating that the ship was heading westwards in Grand Traverse Bay, off the northern end of the Old Mission Peninsula. Note the J2F amphibian flying off the ship's port bow, possibly acting as a drone control aircraft
USS Sable (IX-81) TDN-1 drone about to crash into Grand Traverse Bay, after taking off from the ship while she was steaming off Traverse City, Michigan, during flight tests, 10 August 1943. The terrain in the distance appears to be different from that seen in Photo # 80-G-387175, and people in Sable's catwalk have moved (as has the photographer), indicating that this may be a different TDN-1 than that seen in the other photo.
Naval Aircraft Factory TDN-1 assault drone (at right) Drops two bombs while under radio control, in an experimental attack on a target (at left) in Delaware Bay, January 1943. A Grumman J2F Duck is ahead of the TDN, possibly acting as a control or chase plane
Naval Aircraft Factory TDN-1 assault drone (top) Makes an attack while under radio control, during experiments in Delaware Bay, January 1943. In this view, the drone's two bombs have hit the water just short of the target. A Grumman J2F Duck is beyond the TDN, possibly acting as a control or chase plane.
Naval Aircraft Factory TDN-1 assault drone Attacks a target while under radio control, during experiments in Delaware Bay, January 1943
Naval Aircraft Factory TDN-1 assault drone Explodes as it strikes its target, during radio controlled experiments in Delaware Bay, January 1943
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