German scientists experimenting with parachutes during OSS Operation Paperclip at Wright Field in Ohio, United States. Two scientists stand upon rim of a vertical wind tunnel. 3 parachutes are tied on a pipe in the tunnel. A scientist bends a parachute with a stick and lets it expand. The other scientist near him helps him record readings.
Shows barrage balloons sent aloft, tethered with metal cables. Barrage balloons in sky and being tested at Wingfoot Lake, Ohio. (World War 2 period.)
Astronauts trained in Ohio. A civilian reporter and spacemen on a zero gravity test flight. Clouds seen below. They float in mid air. The men suspend their bodies in air.
Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. A sign reads 'Danger only authorized personnel permitted on firing range by order of commanding officers'. At the firing range a technician operates a twin 50 cal machine gun mounted on a table, muzzle protrudes through a hole in a wall. Buttons that start firing pushed by a man. Gun fires rapidly, ammunition goes into the firing chamber of the gun.
Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. Project information report on aircraft jettisonable wheel. United States Air Force F-84 aircraft takes off with dual type landing gear. Aircraft drops the outside wheel from each gear after take off.
Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. Tufts attached to wings of F-86 aircraft. A project officer climbs into the cockpit of F-86 aircraft and places film pack in camera, mounted on the rear of the pilot's seat. Officer talks to the pilot. Plane takes off. Project engineer views the film taken during test on 16 mm moviola and writes a report. Electronic flight stimulator F-86.
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