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Go to HomepageReel Number: 250155-04
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1946,1947,1948,1952
Country: USA
Location: Muroc Dry Lake,Seattle,Washington
TC Begins: 22:37:04
TC Ends: 22:50:42
Duration: 00:13:38
NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Post-WWII - 1940s, USA Aviation, Experimental Aircraft: Cargo, Fighters, Bomber, etc. ca 1946 - 1952 Main Titles. 22:37:12 Intertitle: XC-99. Convair Heavy Cargo Plane. Very large nose, 6 motors w/ pusher propellors, taxiing & turning, taking off. Aerial over city w/ wheels up. NOTE: First flight 23Nov47 22:39:15 Intertitle: XF-85. Egg-shaped small McDonnell Goblin no. 6524 (2nd of 2) being towed on runway. Wings raised; wings lowered. EB-29 in flight w/ XF-85 & test pilot Edwin Schoch; aerial of XF-85 suspended beneath & released, LS in flight over desert w/ chase plane. Aerial from above trying to re-attach & collision falling away. Heavily damaged canopy inspected on ground after belly landing (landing not seen) 23Aug48. 22:41:21 Aerial side view of EB-29 in flight w/ XF-85 beneath; XF-85 in flight & attaching to trapeze. 22:41:47 Intertitle: XF-86. PU-597 on dry lake; LS taking off. Aerial in flight, wheels down & ground shot of landing. 22:42:47 Intertitle: XF-88. McDonnell XF-88 taxiing past, taking off. In flight w/ wheels up, lowered & raised & landing on dry lake. NOTE: Two made, first flight was on 29Oct48. 22:44:05 Intertitle: XF-89. Tractor pulling Northrop XF-89 twin-compartment w/ pilot forward & radar operator behind. NOTE: Only two made, first flight was in Aug48. Taking off from dry lake, in air w/ wheels down, landing. 22:44:45 Intertitle: XF-90. Lockheed twin-engine penetration fighter & bomber escort on dry lake, first of two built - SN 46-687. CU tail tilting forward & back; taking off w/ chase plane. Aerial, alongside in flight wheels up; landing. First flight 03Jun49, possibly at Skunk Works. 22:46:49 Intertitle: XF-92A. Convair Delta Wing w/ large triangular / triangle tail on tarmac. Taking off from Muroc Dry Lake; aerial in flight wheels up, landing. NOTE: Only one built, first flown 18Sep48, Edwards AFB, California; had no horizontal tail surface. 22:47:59 Intertitle: X-1. Engine starting & plane taking off l. to r. Second take off l. to r. 22:48:47 Intertitle: X-4. First Northrop X-4 Bantam twin engine S/N 6676 on tarmac. Taking off from Rogers Dry Lake , aerial in flight from above. NOTE: had no horizontal tail surface; only two produced & this one only flew 10 flights due to being unreliable. First flight 15Dec48 by test pilot Charles Tucker. 22:49:30 no title. Boeing YB-52 taxiing; taking off past camera. Aerial in flight w/ wheels down. First flight 15Apr52. Cold War; Aviation; Post-WW2; Oddities; Test Flights; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk