The United States Army Eighth Air Force 351st Bombardment Group shooting for the film 'Combat America' in England. A United States Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress parked on the strip. Captain Clark Gable talking to GI in overalls. Captain Gable turns toward camera, and talks to someone off screen. Captain Gable and crew member in overalls, standing close to the B-17. An officer walks into picture, salutes and shakes hands with the Captain and carries on conversation. The three men walk under a wing of B-17 where they make a check on the super-charger. They inspect the landing gear,propeller, and flap. Captain Gable holds the propeller. Wing surface and antenna of the plane. The men check guns on the lower turret of B-17, then move to tail section where they check horizontal and vertical surface of the plane and the machine gun. Tail gunner of the B-17 sticks head out of window and talks to someone off screen. Top turret gunner does the same. Captain Gable, the officer, and crew member enter side door of B-17. B-17 taxis on runway and takes off. Old insignia on plane. (World War II period).
Mating of rocket powered aircraft X-15 with B-52 Stratofortress. Right inboard wings pylon and inboard engines of B-52 on ground. Technicians around B-52. A tug tows the X-15 underneath the wing of B-52. X-15 sitting under B-52 with large group of technicians around the nose of X-15. Ground support crew push X-15 back and line up with pylon. X-15 sitting on ground in place under pylon. Support crew works under nose of X-15. A man works on the top of X-15 and under pylon, a man works on tail assembly, three men work under nose of X-15, a man jacking up X-15 and two men work under nose of X-15. The majority of the men on right side of B-52 sitting on ground. A man works on top of X-15 under pylon. Support crew gathers around the X-15 and discuss. X-15 under the pylon and a part of B-52. Crew stands against the X-15. Three men stand in front of X-15. A man wears earphones. X -15 in neutral position. Support man on crew stands one on each side and work on X-15. A man stands in front of X-15 with a wrench in his hand. Support crew works on X-15. Two men work on X-15. X -15 is attached to pylon on right wing. Support crew work on X-15.
Mating of rocket powered aircraft X-15 with B-52 Stratofortress. B-52 with pylon mounted under wing. Weather truck, engineers and technicians gather around aircraft. X-15 sits on ground underneath pylon. X-15 sits underneath pylon and man work on each side. Weather truck and tug in the background. X-15 sits under B-52. Auxiliary power unit (APU) on right side and workmen between APU and X-15. Full view of X-15 sitting under the pylon attached to the B-52 wing. Overall view of X-15 sitting under the pylon. Upper fin turns back and forth. Barking flaps on upper fin open and close. Tail of X-15 sitting under pylon. X-15 sitting under pylon and a man works on cockpit. Two men work under X-15 on landing apparatus. Men work with jack under right wing gear. X-15 under pylon and workmen all around it. Overall view of X-15 on hoist in mating place. Men work all around it. Some men work on ground, some up on the X-15 and some on work stand. Nose of X-15. Men work around cockpit. X-15 mated. Men work off stand. Three men stand in front of camera blocking a lot of good view. Inboard and outboard engines along with the nose of the B-52. Nose of X-15 sticks out between the inboard engine and nose of B-52. X-15 is mated but still on hoist. Right wing of engine and wing gear is suspended in air. B-52 with X-15 mated.
Mating of rocket powered aircraft X-15 with B-52 Stratofortress. Overall view of X-15 mated with B-52. Outboard engines jacked up, workmen on work stand. Workmen work on cockpit. X-15 nose. Hoist in raised position under nose wheel. Three men on work stand work on X-15 cockpit. Engineers or technicians stand at the foot of workstand and looks upward as though they are watching and discussing the men working at the top of the stand. Nose of B-52. Insignia of 'ARDC' on the nose of B-52. Auxiliary power unit under the nose. Nose and cockpit of X-15. Three men work on X-15 mating in to B-52. Nose wheel is on hoist and is in raised position. X-15 mated to B-52 before hoist is lowered. Workstands not been removed from X-15. Man stand at the foot of workstand. The man who was standing on workstand is now working with another man on X-15. Two men on top of workstand turn to descend the ladder of the stand. Overall scene of X-15 mated to B-52. Hoists are in lowered position Workstands are by X-15 with one man standing on top and works on X-15.
Mating of X-15 with B-52 Stratofortress. B-52 at Edwards Air Force Base. X-15 under the right wing of B-52 is parked on flight line. A checkout van is parked in front of the aircraft. Ground Crew and checkout equipment around the aircraft. X-15 on flight line under the wing of B-52. North American technicians check the research aircraft. A man operates the hydraulic lift hand control unit. X-15 on hydraulic lift is mated to pylon under the right wing of B-52 carrier aircraft. Technicians work on X-15 to be attached with pylon. Two men on ladder stand and work on the top of X-15. Technician works on the wheel of B-52. Scott Crossfield talks to North American official. The nose wheel of X-15 is on hoist and technician on ladder attach X-15 with the pylon. A technician stands next to the hoist. Three men work on stand and adjust X-15 according to pylon. X-15 under the right wing of B-52 and technicians work. X-15 pilot Scott Crossfield and North American test engineers in conference prior to first flight. An engineer on radio. Nose of X-15. North American test pilot Scott Crossfield wearing special pressure suit climbs up a maintenance stand ladder into cockpit of X-15. Technicians close X-15 canopy.
A training mission of the United States Air Force 305th Bombardment Wing on aircraft B-47 Stratojet at Brize Norton Air Force Base in Oxfordshire, England. The nose section of a B-47 Stratojet and the tail section of a KC-97 Stratotanker during an air to air refueling attempt with a telescopic boom method. The boom extends and injects into the nose section of the B-47 Stratojet. The B-47 Stratojet in flight. The B-47 Stratojet is refueled from the KC-97 Stratotanker. The tail section of the KC-97 refueling the B-47 Stratojet. The bottom portion and the rear section of the B-47 Stratojet in flight. The top of the head of a crew member in the aircraft.
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