U.S. Air Force support of the Discoverer space program. Cameraman taking pictures through cabin window of C-119J, of the 6593rd Test Squadron (Special), during practice mission for capturing space capsules in flight. Pilot seen in background. C-119J Flying Boxcar in flight with pick-up gear lowered, over clouds. Cameraman taking pictures from rear cargo door of C-119J from sitting position on aircraft floor and from cabin window. Views of control tower at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii, United States. C-119J being refueled at the base.
Left engine of a C-119J aircraft starts. Several C-119J aircraft of the U.S. Air Force 6593rd Test Squadron (Special) taxi out for takeoff at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. They are on missions for Project Discoverer, to practice snagging space capsules as they parachute to earth from satellites in orbit. As they taxi, C-54 and C-124 aircraft can be seen in the far background. A Pan American Boeing 377 Stratocruiser passenger airplane can be seen on a nearby taxiway. The first C-119J stops on the runway, and then proceeds to take off. Several more follow in succession.
C-119J aircraft of the U.S. Air Force 6593rd Test Squadron (Special) supporting Project Discoverer, at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. View of the right engine on a C-119J aircraft starting up. A C-119J taxiing. A hangar with two C-124 aircraft and a T-33 jet trainer seen in the background. The taxiing C-119J is followed by another. The first reaches the active runway and takes off. Suddenly, a person's hand covers the camera lense, blocking out all other images. Next we see a glimpse of most, or all, of the C-119J aircraft of the 6593rd Test Squadron parked on a ramp.
Activities of the U.S. Air Force 6593rd Test Squadron (Special) stationed at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, as part of Project Discoverer. An airman stands fire guard, for an engine start (airplane not seen) on a ramp at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Airman seen pulling a chock from the wheels of a C-119J aircraft. Camera lense obscured by a human hand. View of a hangar door, partially open. Several airmen, carrying photographic equipment walk from the hangar. Pickup truck parked next to a C-119J of the 6593rd Squadron. A C-54 parked in background. Two Airmen with photographic equipment walk across a ramp toward parked C-119J aircraft of the 6593rd Test Squadron. A KC-135 tanker aircraft parked in background. One of the Airmen enters the first parked C-119J.
USAF Protective Equipment Specialist and pilot come out of a building at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas. Sign outside the building reads: "Category 2 Restricted Area." Both men then leave in a USAF (United States Air Force) Divco truck. U-2 being serviced on flight line. Flight surgeon giving pilot preflight physical. Airman checking helmet and MC-3A partial pressure suit. Pilot climbing into the cockpit of the airplane. Crew Chiefs briefing Pilot on Form 781 Aircraft write-ups.
A USAF (United States Air Force) pilot inside the cockpit of a U-2 Aircraft parked at Laughlin Air Force Base in Texas. A technician checking pressure suit and hooking up oxygen bottle. Pilot checks some documents then strapped into U-2 cockpit.
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