Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. Test pilot at pressure chamber in Aero Med lab uses anti G suit, crash helmet with visor and oxygen mask. A man operates a wind tunnel. A split screen shows altitude reading of 4000 feet, pilot and the pressure door. Pilot's reaction as paper cover over pressure chamber door is burst. Meter shows an increase in altitude from 4000 to 6000 feet.
Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. United States F-84 F aircraft with nose attachment for air to air hook up with B-36. Aircraft moves into position for aerial hook up with B-36 aircraft. Planes get hooked up. F-84 F plane attached under side of B-36 aircraft and attached to its bomb bay.
Wright Air Development Center in Ohio, United States. During a landing gear test pressure exerted on the wheel-wheel bearing results in a fire.
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 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. A typist at desk. A girl operates a mimeograph machine. Civlian 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.
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