1957 - Color, USA Aviation: X-13 Vertijet Flight Testing Pt. 1 of
Slate: 15Apr57 X-13 Flt 69-2-56
10:58:15 US Air Force X-13, No. 620 Vertical plane on stand / ground service trailer for tether tests. Man in bucket on top of stand gives hand signals & hydraulic arms lift plane on hanger assembly outward & plane hovers, lowered back to position. Repeated.
11:03:44 Repeats. Plane hangs by hook under nose to cable between arms on stand.
11:05:16 Test pilot in bucket slides to ground on cable.
11:05:32 Slug.
11:05:39 Slate: 19Apr57 same.
11:05:44 CH-47 arriving & practicing landing in background; X-13 horizontal on trailer. MCU of CH-47 hovering.
11:06:23 X-13 beginning to be raised; in raised position, pilot flies from bucket so it hovers & removed from hook moved backward, turns, moves away. Pan across runway as X13 passes low.
11:08:09 LS flying w/ chase plane alongside, slows & tilts into vertical position.
11:08:52 CH-47 alongside vertical X-13 slowly moving in towards camera & ground service trailer, catches hook & lowered against trailer. CU w/ helicopter in background circling. Pilot down cable.
11:11;28 Test pilot (Pete Girard?) on horizontal trailer by rear of plane, leaves & walks to MCU by camera smiling. Talking to camera (MOS). XCU.
11:12:31 Slug.
11:12:32 X-13 on vertical stand / ground service trailer, rising & hovering to rear, MCU moving to horizontal & leaving against blue sky.
11:14:02 Hovering vertical against light cloud background, moving closer & to trailer & hooking onto nose cable, lowered slowly men on ground watching.
11:16:52 Slate: illegible.
11:16:57 LS of X-13 making horizontal pass, slowing & turning into vertical.
11:17:35 Slate: X-13 Flight #58. 23Apr57 Old Runway.
11:17:40 Face of ground service trailer w/o plane but name: Ryan X13.
11;17:44 Side view of X13 mounted on vertical trailer, pilot visible in plane & man in bucket; men on ground watching.
11:18:14 X-13 making pass into vertical position, CH-47 in distance. X-13 approaching & hooking onto cable, lowered against trailer.
11:21:38 X-13 approaching in vertical position.
11:22:25 Slug. Continued...
US Air Force Test Flights; Vertical Take Off & Landing; 1950s; Ryan Aeronautical; VTOL;
NOTE: Any continuous 12 minutes sold at per reel rate. First flight of X-13, second prototype #54-1620 was 11Apr57. First prototype was #54-1619 & first flight was 10Dec55.
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1957 - Color, USA Aviation: X-13 Vertijet Flight Testing Pt. 1 of Slate: 15Apr57 X-13 Flt 69-2-56 10:58:15 US Air Force X-13, No. 620 Vertical plane on stand / ground service trailer for tether tests. Man in bucket on top of stand gives hand signals & hydraulic arms lift plane on hanger assembly outward & plane hovers, lowered back to position. Repeated. 11:03:44 Repeats. Plane hangs by hook under nose to cable between arms on stand. 11:05:16 Test pilot in bucket slides to ground on cable. 11:05:32 Slug. 11:05:39 Slate: 19Apr57 same. 11:05:44 CH-47 arriving & practicing landing in background; X-13 horizontal on trailer. MCU of CH-47 hovering. 11:06:23 X-13 beginning to be raised; in raised position, pilot flies from bucket so it hovers & removed from hook moved backward, turns, moves away. Pan across runway as X13 passes low. 11:08:09 LS flying w/ chase plane alongside, slows & tilts into vertical position. 11:08:52 CH-47 alongside vertical X-13 slowly moving in towards camera & ground service trailer, catches hook & lowered against trailer. CU w/ helicopter in background circling. Pilot down cable. 11:11;28 Test pilot (Pete Girard?) on horizontal trailer by rear of plane, leaves & walks to MCU by camera smiling. Talking to camera (MOS). XCU. 11:12:31 Slug. 11:12:32 X-13 on vertical stand / ground service trailer, rising & hovering to rear, MCU moving to horizontal & leaving against blue sky. 11:14:02 Hovering vertical against light cloud background, moving closer & to trailer & hooking onto nose cable, lowered slowly men on ground watching. 11:16:52 Slate: illegible. 11:16:57 LS of X-13 making horizontal pass, slowing & turning into vertical. 11:17:35 Slate: X-13 Flight #58. 23Apr57 Old Runway. 11:17:40 Face of ground service trailer w/o plane but name: Ryan X13. 11;17:44 Side view of X13 mounted on vertical trailer, pilot visible in plane & man in bucket; men on ground watching. 11:18:14 X-13 making pass into vertical position, CH-47 in distance. X-13 approaching & hooking onto cable, lowered against trailer. 11:21:38 X-13 approaching in vertical position. 11:22:25 Slug. Continued... US Air Force Test Flights; Vertical Take Off & Landing; 1950s; Ryan Aeronautical; VTOL; NOTE: Any continuous 12 minutes sold at per reel rate. First flight of X-13, second prototype #54-1620 was 11Apr57. First prototype was #54-1619 & first flight was 10Dec55.