1990 - Color, Military Aviation Development: YF-23 High Speed Taxi Test & First Flight

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1990 - Color, Military Aviation Development: YF-23 High Speed Taxi Test & First Flight Pans over Northrop YF-23 Tactical Fighter prototype airplane; men working on it in lighted hanger. Dissolve to sun rising over desert and title: YF-23 High Speed Taxi Tests. 16:13:01 Ted Juch speaking to camera re low speed taxi. Pilot Paul Metz walking to plane. Canopy closing & pulling out of hanger w/ pilot in MCU & plane turning past. Taxiing w/ side views, reving engines & taxiing at 60 knots (title) and without. Shutting down. 16:14:40 Les Doud speaking to camera says they did 90 knot test the same day. Telephoto shot & fade out. 16:15:42 Sunrise Saturday 11Aug90 (titled). Paul Metz walking to aircraft. Plane taxiing out of hanger. View from control tower, turning at end of runway from ground & views of taxiing. 16:16:58 Title over: Next time...First Flight. 16:17:05 Northrop Today Announcer introduces YF-23 First Flight. 16:17:47 Montage: contract announcement, roll-out, low speed taxi, high speed taxi, 16:19:34 Title: 27Aug90 3:30 am. Guests boarding buses at Northrop Hawthorne, California facility & convoy to Edwards AFB Base. 16:19:55 Montage: Plane in hanger, ground crew checking; buses on freeway, control tower & sunrise, plane w/ engines warming, cockpit closing, plane signaled out, turning to runway. 16:21:00 Plane begins take-off w/ wheel lifting & plane off ground filmed from chase plane over hangers. Wheels raised. Plane in flight from various angles. Wheels lowered. Plane approaching for landing from ground & air & touching down from ground. 16:23:03 Taxiing in & stopping. Crowd applauding. Metz out of plane & down ladder, shaking hands. 16:24:01 Credits & acknowledgments Aircraft Development; 1990s; Military Aviation; Testing; Cold War; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk NOTE: First YF-23 87-0800, Prototype Air Vehicle 1 (PAV-1) rolled out on 22Jun90.