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1974 ca. - Color, USA Aviation Engines: General Electric TF34 - Assembly, Testing, Promotional

Reel Number: H1001-06

Color: Colour

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1970s,197

Country: USA

Location:

TC Begins: 10:43:47

TC Ends: 10:52:11

Duration: 00:08:24

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1974 ca. - Color, USA Aviation Engines: General Electric TF34 - Assembly, Testing, Promotional Lockheed S-3 Viking submarine hunter aircraft w/ General Electric TF 34 engines moving on deck of aircraft carrier; view of catapult launch from tower. Dissolve to CU same engine on YA-10 tail no. 11369 (first Warthog prototype). Aerial YA-10 in flight. 10:44:24 CU front of engine running; side view w/ engine on stand in large factory w/ VO explaining. Compressor shown & men assembling & machining or testing; measuring. Views of large fan blades & described. 10:46:00 Testing equipment & technicians monitoring during engine testing w/ water, steam, birds, ice & sand. GOOD shot of technicians & instrumentation readouts. 10:47:00 Engine moved on cart; engine parts on table after testing. 10:47:22 Testing after re-assembly. 10:47:31 S-3A Viking taking off from paved desert airstrip on first test flight. Aerial from beneath raising landing gear. View dropping submarine detecting equipment over ocean. 10:48:05 Aerial above w/ plane doing deep stall testing. Firing rockets to test for gas ingestion. 10:48:14 Launching from aircraft carrier; touch & go landing on carrier flight deck (probably USS John F. Kennedy). Landing from deck & seen from aerial above. 10:48:54 A-10 in flight from various angles; firing 30mm gatling gun w/ VO talking of benefit of TF 34 engine. Maneuvering, climbing. 10:49:58 S-3A Viking w/ number 3030 near cockpit, parking & technicians inspecting on tarmac. 10:50:21 CU hands adjusting engine control systems, replacing fan blade w/o removing engine; flouroscopic inspection. Ground crew removing checking. CU electronic monitoring of engine. Engine cover closed. 10:51:23 Engine starts; Navy F-3A in flight doing rolls; USAF A-10 doing rolls. planes in flight; taking off from carrier deck. 10:52:04 End credit. Warthog Aircraft Engine Testing; Defense Industry; Cold War; Fairchild Republic A-10; 1970s Promotional Film; NOTE: First GE TF34 shipped Feb71. Viking S-3A entered service in 1974 & produced from 1974 to 1978. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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