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Military - Color, 1972, Cold War: USAF AX/A-9A Program, Assembly of 11367, Testing Both Planes

Reel Number: H1009-03

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1972

Country: USA

Location: California,Edwards AFB,Hawthorne

TC Begins: 07:37:15

TC Ends: 08:09:10

Duration: 00:31:55

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Military - Color, 1972, Cold War: USAF AX/A-9A Program, Assembly of 11367, Testing Both Planes Interior of aircraft fabrication plant w/ men working; pan w/ parts on tables, carts & hoists. 07:37:53 Two men at bench assembling jig, measuring small parts. 07:39:31 Black technician smoking pipe, compares blueprint to formed part. 07:40:02 Man on on vertical lift hoist drilling / milling large part. 07:41:02 Men on shop floor w/ parts to assembly jig. 07:41:47 Men looking beginning fuselage; hoisting into large assembly structure; sheets added to outside of nose. High Angle / HA of floor w/ partially assembled fuselage in middle. Man working at large riveting or spot welding machine. Men moving about on floor. MS of men in fuselage working, tilt up to man working on tail assembly; others working on wings in separate jig. 07:47:08 LS across floor to wing ribs being assembled. Riveting . Raising & moving section of fuselage. Raising full fuselage; lowering onto jacks / stands. 07:52:14 Raising wing assembly vertically & lowering to horizontal. Moving by crane to attach; HA mated to fuselage. 07:57:26 Flaps on wings partially installed, men carry others into place. 07:58:19 MCU man adjusting / attaching hydraulic lines; w/ wire harness partially installed. MCU two men Installing / fitting instrument panel in cockpit w/o gauges. 08:00:17 Pan along painted fuselage to man painting on side; man polishing wing flap, pan to covered canopy. 08:00:52 CU tractpr pushing out first A-9A, plane no. 11367, on tarmac. Northrop men & women walking around talking, pointing, looking. MCUs. HA. pull back showing crowd of employees. 08:04:49 Following has slugs of leader between shots: HA completed plane w/ cockpit raised, technicians on ground; MCU opening side panel, LS inspecting various parts. CU fueling; cranking & loading cartridge belt. Installing small rounded pressure tank / LOX converter chamber. Front view w/ Mk-82 GP bombs on wings. 08:06:09 A-9A w/ all wing stations loaded w/ Mk-82 GP bombs taxiing from behind. Traveling shot alongside A-9A to end of runway. 08:06:52 LS pan right of A-9A taking off - not seen, footage has been cut--not complete. 08:06:58 MLS A-9A making dive bomb pass to right. Camera holds on inert Mk-82 bomb from release to impact, target on ground (brief). 08:07:28 MLS A-9A strafing run to right. MCU of 20mm rounds impacting on target. A-9A circling. 08:08:08 Remote camera (behind target) footage of A-9A strafing, rounds impacting in front of camera. 08:08:42 LS two A-9As flyover, peeling off & one A-9A landing to left. Cold War; Aircraft Testing; A-X Program; YA-9A; Firsts; NOTE: Any continuous 16 minutes sold at per reel rate. Very good color & coverage. NOTE: These were only two A-9A planes built; contract was canceled in favor of YA-10. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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