Structural tests of U.S. Air Force B-36 Peacemaker bomber aircraft at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Interior of an office building as engineers and civilian personnel look at charts of the B-36 aircraft. Man points at the charts and blueprints of B-36 structure. Exteriors of structural test building, Area 'B', Wright Patterson AFB. A B-36 aircraft taxis on airfield. Exterior of test hangar with test personnel around the B-36. Interiors as B-36 undergoes various stress and strain tests. Wing section of B-36 undergoes various tests. Man at hydraulic control panel. Tail tests being carried out on B-36. Personnel at an instrument panel.
A film based on ASR (Air Sea Rescue) by U.S. 8th Air Forces in European Theater during World War II. Formation of B-17 Flying Fortress bombers in flight over Nazi German targets in Europe. Bombardier aboard B-17 sights target through Norden bomb sight. Bombs away view as bombs are dropped over targets. Smoke and flame billows up from explosions. More scenes of bombs being dropped from Allied aircraft and hitting targets below during a day time bombing mission. B-17s face attack from Nazi Luftwaffe fighter aircraft. Air to air combat and dogfight scenes. Gunners aboard B-17 firing at Nazi fighters. A B-17 with a damaged tail. A B-17 on fire goes down. Pilot of the same B-17 gives emergency signal. Crash landing of B-17 on water shows crew members preparing to ditch the B-17 at sea. Crew members on raft and aboard a boat heads for English coast. Door sign reads 'Air Sea Rescue Control Room'. Interior of room shows an officer plotting and planning the timings and air route the bomber squadron must follow from and to target area during the mission. Air Sea Rescue Liaison Sergeant of U.S. army talks over phone and alerts British Royal Navy officer. British Navy officer calls up an officer at the RAF (Royal Air Force) high speech launch base and assigns patrol areas. Royal Navy patrol boats head for assigned areas. Emergency rescue squadron is alerted by an officer. Pilots of rescue aircraft prepare to board P-47 Thunderbolt fighters. View of inflatable rafts and smoke floats carried on theThunderbolts.Flying boat PBY Catalina warms up on runway.
Different features of the U.S. Air Force F-105B Thunderchief fighter bomber. The aircraft in flight and climbs up. F-105B in flight to the right as the bomb bay opens. The bomb bay shows a large bomb dropping out from it. Numbers printed on the side of the special weapon are ' 28-5 and T-5'. F-105B takes off and climbs vertically. A rear view of F-105B in flight. A pilot seated in a cockpit and moves control sticks. An animated and actual footage explains the aerodynamics and performance of the aircraft. A rear view of the F-105B in a banking left turn. F-105B in flight over a rural terrain. F-105B in flight. A rear view of the speed brake opening and closing while the F-105B is in flight. F-105B climbs and in flight under clouds. F-105 lands and a drogue chute deployed.
Development progress report of U.S. F-105 Thunderchief fighter bomber in the United States. U.S. Air Force YF-105A Thunderchief being towed. Republic maintenance men work on TF-105B on a ramp. The emergency hydraulic ram air turbine being extended from fuselage and then retracted. A bluff-shaped B-1 bomb being towed out and positioned under YF-105 on the ramp. Bluff-shaped B-8 bomb being lifted up into the YF-105A bomb bay. YF-105A taxis at the Edwards Air Force Base. Flyover of YF-105A. The wing tips and horizontal stabilizers being coated with high visibility paint. YF-105A in flight. A bomb bay and bluff shaped B-8 bomb drops towards the ground. Artwork depicts position change of the horizontal stabilizers. F-105B on dry lake bed after landing gear failure during the first flight. A truck mounted crane lifts the F-105B off the dry lake bed. F-105B with gear extended being towed by a tug on the dry lake bed. Two airmen work in the control room at the Edwards Air Force Base. A F-105B turns to the left and taxis towards the runway. Airmen work in the control tower. F-105 B taxis and takes off and retracting its landing gear. F-105 climbs after the take off.
View inside a B-17 of the U.S. 351st Bomb Group, enroute to target in Germany during World War 2. Gunners looking out their window as escorting P-47 fighters of the U.S. 487th Fighter Squadron (352nd Fighter Group) turn back (for lack of fuel endurance) and head home to their base at RAF Station Bodney. The B-17s continuing unescorted in tight formation, displaying high altitude contrails. German fighters are spotted at 9 O'Clock high. Contrails from German fighters are seen. Gunners rotating their turrets as they look out for enemy attacks. American gunner fire at attacking German fighters. Sky filled with swirling contrails from the attackers. German fighter disables lead ship which begins to descend with number 4 engine smoking. Crew inside B-17 watches as some of the stricken crew bail out with parachutes. German fighters continue relentless attacks on the B-17s. B-17 Flying Fortress is seen falling into a flat spin and descending rapidly toward the ground, out of control. German FW-190 fighter join in the attack. B-17 gunners hit one and it explodes and falls. Another B-17 is hit and falls out of control. German fighters regroup in formation as the B-17s enter an area of concentrated antiaircraft ground fire. Black bursts of flak surround the B-17s. Soon the German fighter attacks resume.
Mating of rocket powered aircraft X-15 with B-52 Stratofortress. X-15 under pylon that is attached to the wing of B-52. X-15 on ground, one man stands halfway up on a step ladder and works on the side of X-15. Another man works on lower side of the X-15. Pylon attached to B-52 wing. Several technicians discuss in a group. Nose of B-52 with 'ARDC' and insignia of 'ARDC' on right side of the nose. X-15 on ground under pylon and engineers and technicians work around it. Three men on work stand work on forward end of pylon. X-15 under pylon and men work on the front part. Forward end of pylon over the X-15 with workmen silhouetted in the shadow of X-15. X-15 on hoist. Two men in front, and two men on work stand. Hoist in air with nose wheel sitting on it. Nose and nose wheel on hoist raised up in the air. Man works on control box and stands off side. Control box in operator's hand. Four support crewmen work on tail gear of X-15. People stand around X-15 and look towards it. Three men stand near the tail and look at the dolly wheels on X-15. A man stands beside the X-15 with hand in inspection panel. Two men stand by the tail of X-15. View of X-15 from bottom. Tail of X-15 after it's mating to B-52. Nose wheel on hoist raised in air, and after being mated to B-52. Space between nose wheel and hoist. Hoist in raised position. Top of hoist in raised position under nose gear. Hoist is lowered, underbelly of X-15. Covered exhaust pipe in the tail. X-15 after being mated with B-52. Jack holds up the wing of B-52. A view of the outboard engine. A man works on X-15 and stands on the wing. Upper part of X-15 tail. Two men in discussion behind the X-15.
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