# Monster Flying Wing, 1946/06/27

(1) "Inglewood CA: A new chapter in aviation development is written as the twenty-five-ton Northrup flying wing takes to the air. The tailless craft has a wing span of 172 feet and will weigh fifty tons fully loaded." (2) Personalities in the News - "John W. Snyder takes office as Secretary of the Treasury. He is sworn in by Fred M. Vinson, chief justice of the Supreme court. Benjamin Fairless, president of United States Steel, is awarded the Medal of Merit by Secretary of War Patterson, for his work as advisor to the Ordnanace Department during the war. John R. Steelman, the president's labor advisor, is sworn in as Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion." (partial newsreel)

- Kind: Newsreel
- Year: 1946
- Genres: History, News
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/1946-06-27_Monster_Flying_Wing)
- Licence or status: [Public domain (Creative Commons dedication)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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