Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. Pilot seat ejection test conducted at a lab building. A test pilot in a seat as his hand throws a switch and starts an operation of pilot seat mechanism. Test of pilot seat ejection mechanism.
Aerial refueling demonstration at Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. View of a B-50 bomber, flying in trail behind KC-97 tanker aircraft, as the B-50 maneuvers for in-flight refueling. View of pilot in cockpit of the B-50. View from the B-50 cockpit as the refueling boom nozzle extends toward it from the KC-97. This is followed by an immediate view of the event, from the tail of the KC-97, as the nozzle connects with a single point refueling port on the top of the B-50. Aerial view from another airplane, of the two aircraft flying during the fuel transfer operation. (Light panels, appearing from this side view, as bumps on the underside of the KC-97, are designed to help a pilot attain and hold the proper position beneath the tanker during refueling.)
Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. Electric engine generator used for firing the engines of the B-47 as officer starts its operation. A small cylinder holding hydraulic fluid hit by unseen object, a flame erupts and it burns up immediately. A B-47 aircraft lands at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. A parachute brakes trail behind as the aircraft lands. Boeing aircraft manufacturing plant with the nose section of B-47 aircraft protrudes in the scene, large shaping machine in the foreground. Operator shapes section of an aircraft fuselage at production factory. A typist at desk. A young woman operates a mimeograph machine. Civilian men office workers wearing suits sit at desks and confer on drawings and plans for aircraft. A man gets into a U.S. mail carrier cab. A young woman operates an adding machine and makes entries into a ledger. A steno and a woman Air Force officer file cabinets. A mechanic works on an electrical generator section of wind tunnel. A worker takes out books at a library, a female worker cuts out sections of Photostats from large roll. A document marked secret. Women Air Force officers assemble sections of paper work on aircraft. File clerk files up paper work on project. Air Force Officer and a civilian contractor discuss plans.
Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. A document titled 'Ridenour report'. Warehouse, bins and equipment stored in them at the warehouse. Equipment moved into a large warehouse. Sign on a truck 'WADC supply shuttle truck # 6'. Large milling machine and an operator at a machine shop. Phototheodolite instrument and operator. United States B-45 in flight and tracked on Phototheodolite film. Flight time azimuth recorded. Aerial view of Wright air field, animation shows various buildings and labs at the airfield. Project engineer makes a phone call to another office building.
Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. Air to air hits on MIG-15 aircraft. Supersonic propellers turned by men at test stands. Newspaper headline reads 'Reds invade South Korea'. United States F-86 aircraft in flight and then stationary on ground. A split frame picture shows F-59 dives low, F-86 D stationary, Martin Matador being launched, X-1 aircraft in flight and a document 'Nuclear Powered Aircraft'. An animation on training bases and logistics system. Wind tunnel at Wright airfield. Milling machine in operation at a machine shop. A typist at work, Flight engineer inside B-50 aircraft. Project engineer of B-50 aircraft studies the instruments and records aircraft performance. Aerial views of Wright air field with wind tunnel, Aero Med lab and Wright memorial. A B-47 flies overhead the Wright memorial.
Brigadier General James Stewart at Macdill Air Force Base in Florida, United States during his two week duty training period. Brigadier General fitted in P anti G cutaway garment, seat harness, flight helmet and mask as officer help him out. Captain John D Brown briefs Brigadier General Stewart about F-4C ejection seat and emergency procedures as they look at some maps and papers, put up on a board. Other officers look on.
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