comparative evaluation of four USAF planes: C-119C, XC-123, SA-16 and C-47F for the Strategic Air Command, Escape and Evasion mission. Unassisted take-offs of the planes form Eglin Air Force Base in Okaloosa County, Florida is shown. SA-16 taking off from hard surface runway, followed by C-119C, C-47F and XC-123.
Testing the short landing capabilities of various aircraft as candidates for Strategic Air Command Escape and Evasion mission. A U.S. Air Force C-47F (equipped with fully reversible propellers) performs maximum performance landing in rough terrain at Eglin Air Force Base in Okaloosa County, Florida. The C-47F makes a normal full flap approach and landing but fully reverses its engines upon touchdown, which significantly adds to the stopping effect of braking. The effects of reverse thrust are readily seen as the dirt of the landing area is blown forward of the aircraft during the process. Several views of the test landing are shown.
A ground crew member of the 18th Fighter Bomber Wing of the U.S. Air Force loads guns with 50 caliber shells on F-51 at Chinhae Base (K-10), in Korea. 50 caliber shells on the wing of F-51. The ground crew member loads guns with shells. He closes a lid and fastens the screws with the help of a screwdriver. (Korean War)
U.S. Military Police (MP) Camp in Vietnam. A sign reads: 'US ARMY HQ-CO I-F-Force V'. The Grand Hotel in Camp John F McDermott area. Vietnamese workers at a cement mixer. Cement is poured from mixer into wheelbarrow. Workers push wheelbarrows to construction site and empty them. American MP stands at the entrance to the Grand Hotel. (Vietnam War period).
Animated map shows the course taken by Douglas World Cruiser aircraft of the U.S. Army Air Service in their round-the-world flight in 1924. It also highlights mishaps, such as the location of Major Fredrick F Martin's crash in mountains off Alaska and where Lt. Wade was forced down and wrecked near Iceland. Animation shows route from England to Newfoundland to Greenland to Labrador to east coat of United states and aerial route across states. The expedition was completed by 2 of the 5 original Douglas World Cruiser aircraft, namely: the "Chicago," crewed by Lt. Lowell Smith and Lt. Leslie Arnold; and the "New Orleans," crewed by Lt. Erik Nelson and Lt. Jack Harding. They are seen being congratulated by their Expedition Commander, Major Frederick F. Martin at the completion of the mission, on September 28, 1924, in Seattle, Washington.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy with an American astronaut John Glenn in Florida after Glenn successfully orbited the earth in the NASA Friendship 7 mission. Welcoming formation of troops moves away from the President's aircraft (Boeing 707, Air Force designation: VC-137C). Color Guard marches holding flag of United states. The President's plane taxis out for takeoff, blowing up a wind.. Camera man on top of a car. An orange helicopter flies across the field. Photographers and newsmen stand on top of a van with a camera. Officials at the port. John F. Kennedy with John Glenn in a motorcade. They arrive at stage in front of building where sign reads: "Spacecraft Center." President Kennedy and John Glenn climb up the stairs of a stage. John Glenn and wife, Annie, sit beside the President. Officials and employees applaud. John Glenn speaks into the microphone. A United States Spacecraft sits on the ground near the stage. President Kennedy makes a few remarks. Afterwards, the President, Astronaut Glenn, and Annie Glenn, together enter a building labeled: "NASA."
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