Location: California,Edwards AFB,Palmdale,Rogers Dry Lake
TC Begins: 11:00:03
TC Ends: 11:18:10
Duration: 00:18:07
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1964 - Color, Aviation Experimental: XB-70A Progress Report No. 14 - Jul-Dec64
11:00:25 Silhouetted supersonic bomber No. 1, Valkyrie, at sunrise or sunset & various angles w/ mechanics working in early light.
11:00:57 On tarmac for engine run-up. Fueling & testing instrumentation.
11:01:36 First engine run seen from rear. Technicians. Testing controls of 20001& preparing for taxi tests. Beginning taxi 09Aug64 & moving past, turning. 25Aug, 4th taxi test & running to 87 knots, Checking drag chutes & braking. More taxi runs.
11:03:26 21Sep64 CU Pilot White & Co-pilot Cotton. Taking off from Palmdale for first flight. Shots from beneath.
11:04:26 Air to air shots w/ observer fighter jets. Retracting landing gear didn’t work, returned to extended position. Audio of landing. Left gear caught fire w/ locked brakes. Fire trucks after plane .
11:06:51 Inspecting burned tires. Plane taxiing w/ new tires.
11:07:22 05Oct64 2nd flight taking off. Air to air shot from below. MCU pilot & co-pilot. Wheels turning & retracting, doors closing. MCU of fighter planes observing. Aerials from slightly above. CU pilot.
11;09:36 Lowering of landing gear & landing on Rogers Dry Lake w/ observer plane alongside. Parked plane w/ observers & mechanics.
11:10:50 Flight no. 3 take off. Air to air over mountains. Pilot. LS of plane & chase planes. CU of paint peeled off plane in flight. Landing from close alongside.
11:12:40 24Oct64 4th take off. In flight, folding wing tips lowered for higher speed. CU of pilot & co-pilot. Plane turning over desert mountains. Taxiing & returning to hanger.
11:14:20 Interior of factory & assembly of second plane. Various vies. CU wiring. Truck w/ wing & hoisting & placing onto scaffolding. Attaching front wings; tail sections / vertical stabilizers. Wings being attached. Sections being welded into place.
11:17:43 View of take off overhead; in flight. The End
Experimental Military Aviation; 1964; 1960s; Cold War;
Note: Retired from testing 1967. Only two were built. The second was destroyed 08Jun66 in mid-air collision w/ NASA F-104 killing its pilot, Joe Walker & Valkyrie test pilot Carl Cross.
NOTE: Entire sold at per reel rate.
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NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1964 - Color, Aviation Experimental: XB-70A Progress Report No. 14 - Jul-Dec64 11:00:25 Silhouetted supersonic bomber No. 1, Valkyrie, at sunrise or sunset & various angles w/ mechanics working in early light. 11:00:57 On tarmac for engine run-up. Fueling & testing instrumentation. 11:01:36 First engine run seen from rear. Technicians. Testing controls of 20001& preparing for taxi tests. Beginning taxi 09Aug64 & moving past, turning. 25Aug, 4th taxi test & running to 87 knots, Checking drag chutes & braking. More taxi runs. 11:03:26 21Sep64 CU Pilot White & Co-pilot Cotton. Taking off from Palmdale for first flight. Shots from beneath. 11:04:26 Air to air shots w/ observer fighter jets. Retracting landing gear didn’t work, returned to extended position. Audio of landing. Left gear caught fire w/ locked brakes. Fire trucks after plane . 11:06:51 Inspecting burned tires. Plane taxiing w/ new tires. 11:07:22 05Oct64 2nd flight taking off. Air to air shot from below. MCU pilot & co-pilot. Wheels turning & retracting, doors closing. MCU of fighter planes observing. Aerials from slightly above. CU pilot. 11;09:36 Lowering of landing gear & landing on Rogers Dry Lake w/ observer plane alongside. Parked plane w/ observers & mechanics. 11:10:50 Flight no. 3 take off. Air to air over mountains. Pilot. LS of plane & chase planes. CU of paint peeled off plane in flight. Landing from close alongside. 11:12:40 24Oct64 4th take off. In flight, folding wing tips lowered for higher speed. CU of pilot & co-pilot. Plane turning over desert mountains. Taxiing & returning to hanger. 11:14:20 Interior of factory & assembly of second plane. Various vies. CU wiring. Truck w/ wing & hoisting & placing onto scaffolding. Attaching front wings; tail sections / vertical stabilizers. Wings being attached. Sections being welded into place. 11:17:43 View of take off overhead; in flight. The End Experimental Military Aviation; 1964; 1960s; Cold War; Note: Retired from testing 1967. Only two were built. The second was destroyed 08Jun66 in mid-air collision w/ NASA F-104 killing its pilot, Joe Walker & Valkyrie test pilot Carl Cross. NOTE: Entire sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk