1952 - Color, Aircraft, USA: Experimental X-3 Stiletto. 18Sep-05Oct52

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1952 - Color, Aircraft, USA: Experimental X-3 Stiletto. 18Sep-05Oct52 CU Side view / SV w/ X-3 Douglas written on side of nose; MS civilian test pilot William Bridgeman standing beside aircraft nose of Stiletto. 18:00:42 LS caravan w/ covered X-3 on a truck w/ semi-trailer up road turning into Edwards AFB gate. 18:02:43 Tarpaulins removed from protective wooden framework in front of hanger. Pan length. 18:05:21 LSs w/ workers & crane dismantling framework. 18:06:42 X-3 wheeled off trailer & backed into hangar. 18:09:23 CU 3/4 RV of X-3 on thrust stand, engineers standing on opposite side during thrust test run. 18:09:54 LS to CU to LS camera pans left w/ X-3 making a high-speed taxi on dry lake bed. 18:11:28 Slate: 29Sep52 Edwards AFB. X-3 Taxi. Cameraman: Kitely. 24 FPS. Pan shot of run 18:12:19 Slate: X-3 Taxi Test 02Oct52. CU rear of twin exhaust nozzles. MCU 3/4 SV of rear half of X-3. MCU SV of left wing & mid-section of the X-3, leading edge wing flap moving. MS 3/4 FV of rudder movement of left horizontal stabilizer swiveling up & down. Tail number 92892 visible. 18:13:34 MCU SV w/ dive brakes opening & closing on left wing & degree of aileron movement up and down. 18:14:23 MS 3/4 FV as Douglas technician enters & seats himself in the extended seat of the X-3 which he raises up into the cockpit; two men enter from left bg & fasten seat hatch shut. 18:15:26 MS 3/4 FV of wind screen extended & retracted - used for pilot protection in in-flight ejection.) 18:15:44 MCU 3/4 FV of X-3 w/ man in cockpit, opens & closes left air inlet duct louver. MS technician in cockpit of X-3, opens seat hatch & lowers it to its extended position, then he steps out & walks past camera. 18:16:39 MS SV of X-3 Douglas written on side of X-3 nose. Views of aircraft. 18:18:45 MS tug towing X-3 out of hangar toward camera. MCU looking thru side window at instrument panel. MLS X-3 towed in a half-circle on ramp area in front of hangar & buildings. 18:20:43 Shots w/ nose panels removed to show data recording, telemetering & camera equipment in X-3. 18:21:31 Slate: X-3 Taxi Test Cameraman: Little. 24 FPS. 05Oct52. Edwards AFB. LS pans right w/ X-3 taxiing and taking off past camera crew. 18:22:24 HA MSs of the X-3 being towed on ramp in front of hangar. 18:23:20 MS X-3 during testing on the thrust stand including CU's of the twin exhausts. 18:25:40 Slate: Project X-3 (MX-656) Camera: Boylan. 18Sep52. X-3 tested on the thrust stand. w/ technicians, some w/ clipboards & kneeling beneath fuselage; one working inside an access hatch. Test pilot Bill Bridgeman extending X-3 seat, getting out 18:27:19 Slate: same. MCU Douglas technicians around instrument panel set up in the thrust stand area. 18:27:37 MCU SV thru window of Douglas technician in cockpit; technicians working. 18:28:18 LS X-3 toward camera during high-speed taxi test, camera car parallels. CUs X-3 parts. 18:31:09 LA 3/4 view of parachute compartment doors on tail of aircraft as they snap open. 18:31:39 HA pan w/ X-3 being towed in front of hangar; pan right during a high-speed taxi run. WW2; Aviation; Supersonic Aircraft Development; 1950s; Test Pilots; Military Airplanes; Streamlined; Futuristic Design; NOTE: Only 1 plane built; first official flight 20Oct52 by Bill Bridgeman. Made test “hop” 15Oct52. NOTE: Any continuous 17 minutes sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk