Animated illustration of rapid improvements in GE jet engine designs. Views of the GE plant at Lockland, Ohio. Interior of a jet passenger liner airplane, as envisioned in 1951. View of flight attendant or stewardess in uniform, delivering tray of food to a passenger in the cabin of a passenger aircraft in flight. View of Dr. Sanford A. Moss, standing in front of the Collier Trophy, looking at his award certificate, in 1941. The trophy was awarded to him and the U.S. Army Air Corps for development of the aircraft engine supercharger. Discussion of Atomic Energy Commission, U.S. Air Force, General Electric and Convair ideas about building an atomic powered airplane. Views of the GE gas turbine laboratory. Montage of jet aircraft of the early 1950s. Among those seen are: Convair SF-92 delta wing fighter plane; The Chase XCG-20A 4-engine cargo plane; North American F-86 sabrejet; Grumman F9F panther; F-89 Scorpion; and B-36 bomber, plus several unidentified experimental aircraft. Several scenes of B-47s in rocket assisted takeoffs.
Military and commercial aircraft land and take off from Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. C-130 E Hercules parked at the Air Base. Forklift carrying baggage loads it onto rear of the aircraft. F-4 aircraft takes off from the runway. Passengers walk from the terminal and walk towards C-130E Hercules.
Preflight and post flight activities at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. Aerial view of Da Nang Air Base and fuel storage tanks on ground. Number of C-123 B Provider, United States Marine Corps F-4B Phantom, C-130B Hercules, Grumman HU-16B Albatross, F-100D Super Sabre and F-104C Starfighter aircraft parked on ground. United States Marine Corps tent area. (Vietnam War period).
Preflight and post flight activities at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. Aerial view of Da Nang Air Base and fuel storage tanks on ground. Number of C-123 B Provider, United States Marine Corps F-4B Phantom, C-130B Hercules, Grumman HU-16B Albatross, F-100D Super Sabre and F-104C Starfighter aircraft parked on ground. United States Marine Corps tent area. Aerial view of the 23rd Air Base Group Headquarters. A building under construction near the ramp. Aerial view of cargo ships anchored at harbor area and native fishing boats on the beach. United States radar facilities atop a mountain. (Vietnam War period).
Preflight and post flight activities at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Fleet of U.S. ships arrive at harbor. Aerial view of fuel storage tanks and parked aircraft at Da Nang Air Base. Number of C-123 B Provider, United States Marine Corps F-4B Phantom, C-130B Hercules, Grumman HU-16B Albatross, F-100D Super Sabre and F-104C Starfighter aircraft parked on ground.
United States Air Force General Joseph J Nazzaro visits Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. Sign board reads 'Jet Engine Field Repair'. General Joseph J Nazzaro Na party come out of the jet engine shop. The General and party enter and leave 14th TFS ( Tactical Fighter Squadron) building. They arrive at 390th TFS revetment area. General Nazzaro shakes hands with Vietnamese airmen standing in front of F-4E. Colonel Roberts briefs the General. (Vietnam War period).
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