1957 - Color, USA Aviation: X-13 Vertijet Flight Testing Pt 2 of ?
Slug. Continued...
11:22:29 X-13 vertical mounted on stand rolling across runway; lifts slightly hovering. LS against dark blue sky .
11:23:35 Man on ground in CU watching; CU hands working pushbuttons. Plane tilting down onto small support assembly beside ground service trailer. Test pilot in cockpit without canopy, climbs out & down ladder, talks to ground crew. Others on ground mounting supports.
11:25:27 Test pilot (Peter Girard) wearing parachute seen from behind at cockpit, assisted by another man, then alone standing on ladder by cockpit.
11:26:10 LS Pilot in plane on support chassis, puts on helmet. MCU of support as engine runs. Vertical plane & support moving slowly about on runway.
11:26:58 MS Man up ladder to pilot; pilot down ladder.
11:27:20 Crewmen working from ladder on plane next to ground service trailer. Men at base & tilt up plane 41619 to nose. Test pilot up to seat & putting on parachute & helmet.
11:29:06 MS plane in vertical position moving about on wheeled carriage. Pilot descends from X-13.
11:29:54 Slug
11:29:56 Early light, LS of plane moving about on wheeled carriage; lifting off w/ carriage & then descending. 11:32:36 MLS X-13 on carriage turning & skating around on runway, rising & hovering, turning.
11:35:03 X-13 w/ wheeled carriage horizontal on trailer, crew alongside on ground. Raised into vertical position. Men working around base; test pilot near cockpit.
11:37:23 Slate: X-13 Camera, Poulos. Date illegible.
11:37:26 X-13 vertical on carriage in early morning light, turning & moving on carriage, around on pavement, hovering & turning, moves across pavement & man runs after, rises & descends. MS & CU hovering. Rising & lowering in changing light.
11:41:34 CU from rear of X-13 on trailer; raising vertical w/ pilot in cockpit. CU empty cockpit.
11:42:41 MCU three men kneeling on runway, gesturing. X-13 on wheeled carriage lists, oves & descends, lifts again, multiple times, pivots, rises & descends.
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 X-13 prototype was #54-1619 & first flight was 10Dec55.
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1957 - Color, USA Aviation: X-13 Vertijet Flight Testing Pt 2 of ? Slug. Continued... 11:22:29 X-13 vertical mounted on stand rolling across runway; lifts slightly hovering. LS against dark blue sky . 11:23:35 Man on ground in CU watching; CU hands working pushbuttons. Plane tilting down onto small support assembly beside ground service trailer. Test pilot in cockpit without canopy, climbs out & down ladder, talks to ground crew. Others on ground mounting supports. 11:25:27 Test pilot (Peter Girard) wearing parachute seen from behind at cockpit, assisted by another man, then alone standing on ladder by cockpit. 11:26:10 LS Pilot in plane on support chassis, puts on helmet. MCU of support as engine runs. Vertical plane & support moving slowly about on runway. 11:26:58 MS Man up ladder to pilot; pilot down ladder. 11:27:20 Crewmen working from ladder on plane next to ground service trailer. Men at base & tilt up plane 41619 to nose. Test pilot up to seat & putting on parachute & helmet. 11:29:06 MS plane in vertical position moving about on wheeled carriage. Pilot descends from X-13. 11:29:54 Slug 11:29:56 Early light, LS of plane moving about on wheeled carriage; lifting off w/ carriage & then descending. 11:32:36 MLS X-13 on carriage turning & skating around on runway, rising & hovering, turning. 11:35:03 X-13 w/ wheeled carriage horizontal on trailer, crew alongside on ground. Raised into vertical position. Men working around base; test pilot near cockpit. 11:37:23 Slate: X-13 Camera, Poulos. Date illegible. 11:37:26 X-13 vertical on carriage in early morning light, turning & moving on carriage, around on pavement, hovering & turning, moves across pavement & man runs after, rises & descends. MS & CU hovering. Rising & lowering in changing light. 11:41:34 CU from rear of X-13 on trailer; raising vertical w/ pilot in cockpit. CU empty cockpit. 11:42:41 MCU three men kneeling on runway, gesturing. X-13 on wheeled carriage lists, oves & descends, lifts again, multiple times, pivots, rises & descends. 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 X-13 prototype was #54-1619 & first flight was 10Dec55.