''Test Pilot Donald'' is a 1951 American animated short film featuring

Donald Duck Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie. Donald is known fo ...

and

Chip 'n' Dale Chip and Dale (also spelled Chip 'n' Dale) is a cartoon duo of anthropomorphic chipmunks created in 1943 by The Walt Disney Company. Concept The characters were first drawn by Bill Justice and introduced in the 1943 Pluto short ''Private P ...

. The cartoon was directed by

Jack Hannah John Frederick Hannah (January 5, 1913 – June 11, 1994) was an American animator, writer and director of animated shorts. Biography Hannah was born on January 5, 1913, in Nogales, Arizona. He moved to Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles in ...

and produced by

Walt Disney Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film p ...

. In the film, Donald flies his model airplane into Chip 'n Dale's tree. Dale climbs in and proceeds to cause trouble.

Plot

is at the park flying a tether airplane, unaware he is being watched by

. Chip is uninterested, but Dale is mesmerized and dreams of flying the plane. When it gets stuck in their tree, Dale hops aboard and zooms around the tree, but the airplane breaks down and lands. Dale fixes the plane, but Donald puts him under a jug, while Chip disciplines Dale for his foolishness. Dale steals the now-untethered plane and begins chasing and attacking Donald. Donald hooks the plane with a fishing rod, but is pulled along on a wild ride, until he manages to reel himself in and get aboard the plane. Seeing this, Dale parachutes out. The fishing rod gets caught on the roof of a building, making the plane fly around it. Later that night, Chip and Dale go to bed, while watching Donald still circling the building.

Voice cast

Clarence Nash Clarence Charles "Ducky" Nash (December 7, 1904 – February 20, 1985) was an American voice actor. He was best known as the original voice of the Disney cartoon character Donald Duck. He was born in the rural community of Watonga, Oklahoma, and ...

as Donald Duck * James MacDonald and Dessie Flynn as Chip and Dale

Television

* ''Disneyland'', episode #3.13: "Your Host, Donald Duck" * ''The Mouse Factory'', episode #1.14: "Aviation" * ''The New Mickey Mouse Club'', episodes C-057 (May 6, 1977) and D-072 (April 25, 1978) * ''Good Morning, Mickey'', episode #66 * ''Come Fly With Disney'' * ''Mickey's Mouse Tracks'', episode #20 * ''Donald's Quack Attack'', episode #63 * ''The Ink and Paint Club'', episode #1.48: "The Return of Chip 'n Dale"

Home media

The short was released on November 11, 2008, on '' Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Four: 1951-1961''. Additional releases include: * ''Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: The Continuing Adventures of Chip 'n' Dale with Donald Duck'' (VHS), which uses the original opening and closing titles.

References

External links

* *
Test Pilot Donald
' at The Internet Animation Database

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