Bell Dyna-Soar airplane mockup at Martin Plant in Denver. Heat demonstration of surface skin models for use in the Dyna-Soar airplane. Shows metal going from a bluish-gray to red-hot and back to bluish-gray.
A Bell technician works at Martin Plant, Denver. The Bell technician mates a Dyna-Soar skin panel and a honeycomb insulation to the test wires attached to the specimen.
Dyna-Soar airplane mockup at Martin Plant, Denver. A number of Dyna-Soar curved and flat surface skin blade test specimens mounted in a heat chamber. Dyna-Soar full scale mockup in a horizontal position inside Martin Plant. A pilot walks from tail booster to a Dyna-Soar airplane in the foreground. Views of the pilot and Dyna-Soar cockpit mockup simulating flight. The pilot uses controls and navigation aids.
Minneapolis-Honeywell controls for Dyna-Soar airplane mockup at Martin Plant, Denver. View of etched electronics circuit card with components mounted. Minneapolis-Honeywell miniature gyro components table being partially assembled to show the placement of components. Minneapolis-Honeywell inertial platform on a table. An engineer spins it on gimbal mounting.
Minneapolis-Honeywell engineers work on Dyna-Soar controls in the United States. Engineers at Minneapolis-Honeywell test accuracy of the digital gyro torquing-technique. A man operates a control console. An engineer sees through an eyepiece during the gyro-torquing test. View of inertial platform being tested.
Controls of Dyna-Soar full scale mockup in the United States. A man operates a Bendix keyboard unit on a table. View of numbers flashing in channel slots.