1952 - Military Aircraft: Reconnaissance Parasite Aircraft, B-36 w/ F-84 Tested.
10:00:31 MS L to R GRB-36F-1 Peacemaker (serial 49-2707) modified bomber in flight w/ F-84E Thunderjet parasite fighter (serial 49-2115) extending out bomb bay door & lowered & dropping away.
10:01:39 View on ground w/ man beneath bomb bay door w/ lowering of hanging structure. MCU of modification.
10:02:23 Front view of F-84E w/ modified nose section, CU side view. CU & ECU of trapeze boom attachment showing release mechanism.
10:02:58 View from bomb bay door w/ lowering of boom attachment descending. F-84 shown releasing & re-attaching. View from B-36 w/ No. FS-115 dropping away; re-attaching attempted. MS w/ pilot in F-84 seen. Support mechanism lowered & attaching to fuselage of F-84 seen from B-36. GOOD.
10:05:42 CU cockpit F-84, pilot operating controls of the booms (Parasite aircrart can be jettisoned either by parasite aircraft pilot or by B-36 pilot). CU release mechanism retracting.
10:06:24 MS 3/4 SV F-84E parasite aircraft stationary on tarmac. MS 3/4 FV B-36 as F-84E is being attached w/ landing gear of RB-36 on blocks to allow for tail section F-84E. F-84E pushed into place.
10:07:36 RB-36 take off carrying F-84E.
10:08:10 End R1.
10:08:18 Aerial view of underside of RB-36 w/ F-84E attached.
10:08:24 Int. B-36, technician seated at controls & window observing hook-on test. CU controls, technician pointing to them.
10:08:59 Direct SV B-36 carrying F-84E. CU Front view, F-84E attached into bomb bay as it is lowered. Side view as F-84E is lowered into launching position & launched.
10:11:16 MLS Side view hook-on of F-84E. MCU front view from bomb bay of F-84E during hook-on procedure.
10:14:09 Interior view from B-36 looking down thru bomb bay at F-84E lifted into place. Aerial MLS from 3/4 front view RB-36 in flight.
10:14:33 Interior view down thru B-36 bomb bay. MS parasite aircraft being lowered to initiate the lowering of the landing gear of the RB-36, wheels seen dropping.
10:15:17 MLS RB-36 w/ wheels down coming in for landing carrying F-84E-landing, rolling past camera & taxiing down runway. End Credits.
Cold War; Spy Plane Technology; FICON Project; Fighter Conveyor; Prototype; Strategic Air Command; Mothership;
NOTE: both reels sold at single reel price if requested.
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1952 - Military Aircraft: Reconnaissance Parasite Aircraft, B-36 w/ F-84 Tested. 10:00:31 MS L to R GRB-36F-1 Peacemaker (serial 49-2707) modified bomber in flight w/ F-84E Thunderjet parasite fighter (serial 49-2115) extending out bomb bay door & lowered & dropping away. 10:01:39 View on ground w/ man beneath bomb bay door w/ lowering of hanging structure. MCU of modification. 10:02:23 Front view of F-84E w/ modified nose section, CU side view. CU & ECU of trapeze boom attachment showing release mechanism. 10:02:58 View from bomb bay door w/ lowering of boom attachment descending. F-84 shown releasing & re-attaching. View from B-36 w/ No. FS-115 dropping away; re-attaching attempted. MS w/ pilot in F-84 seen. Support mechanism lowered & attaching to fuselage of F-84 seen from B-36. GOOD. 10:05:42 CU cockpit F-84, pilot operating controls of the booms (Parasite aircrart can be jettisoned either by parasite aircraft pilot or by B-36 pilot). CU release mechanism retracting. 10:06:24 MS 3/4 SV F-84E parasite aircraft stationary on tarmac. MS 3/4 FV B-36 as F-84E is being attached w/ landing gear of RB-36 on blocks to allow for tail section F-84E. F-84E pushed into place. 10:07:36 RB-36 take off carrying F-84E. 10:08:10 End R1. 10:08:18 Aerial view of underside of RB-36 w/ F-84E attached. 10:08:24 Int. B-36, technician seated at controls & window observing hook-on test. CU controls, technician pointing to them. 10:08:59 Direct SV B-36 carrying F-84E. CU Front view, F-84E attached into bomb bay as it is lowered. Side view as F-84E is lowered into launching position & launched. 10:11:16 MLS Side view hook-on of F-84E. MCU front view from bomb bay of F-84E during hook-on procedure. 10:14:09 Interior view from B-36 looking down thru bomb bay at F-84E lifted into place. Aerial MLS from 3/4 front view RB-36 in flight. 10:14:33 Interior view down thru B-36 bomb bay. MS parasite aircraft being lowered to initiate the lowering of the landing gear of the RB-36, wheels seen dropping. 10:15:17 MLS RB-36 w/ wheels down coming in for landing carrying F-84E-landing, rolling past camera & taxiing down runway. End Credits. Cold War; Spy Plane Technology; FICON Project; Fighter Conveyor; Prototype; Strategic Air Command; Mothership; NOTE: both reels sold at single reel price if requested.