A training film based on flight operations of U.S. Navy F8U-1 Crusader fighter aircraft in the United States. An F8U-1 taxis and takes off from a runway. A pilot at the instrument panel of the F8U-1 in the cockpit. The F8U-1 taxis and takes off to show working of rudder, retracting of landing gear, lowering of wings at various levels of speed. The pilot moves the wing incidence handle to down position and brings lock handle to lock handle. Switches are turned on the instrument panel. The F8U-1 at high altitude. The exhaust temperature meter and the oil pressure meter of the F8U-1.
A film based on flight operations of U.S. Navy F8U-1 Crusader fighter aircraft in the United States. An F8U-1 in flight. Speed break is applied on the airborne F8U-1. The aircraft stalls in the sky. It extends landing gear. One wing drop marks the stall.
A film based on flight operations of U.S. Navy F8U-1 Crusader fighter aircraft in the United States. An F8U-1 in flight. The pilot retards the throttle to idle and extends landing droops through an emergency system to control the spinning of the aircraft. The F8U-1 spins and dives. It is in flight.
A film based on flight operations of U.S. Navy F8U-1 Crusader fighter aircraft in the United States. An F8U-1 prepares for an air refueling. The F8U-1 with wing down and wing leading edge in cruise droop position. The pilot turns off all electrical equipment and places the probe switch in out position. The probe extends from the ferrying door of the F8U-1 and approaches drogue. A hose and the drogue make engagement with the receiving aircraft. The hose and the drogue disconnects from the plane after admission of the fuel. The probe retracts. The probe switch held at in position by the pilot.
A film based on flight operations of U.S. Navy F8U-1 Crusader fighter plane in the United States. An F8U-1 makes a landing approach. The pilot places the defog switch to defog and regulates the cabin temperature switch on the instrument panel. An aerial view of a field. The plane with cruise droop out and landing gear dropped makes a landing approach. An animation depicts landing altitude established. The F8U-1 lands on an airstrip. It taxis and slows down along the airstrip. It makes a crosswind landing. U.S. Army personnel work on the F8U-1 parked on the airfield.
A U.S. Army AT-19 aircraft seen in flight, as viewed from another airplane. Scene shifts to cabin of the AT-19, where a soldier in helmet and parachute leans out of the doorway. He steps from the aircraft and begins a long free-fall, photographed from several different viewpoints. Narrator states such free-fall activity is routine for members of the U.S. Army Parachute team. The parachutist opens his chute and maneuvers skillfully. View, from camera on the parachutist, shows rapid approach of the ground.