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Pilot Donald H Lilienthal with a copilot on the controls and an aircraft lands at a U.S. naval station in Maryland.

A U.S. Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft lands on U.S. Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, United States during a long range navigational test. The earth in red horizon as the sun comes up. Commander Donald H. Lilienthal at the controls relaxes with a cigarette. The copilot in position.A heavy cloud layer. An opening in the clouds and ground seen. A crew man hands the pilot a cup of coffee. A runway underneath the aircraft as it touches the ground. A building at U.S. Naval Air Station Patuxent River. A firehouse and a control tower. The aircraft taxis to a parking area. People walk over to the parking area to welcome the crew.

Date: 1971, January 14
Duration: 3 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067016
Tests of the BQM-34 Firebee drone's drogue and mid-air recovery system, at Edwards AFB. California

Tests to evaluate and improve the performance of the BQM-34 Firebee drone's drogue and mid-air retrieval system (MARS). Aerial view of a CH-53 helicopter in flight. with MARS equipment deployed. A Teledyne Ryan BQM-34 F Firebee drone descending by main parachute as small striped drogue chute trails high above. The CH-53 snags the drone's engagement chute and the main chute releases and flies away. The CH-53 tows the suspended drone.

Date: 1971
Duration: 3 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067708
A BQM-34 F Firebee drone suspended by cable from CH-53 helicopter over desert in California, United States.

A Teledyne Ryan BQM-34 F, Firebee drone, suspended from CH-53 helicopter flying in vicinity of Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Aerial view of the CH-53 helicopter in forward flight with BQM-34 F Firebee suspended far below. The orange colored Firebee drone trails a striped drogue chute. While in forward flight, the CH-53 pulls the drone closer, until it is within 20 feet of the helicopter.

Date: 1971
Duration: 3 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067709
BQM-34 F drone suspended from CH-53 helicopter at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States.

A Teledyne Ryan BQM-34 F, jet-powered Firebee drone suspended from a CH-3 helicopter, during tests of the drone's drogue and mid-air retrieval system (MARS) at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Aerial view of the BQM-34 f Firebee drone under the CH-3 helicopter, with a striped drogue chute trailing behind. The helicopter descends over concrete ramp and hovers close to the surface, with the Firebee suspended underneath.

Date: 1971
Duration: 2 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067710
A BQM-34 F Firebee drone is recovered in mid air by a CH-3 helicopter, in tests at Edwards AFB, California

Teledyne Ryan BQM-34 F jet-powered drone being recovered in mid air at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Aerial view of a CH-3 helicopter in flight . Visible beneath it is equipment that is part of its Mid-Air Retrieval System (MARS). A BQM-34 F Firebee drone drops from a C-130 aircraft, and descends on a main parachute. The helicopter snags a striped engagement parachute attached to the Firebee drone and continues in flight, pulling the Firebee behind it.

Date: 1971
Duration: 3 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067711
CH-3 helicopter, using MARS, retrieves Firebee drone, suspended below it, in tests at Edwards AFB. California

Teledyne Ryan BQM-34F Firebee drone being recovered by means of the Midair Recovery System (MARS) at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Aerial view of a U.S. Air Force CH-3E in flight towing the Firebee after snagging it in the air. The Firebee is suspended far below the helicopter by a cable, and is seen trailing a striped drogue chute. It is gradually cranked closer, by means of an internally installed hydraulic winch system, until it appears to be within 20 feet of the CH-3 helicopter.

Date: 1971
Duration: 4 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067712