The Thunderstorm Project in Ohio, United States. The U.S. Army Air Forces F-61 Black Widow flying through thunderstorm clouds. The instrument panel in the F-61. The F-61 in flight. A pilot at the controls of F-61 flying through thunderstorm clouds. A large radar antenna revolving on a top of a tall tower. An officer operates a radar instrument board. An officer drawing weather maps. The F-61 flying through thunderstorm clouds. The F-61 in flight. The pilot at the controls of F-61 flying through thunderstorm clouds. The F-61 landing. The enlisted man operating controls in a GCA (Ground Control Approach) truck. The F-61 lands. GCA trucks in the foreground. A calendar. An officer seated at a desk and reads the Dayton Journal newspaper with headline "Pilotless Plane Spans Atlantic". The F-61s stationary at a ramp. A pilot stands in front of an aircraft. The F-61 taxis on a ramp. The pilot and the crew walk from the F-61. The civilians cataloging motion picture films. They sit at projectors and run films for review. Cans of films stacked in background. The F-61 pilots sit around a table and discuss thunderstorm test flight with the civilian authority. A formation of F-61s in flight. A formation of U.S. Air Forces F-80 Shooting Stars.
A small motorcade of three cars led by a red open convertible carrying President John F. Kennedy, Air Force General Walter Campbell Sweeney Jr. in the back and Secret Service agents and another Air Force officers in the front. An Air Force open stake truck carries members of the press and photographers, driving alongside the President's car. An Air Force Lieutenant Colonel in a flight suit, standing by a microphone, salutes as the President's car pauses and listens to him speak. The President's car is next seen parked near a C-130 transport aircraft, and surrounded by Air Force photographers taking pictures. A formation of F-105 aircraft flies low overhead. Close view of the President and occupants of the red car watching the formation. An Air Force Lieutenant Colonel wearing a flight suit speaks to the President who points toward the flight line, where numerous aircraft are parked on static display. The first seen are F-105s. View from moving car as it proceeds along the flight line. Next an F-100 aircraft is seen. then an F-84F; an F-104; Several Navy tactical aircraft including an F-4 Phantom fighter. A Douglas A-1 Skyraider is the last fighter type seen. Parked behind it is a C-124C cargo aircraft, and next to it is a C-133 cargo plane with six crew members who salute as the President's car passes. The President's car stops near a C-130 aircraft. View from behind General Sweeney and the President. Next, Lieutenant Colonel Robert M. Strickland is seen speaking. He is in fatigues and wears the Tactical Air Command patch on it. Closeup of the President listening to him. Formation of 24 F-105s and 24 F-84Fs flies overhead. Closeup of the President watching them. Film ends showing the formations overhead.
Training film based on recognition features of U.S. Navy F8U Crusader fighter aircraft, United States. F8U takes off from a U.S. carrier. F8U in flight. F8U lands on flight deck of carrier. Animation details fuselage section of F8U. Nose of F8U housing fire control equipment. Jet scoop under fuselage. Animation details wings, horizontal tail fins, and tall vertical tail fin of F8U. Side view of F8U shows fuselage, cockpit canopy, sloping windscreen, jet-intake below nose, tail pipe extending to aft fin. View of F8U from below detailing various sections. F8U in flight.
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.
U.S. Air Force F-102A Delta Dagger external wing tank vibration tests at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Several men take an external wing tank from the back of a pickup truck and carry it inside of a hangar. An F-102A with its landing gear mounted on spring-supported platforms inside a hangar. Technicians install accelerometers mounted on wooden blocks. The aircraft equipped with external wing fuel tanks undergoes vibration tests. Electro-magnetic shakers are attached to the wing tips of the aircraft with the vibration visible on the nose of the fuel tank during low-frequence oscillation. Three engineers check oscillograph recordings made during the vibration tests. The F-102A, equipped with two external wing tanks painted black and white, in flight. External fuel tank under the left wing. The aircraft flying to the left, jettisons external fuel tank visible beneath the wings of the aircraft. Two technicians install a shaker underneath the wing of an F-102A. A F-102A taking off. F-84F chase plane and F-102A flying to the right. F-102A rolling down the runway after touchdown, nose gear touches down.
F-104A Starfighter at Palmdale airport in California. A man on a tug. F-104A Starfighter towed in front of the hangar. The aircraft is towed forward few feet and stopped. A bus and car in the background. F-94C Starfire inside the hangar. Tug tows the aircraft forward until the tug is out of frame. A pilot in the cockpit. Tanks near a hangar. F-104A towed by the tug out of the hangar. Tug makes a 90 degree turn and tows F-104A. Tug tows F-104A and takes a left turn. Cars parked near hangar. F-104A towed along strip and aircraft makes a right turn. The tail and rear fuselage of the F-104A. A sign reads 'FG 956'. F-104A is parked on the edge of ramp. Three men stand next to the nose of aircraft