Models and drawings of futuristic planes in the Air Force Laboratories at Wright Field, Ohio. Scenes of XP-67 aircraft in flight. A Northrup N9MB Experimental Flying Wing aircraft taxiing and in flight. A larger version, the XB-35 aircraft under construction. The XB-35 taking off. P-82 aircraft taxiing and taking off. Pilot in P-82. P-82 in flight. The XB-36 aircraft being assembled for its initial test flight, at the Convair factory in Fort Worth, Texas. XB-36 taking off from the Convair factory runway, at Fort Worth, Texas, and then in flight, with landing gear (of two 110-inch single tires) extended. View from above it as XB-36 lands at Eglin Air Field (one of only three airfields capable of bearing its high pressure wheel loading, which required concrete 22 inches thick). Officers standing by the tire of the XB-36 aircraft . B-50 aircraft taxiing and taking off. B-50 buzzing field. Demonstration of variable pitch propeller operation, including the blades going into full feather position. B-50 in flight on one engine, with props on engines 1,3, and 4 feathered. Testing landing gear on C-69 aircraft. C-69 landing. Testing landing gear of B-32 aircraft. Wind tunnels. Series of shots of wind tunnel.
The Thunderstorm Project in Ohio, United States. The U.S. Army Air Forces F-61 Black Widow flying through thunderstorm clouds. The instrument panel in the F-61. The F-61 in flight. A pilot at the controls of F-61 flying through thunderstorm clouds. A large radar antenna revolving on a top of a tall tower. An officer operates a radar instrument board. An officer drawing weather maps. The F-61 flying through thunderstorm clouds. The F-61 in flight. The pilot at the controls of F-61 flying through thunderstorm clouds. The F-61 landing. The enlisted man operating controls in a GCA (Ground Control Approach) truck. The F-61 lands. GCA trucks in the foreground. A calendar. An officer seated at a desk and reads the Dayton Journal newspaper with headline "Pilotless Plane Spans Atlantic". The F-61s stationary at a ramp. A pilot stands in front of an aircraft. The F-61 taxis on a ramp. The pilot and the crew walk from the F-61. The civilians cataloging motion picture films. They sit at projectors and run films for review. Cans of films stacked in background. The F-61 pilots sit around a table and discuss thunderstorm test flight with the civilian authority. A formation of F-61s in flight. A formation of U.S. Air Forces F-80 Shooting Stars.