Training film introduces U.S. Navy F8U-2N Crusader aircraft and summarizes its flight operations, United States. F8U-2N in flight. Pilot turns auto-pilot switch to on. Engage-disengage button being pressed by pilot. F8U-2N in flight. Pilot moves bank control knob. F8U-2N banks. Animated chart details roll control and pitch control of F8U-2N. Pilot uses pitch trim wheel. Pilot disengages autopilot, levels off, re-trims, and reengages autopilot for level flight. Altitude hold switch being pressed to engage. Animated chart depicts altitude control of F8U-2N. Pilot uses pitch trim wheel. F8U-2N in flight. Pilot rides control stick.
Training film based on recognition features and capabilities of U.S. Navy F8U Crusader fighter aircraft, United States. F8U in flight. F8U taxis and takes off from a runway. F8U in flight over water. Incidence wings of F8U. F8U as seen in flight and taking off from a carrier. Various sections of F8U including wings, tail fins, jet inlet below nose, and fuselage.
Different features of the U.S. Air Force F-105B Thunderchief fighter bomber. An animated and actual footage explains the armament and fire control system of the F-105B. A pilot climbs into U.S. Air Force RF-84F Thunderstreak. A rear view of the aircraft as it taxis. Insignia of the United States. Tthe bomb pylon as the bomb is being released. RF-84F in flight as the bomb is dropped. Explosion on the ground. A jet aircraft in flight and vapor trails comes out from the engine. The F-105B in flight and the bomb bay opens. Bomb bay shows special weapon being dropped. The number printed on the side of the weapon is '28-5 and T-5'. A ground tent firing of F-105B armament. The F-105B taxis on a taxi strip. The aircraft climbs rapidly after the take off.
Loading and firing of Falcon air to air missiles from a U.S. Air Force F-102A Delta Dagger interceptor aircraft. Several men load Falcon missiles into an F-102A at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Three contractor representatives going over graphs and charts in a conference room. The representatives going up steps of the Convair General Office Building at San Diego, California. Two Convair technicians check electrical connections and firing circuit of a Falcon missile on flight line at Holloman AFB. They load a Falcon onto launcher of a F-102A and insert the ignitor into the motor. The rockets are drawn into the aircraft and the bay doors closed. The F-102A taxis on flight line and takes off. F-102Ain flight, bomb bay doors open. The Falcon missiles are extended and fired in two salvos of three each. F-102A flying to the right.
Pilots of P-51 and F-51 planes of the U.S. Air Force prepare to take off in Korea, during Korean War. Interior of a briefing room. An officer briefs the pilots. The officer points towards a map. Close view of pilots' faces as they listen to the officer. The pilots come out of the briefing room. Several F-51s in a row. A pilot climbs onto the wing of F-51. The pilot talks to a crew chief. Another pilot checks a note book while standing on the wing of the plane. Yet another pilot climbs into the cockpit of a P-51. Rockets and bombs on the plane. Shadow of rotating propeller on the ground. Close view of nose section of the plane. A pilot in the cockpit of a stationary P-51. 'Pilot-Lieutenant Bell, Crew Chief—Sergeant Olson' written on the side of the plane. A P-51 taxies on the ground past a partially complete hangar. Two men talk. A number of F-51 planes on runway await signal for take off. A jeep and a man across airfield. Several stationary Sikorsky R-5 helicopters in the background. A ground crew member signals P-51s to take off. The planes take off. Two crew chiefs stand and watch the take off. A truck parked across the runway. The driver looks at the planes as they take off. Roof of the hangar shows large hole in the steel framework. F-51 flies overhead. F-51s in flight. Four P-51s in flight. .
U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II crashes at St. Louis, Missouri. It was test flight #155557 MAC 2833. The F-4J aircraft taxis for take off, lifts off and climbs steeply. Pilot and co-pilot eject. (Both survived: Pilot C. D. "Pete" Pilcher, Production Test Pilot, McDonnell Douglas Corporation; and Radar Observer Harvey A. Begay in backseat position.) Plane moves flatly through air in vertical position. It loses all speed. Aircraft falls flatly, impacts runway and explodes into a huge fireball. Black smoke billows up from impact area. Plane continues to burn. F-4J ablaze. Crash crew makes way to fire. Ambulance on ground. Pilot Pilcher and Radar Observer Begay meet-up together with other personnel on the airfield and observe the blazing aircraft from which they had ejected. They walk around a military station wagon. The two crew members examine ejection seat on runway. Ejection seat resting on runway. Two pilots get into a station wagon with other civilian personnel. Collapsed chute laying on grass. View of ejection seat. Blown canopy, other debris lying about runway in the background. F-4J still ablaze. Fire engine enters and moves down a runway. Firemen wade knee-deep through foam while fighting fire. Heavy smoke rises from wreckage. Crashed F-4J, heavy foam in the foreground. Fireman direct more foam into opening of F-4J while smoke is pouring out.