Loren Mendell and Pete Reinhart 'Tough Hombres' set a new flight endurance record. Loren Mendell and Pete Reinhart before their flight in Culver City, California. Ground check for the Wright powered Buhl monoplane before the flight. Refueling gear and living quarters of the plane 'Angeleno' in view. Monoplane takes off. The monoplane refueled by another aircraft in flight.
United States Military Academy air indoctrination at Eglin Air Force base in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. Officer delivers speech to a group in hangar. Pictures and charts mounted at the back of instructor. Cadet looks into cockpit of a jet aircraft in hangar. Group attends lecture inside hangar. Men look into cockpit and other areas of various jet aircraft. Cadets look at an exhibition of snakes in pit. A toy balloon in the pit area. Sergeant milks venom from rattle snake into glass tumbler. Sergeant holds head and tail of rattle snake.
Ground and air search operations for missing crewmen of a Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 aircraft of 99th Bomb Wing. The plane crashed against the side of Elephant Mountain, Maine. CH-3 plane in flight above search area. Lake, Elephant Mountain and snow covered crash area in view. Pilots of CH-3 plane Lieutenant Edward L Heft and Captain Kenneth L Winden scan terrain for survivors. Smoke signals on crash area.
Ground and air search operations for missing crewmen of a Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 aircraft of 99th Bomb Wing. The plane crashed against the side of Elephant Mountain, Maine. Men wearing snow shoes walk to B-52 wreckage. Investigation team examines the scattered wreckage. CH-3 plane in flight above search area. CH-3 circles around the woods. Military men and operator boarding Bombardier Ski-Doo snow sleds. Personnel wearing snowshoes use radio equipment.
Ground and air search operations for missing crewmen of a Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 aircraft of 99th Bomb Wing. The plane crashed against the side of Elephant Mountain, Maine. Military men stand around HH-43B helicopter on snow covered ramp. Rotors of the helicopter turn. Helicopters in the background. Pilot and co-pilot search over lake and mountain. Helicopter crewmen in rear of helicopter look out. Two men in basket hoisted inside helicopter.
America's first sub-orbital flight. Astronaut Commander Alan B Shepard in Freedom Seven Capsule. NASA special van arrives at pad number 5, Cape Canaveral. Commander Alan B Shepard carries a portable air conditioner and walks to the elevator. Doctor William Douglas, Mercury flight Surgeon follows him. Elevator moves to Mercury capsule. Technicians prepare Redstone booster. Technicians aid astronaut Commander Alan B Shepard into Freedom Seven Capsule. 'Countdown and proceed' written in control room. Alan B Shepard during countdown procedure. Gantry moves away from Redstone-Mercury and the boom arm of cherry picker swinging up to capsule. Umbilical arm drops away and missile lifts off. Commander Alan B Shepard talks. Floating harness strap during weightlessness. Mercury launch team personnel seen in mission control room, including flight surgeon and capsule environment monitors. Aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain. Marine helicopter HUS-1 takes off from carrier ship. Crewmen signal. Commander Alan B Shepard during flight. Aircraft carrier crewmen sit on deck. Capsule with open parachute descends. Commander Alan B Shepard releases harness strap. Capsule near surface of water.
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