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1950s - Color, USAF Experimental Aviation: NACA Flight Research, High Speed Pt. 1 of 2
Main & introductory titles.
02:00:39 Montage of aircraft making low pass over California desert for ground & air; fueling on ground, watching, overhead; B-29 w/ X-1 ; experimental jet making low pass r. to l.; l. to r. & overhead w/ contrail.
02:01:31 Aerial MS alongside propellor plane against clouds; wind tunnel model testing airflow & shock wave compressability visualized. Aerial of plane rolling & diving w/ clouds behind.
02:02:29 Swept wing jet making low r. to l. pass seen from ground. Navy rocket plane on ground.
02:02:49 High angle / HA of NACA test planes on tarmac; views of exhaust tailpipes in CU. Overhead; men working on small Navy plane in hanger setting up test equipment. Exterior of Edwards AFB NACA research statioin; CU sign. Plane towed out of hanger.
02:03:37 Engineer w/ slide ruler at table over drawings / plans. Technicians talk to pilot in cockpit; others working viewing equipment; women in office at desks.
02:03:49 Plan make pass over dry lake bed in Mojave Desert; rocket plane towed. POV over landing strip w/ markings seen.
02:04:22 HA of six planes in front of hanger including Consolidated XF-92, Douglas Skyrocket D558-2, D558-1, Bell X-5 (first aircraft able to change sweep of wings in flight, Bell X-1, Northrop X-4 Bantam. CUs Bell X-1 prepared for flight & Boeing B-50 Superfortress bomber pulled over pit & X-1 hoisted into bomb bay & X-1 landing gear checked & fueled. Pushing to starting ramp, pilot briefing & B-50 crew boards; taxiing & passing in takeoff.
02:06:54 Aerial in flight, X-1 drops & contrail in sky; radar dish tracking. Lakebed & landing w/ chase plane seen. Pilot climbs out & plane no. 6063 towed back by jeep.
02:08:17 MS Aerial above & behind Bell X-5 showing changing wing sweep; landing w/ wings nearly straight.
MS Loaded into C-119 Flying Boxcar. X-5 taking off, in flight.
02:09:54 Northrop X-4 in flight, servicing on ground; CUs of exhausts, dive brake flaps opened & inspected. Pilot & chase pilot talking. X-4 & chase plane F-86 taxi & aerials in flight. Landing.
Experimental Aircraft; NACA; National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics; Test Pilots; Speed Testing; Altitude Tests;
NOTE: XF-92 first flight 01Apr48 & only 1 built, renamed XF-92A. Only two Bell X-5 were built.
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NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1950s - Color, USAF Experimental Aviation: NACA Flight Research, High Speed Pt. 1 of 2 Main & introductory titles. 02:00:39 Montage of aircraft making low pass over California desert for ground & air; fueling on ground, watching, overhead; B-29 w/ X-1 ; experimental jet making low pass r. to l.; l. to r. & overhead w/ contrail. 02:01:31 Aerial MS alongside propellor plane against clouds; wind tunnel model testing airflow & shock wave compressability visualized. Aerial of plane rolling & diving w/ clouds behind. 02:02:29 Swept wing jet making low r. to l. pass seen from ground. Navy rocket plane on ground. 02:02:49 High angle / HA of NACA test planes on tarmac; views of exhaust tailpipes in CU. Overhead; men working on small Navy plane in hanger setting up test equipment. Exterior of Edwards AFB NACA research statioin; CU sign. Plane towed out of hanger. 02:03:37 Engineer w/ slide ruler at table over drawings / plans. Technicians talk to pilot in cockpit; others working viewing equipment; women in office at desks. 02:03:49 Plan make pass over dry lake bed in Mojave Desert; rocket plane towed. POV over landing strip w/ markings seen. 02:04:22 HA of six planes in front of hanger including Consolidated XF-92, Douglas Skyrocket D558-2, D558-1, Bell X-5 (first aircraft able to change sweep of wings in flight, Bell X-1, Northrop X-4 Bantam. CUs Bell X-1 prepared for flight & Boeing B-50 Superfortress bomber pulled over pit & X-1 hoisted into bomb bay & X-1 landing gear checked & fueled. Pushing to starting ramp, pilot briefing & B-50 crew boards; taxiing & passing in takeoff. 02:06:54 Aerial in flight, X-1 drops & contrail in sky; radar dish tracking. Lakebed & landing w/ chase plane seen. Pilot climbs out & plane no. 6063 towed back by jeep. 02:08:17 MS Aerial above & behind Bell X-5 showing changing wing sweep; landing w/ wings nearly straight. MS Loaded into C-119 Flying Boxcar. X-5 taking off, in flight. 02:09:54 Northrop X-4 in flight, servicing on ground; CUs of exhausts, dive brake flaps opened & inspected. Pilot & chase pilot talking. X-4 & chase plane F-86 taxi & aerials in flight. Landing. Experimental Aircraft; NACA; National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics; Test Pilots; Speed Testing; Altitude Tests; NOTE: XF-92 first flight 01Apr48 & only 1 built, renamed XF-92A. Only two Bell X-5 were built. NOTE: Card sold at per reel rate or any continuous ten minutes of 02:00:00 - 02:20:57 sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk