Location: Del Rio,LaugHlin AFB,Minot,New York,North Dakota,Plattsburgh AFB,Texas
TC Begins: 15:21:59
TC Ends: 15:29:18
Duration: 00:07:19
1960 - Cold War, Aviation: Project HASP, U-2 Crow Flight Jun-Jul60 R2 of 2
Overhead from helicopter of WU-2A (tail number 66718) on runway. Ground shot of crew removing wing support wheels; taxiing away followed by chase cars (brief).
15:22:51 Another take off of same plane past camera w/ wing wheels dropping away; overhead & out of sight. Air to air shots.
15:23:24 ECU pilot, air to air, various distances & angles, pilot visible, plane pulls away.
15:24:15 Air to air of four-engine USAF C-54.
15:24:22 Low level over antennas of ground station & cars parked.
15:24:31 Air to air of U-2 in flight; approaching for landing. CU pilot. Ground shot of U-2 landing & drag parachute. chase car follows & taxiing, tipping onto one wing & crew placing wheels under wings; stepladder to plane, crew helps pilot out of helmet & pressurized suit.
15:26:43 Pilot weighing on scales & noting. Filter screen removed from plane & put into plastic bag.
15:27:08 Pilot to table & debriefed by four airmen.
15:27:25 Massage given; summary of support services: airmen sealing filters in envelope; flight map gone over, leaving Minot North Dakota AFB building & into van w/ door sign Crow Flight Det. 9.
15:28:13 U-2 (tail number 66715) taking off. Air to air shot.
15:28:41 U-2 (tail number 66715) in front of large Base Hanger No. 5, altitude 212, (Plattsburgh AFB) beginning taxiing. Take off over camera & pan.
15:29:00 Air to air of same plane, banks away silhouetted against cumulus clouds. GOOD.
Atomic Radiation Monitoring; Radioactive Particles; Spy Plane;
NOTE: Good quality & interesting shots.
NOTE: Crow Flight series was part of the High Altitude Sampling Program (HASP). Pilot seen here is probably Charles B. Stratton.
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1960 - Cold War, Aviation: Project HASP, U-2 Crow Flight Jun-Jul60 R2 of 2 Overhead from helicopter of WU-2A (tail number 66718) on runway. Ground shot of crew removing wing support wheels; taxiing away followed by chase cars (brief). 15:22:51 Another take off of same plane past camera w/ wing wheels dropping away; overhead & out of sight. Air to air shots. 15:23:24 ECU pilot, air to air, various distances & angles, pilot visible, plane pulls away. 15:24:15 Air to air of four-engine USAF C-54. 15:24:22 Low level over antennas of ground station & cars parked. 15:24:31 Air to air of U-2 in flight; approaching for landing. CU pilot. Ground shot of U-2 landing & drag parachute. chase car follows & taxiing, tipping onto one wing & crew placing wheels under wings; stepladder to plane, crew helps pilot out of helmet & pressurized suit. 15:26:43 Pilot weighing on scales & noting. Filter screen removed from plane & put into plastic bag. 15:27:08 Pilot to table & debriefed by four airmen. 15:27:25 Massage given; summary of support services: airmen sealing filters in envelope; flight map gone over, leaving Minot North Dakota AFB building & into van w/ door sign Crow Flight Det. 9. 15:28:13 U-2 (tail number 66715) taking off. Air to air shot. 15:28:41 U-2 (tail number 66715) in front of large Base Hanger No. 5, altitude 212, (Plattsburgh AFB) beginning taxiing. Take off over camera & pan. 15:29:00 Air to air of same plane, banks away silhouetted against cumulus clouds. GOOD. Atomic Radiation Monitoring; Radioactive Particles; Spy Plane; NOTE: Good quality & interesting shots. NOTE: Crow Flight series was part of the High Altitude Sampling Program (HASP). Pilot seen here is probably Charles B. Stratton.