United StatesNavy training film 'Aircraft Familiarization in the A3J Vigilante' shows operating procedures on ground and in flight. Aircraft in flight. Ground procedures show pilot getting inside cockpit. He checks the control panel and the ejection seat. Assistant checks the oxygen pipe while pilot dons the helmet. Pilot checks each item on pre-start check list. Pilot switches on the number 1 switch. Exhaust gas arrow moves to 10. Pilot extends the speed breaks. He switches on the electrical button and returns the flap to cruise position. He also checks the alternate and normal trim systems. Aircraft taxis out towards the runway.
A3J Vigilante aircraft's flight operations in the United States. Pilot seated in the cockpit of A3J Vigilante presses the lever. He checks instruments for normal reading. Aircraft taxis on the runway. Flaps raised to cruise position after the take off. Pilot operates control panel in the aircraft before landing. Ground below as aircraft comes in for landing.
A3J Vigilante aircraft's flight operations in the United States. A3J Vigilante aircraft in flight. Pilot checks the defrost switch as he approaches for landing. Arrow shows the fuel quantity. Aircraft in flight with sea and ground below. Pilot lowers the flaps and gear. Aircraft lands and taxis on the runway. Pilot shuts down the engine after landing. Ground staff assists the pilot in coming out of the cockpit.
USS Enterprise underway at sea in the United States. United States Navy AD Skyraider aircraft parked at the flight deck. A United States Navy A-4D Skyhawk aircraft comes in for landing. Men on a catwalk watch as the aircraft land in the background.
USS Enterprise underway at sea in the United States. Flight deck personnel on a catwalk handle levers for arresting gear. United States Navy AD Skyraider aircraft parked in the background. Men on a catwalk tend to arrest cables during the landing of aircraft. Men look across the flight deck at the landing of aircraft. United States Navy A-4D Skyhawk aircraft makes an arrested landing. The aircraft stops. A U.S. Navy F-8U Crusader aircraft makes an arrested landing. The A4D aircraft taxis over the deck after making the arrested landing. The F8U-1 aircraft makes arrested landing. The F8U taxis up the deck.
USS Enterprise underway at sea in the United States. A U.S. Navy A3J Vigilante makes an arrested landing on the flight deck. An airplane director directs the airplane forward. A U.S. Navy A3J Vigilante approaches in for landing. The airplane touches down and catches a wire. The airplane director directs the airplane forward. Another aircraft lands on the flight deck.
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