Documentary film 'Flight to the Future' shows experimental aircraft at Muroc Army Air Field (Edwards Air Force Base) in California, United States. U.S. Air Force F-94 Starfire, B-66 Destroyer, C-123 Provider, Piasecki H-21 helicopter, C-54 Skymaster, C-47 Skytrain, T-33 Shooting Star aircraft parked at an airbase. Dry land with a few bushes around the airbase. Men raise canvas covered door of hangar. Bell YP-59 A aircraft taxis out of the hangar. Bell YP-59 A aircraft taxis and takes off from the runway.
United States experimental aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Two ground crew members operate theodolite tracking camera with a radar in the background. Telemetry equipment in operation. Men look through binoculars. Lieutenant Colonel Frank Everest seated in the cockpit with his hands on the controls. U.S. Air Force Bell X-2 release from U.S. Air Force B-50 Superfortress and begins a solo flight. Radar tracks the flight course. U.S. Air Force F-86 Sabre and T-33 aircraft fly along Bell X-2. Bell X-2 aircraft lands on Rogers Dry Lake Bed. Ambulance, fire brigade and other vehicles next to the aircraft. Pilot removes his helmet and comes out of the aircraft.
United States experimental aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. Official marks on the telemetry recording paper with lines on it. He turns the dial on front of the telemetry recording instrument. Woman types on a typing machine. Print on paper read 'Air Force Lt Col. Frank K Pete Everest flew Bell X-2 research rocket plane 1900 miles per hour last week, nudging close to three times the speed of sound'. U.S. Air Force B-47 aircraft in flight. U.S. Air Force F-104 A Aircraft in flight. Three F-1004 aircraft in flight. U.S. Air Force F-84F aircraft taxis and takes off from the runway. U.S. Air Force Bell X-1 parked on ground. Pilot gets into cockpit of Bell X-1A aircraft. Bell X-2 on static thrust as engine is fired during a test.
Number of United States aircraft take off from Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States aircraft RF-4C Phantom II, EC-135A Stratospheric ,RF-101C Voodoo, Douglas AC-47 Spooky, T-39 Sabreliner and C-123B Provider taxi and take off from the runway.
Military and commercial aircraft land and take off from Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. Passengers disembark from Pan American World Airways Boeing 707-321B passenger airplane “Jet Clipper Eclipse” (N409PA) and walk towards the terminal. An airman unloads baggage from the aircraft. Vehicles parked in the foreground. Baggage on transport vehicles inside the airport.
Construction and improvements at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. Bulldozers and graders operate near ramp area. United States Marine Corps Hawk emplacements. F-100D Super Sabre, A-1E Skyraider and C-130B Hercules aircraft taxi and take take off from the runway. Four A-1E Skyraider aircraft fly in formation. (Vietnam War period).
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