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North American Aviation engineers. X-15 research design and testing
" X-15 Research Airplane Request for Bids" issued by the U.S. Air Force Air Materiel Command, Washington, DC. Documents labeled 'Confidential Information'. Cover of another document reads: "North American Aviation Inc." View of North American aircraft design engineers at work designing and drawing sketches of landing gear, fuel system, hydraulics, surface control and study it. A sketch of X-15. Wind tunnel tests. Sketches of various aircraft designs. Vehicles outside North American Aviation Inc. A sign reads 'SABRE JET'. A sign reads 'Unauthorized personnel Keep Out' and 'Closed Area Admittance by Authorization Only'. Engine testing. Airframe fabrication. More wind tunnel tests.
Preparing test pilots for X-15. Rocket sled. Zero-gravity maneuvers.
Aircraft fabrication. Two technicians working on a new jet aircraft. Rocket sled experience shown with a human test subject strapped on a rocket sled. View of the airman during the test as his body encounters g-forces. Next scene shows zero-gravity maneuvers in F-104 aircraft with pilot opening a drink container and liquid rising out upward and seen loose in the cockpit. Zero-gravity maneuvers in a zero gravity chamber, with two astronauts or pilots conducting weighlessness experiments while a technician observes.
Preparing for X-15 flight. Flight Simulators. Pressure suit testing. Rocket sled test of cockpit escape mechanism
Technician operates X-15 Flight simulator. Technician in cockpit of partial aircraft testing pump drain.Pilot enters large simulator mounted on moving apparatus, outdoors. Test pilot Scott Crossfield, in pressure flight suit, closes visor of his helmet and undergoes testing in low pressure chamber altitude simulator. Dummy testing of cockpit escape mechanism on rocket sled.
Subjecting pilot to high G forces in centrifuge.
Pilot wearing flight suit enters and sits down in centrifuge capsule.Technicians and engineers inside control room. A technician seated at an operating position. One man holds microphone and turns dial to start up the centrifuge Views of pilot wearing oxygen mask and helmet, inside centrifuge capsule, as it revolves at higher speeds.
The Wright Air Development Center (WADC) in United States; early Wright aircraft flights.
'The Story of Wright Air Development Center' shows various activities at WADC in United States. Aircraft parked at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Narration outlines the purpose of Wright Air Development Center. The Wright Flyer aircraft manually pulled out of a hangar. Two men climb into aircraft. A plane is catapulted by means of weight. Crowd stands in the foreground. The flight took place at Ft. Myer, Virginia. (This footage is a mix of 1909 footage where the aircraft shows two half-rounds of canvas in the front elevator at removal from the hangar, and 1908 footage, from the rear taking off, where the aircraft has a single half-round of canvas in the front elevator.) A Wright Brother Development Center. Wright field shows Massie Wind Tunnel, Aero-Med Lab, hangars etc. A book entitled 'Wright Air Development Center'. Hands turn back showing forward mission to complete research and development of aircraft, guided missiles, weapons, components and associated equipment etc. A technician pushes instrument on cart down hallway-interested along hallway are various types of gaging instruments. Technician opens vault door and places instruments in chamber. Entrance of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Two technicians work in office building.
Development of F-86 Sabre at Wright Air Development Center and first flight test of F-86 at Muroc Dry Lake
Development and flight of various U.S. aircraft. A page of Wright Air Development Center (WADS) book reads 'A Sense of Urgency'. A technician works on drawing board. Aerial view of formation of five Convair B-36 aircraft in flight. A centrifuge test in progress at WADC of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Evening journal headlines reads 'Reds Invade South Korea'. Explosion during actual battle of Korean War. Smoke due to explosion. Aerial formation of C-119 Flying Boxcar. Parachutes descend. Formation of eight C-119 during jump. Lined up five F-86 Sabre aircraft. Crew members and gasoline trucks in front of F-86. Insignia of United States on F-86. Last minute check is made prior to mission. Refueling of an F-86 by a man. F-59A aircraft in flight leaves a smoky trail. A book in hands of a man. Four technicians seated at desk and are reviewing future proposals of jet aircraft. An outline drawing of an aircraft F-84 Thunderjet. Various instruments and gauges during testing of mechanical systems of aircraft. The door to cold weather chamber opened. An engineer wearing heavy clothing takes instruments through door. F-80 Shooting Star lands and taxis. Narrator discusses problems of load on landing gear. A man cleans the wheels of F-80 after landing. Two technicians seated at a desk discuss about the project. Project engineer hold the model of F-86 aircraft in hand pointing to various sections of F-86 Sabre. Test conducted on a dynamometer machine. Tire test conducted. Gauges which record wheel speed, brake recorder. F-86 Sabre stationary. Initial flight test of an F-86 conducted at Muroc Dry Lake in California. F-86 taxis and takes off. F-86 in flight. A pilot in a cockpit. Landing of F-86.
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