U.S. Air Force X-15 aircraft in flight in California, United States. Fire brigade and ambulances around X-15 aircraft engine run tests at Edwards Air Force Base. Ground crew fuels X-15A (56-6671). Pilot gets into the cockpit. View of rear of engines during test firing operations on ground. Crew members monitor tests in blockhouse. View of pilot manipulating X-15 cockpit controls. Ground crews around plane at conclusion of engine tests. View from ground of September 17,1959 powered X-15 release and flight from NB-52A aircraft and begining of solo flight.
Documentary film 'Flight to the Future' shows experimental aircraft at Muroc Army Air Field (Edwards Air Force Base) in California, United States. U.S. Air Force F-94 Starfire, B-66 Destroyer, C-123 Provider, Piasecki H-21 helicopter, C-54 Skymaster, C-47 Skytrain, T-33 Shooting Star aircraft parked at an airbase. Dry land with a few bushes around the airbase. Men raise canvas covered door of hangar. Bell YP-59 A aircraft taxis out of the hangar. Bell YP-59 A aircraft taxis and takes off from the runway.
General Electric company sharing its J-33 jet engine design with other manufacturers such as Allison engine manufacturer who also build them for Lockheed P-80 shooting star airplanes. Animated illustrations of the J-33 centrifigal compresser contrasted to the axial flow compressor of the J-35 engine. View of straight wing Republic F-84 thunderbolt powered by the J-35 engine. View of Douglas Skystreak airplane. View of Northrop Flying wing airplane powered by 8 J-35 engines. McDonnell Douglas FH-1 phantom jet airplane operating on an aircraft carrier. Classroom where General Electric personnel are being trained to service and support organizations using GE jet aircraft engines.
Progress report of United States Air Force B-52G and B-52H in the United States. Activity at the Boeing Wichita Plant in Kansas. A Boeing technician moves straight edge on drawings on a table. A Boeing technician wearing a white lab coat with Boeing written on the back places equipment beneath X-ray machine, moving a probing apparatus over water tank. A lab technician uses a slide rule in the laboratory and makes visual adjustments. A B-52G aircraft with turbo fan engines in flight. The aircraft taxis and takes off from the runway during a test flight. The aircraft in flight with green fields on ground below.
Preflight and post flight activities at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. Grumman HU-16B Albatross parked on ground. Crew members perform post flight inspection. Napalm tanks, storage drums and pasteurized containers in munition storage area. A sign on Napalm tank reads 'Hanoi B-B-Q Spacial From Us To Them Gooks'.
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.
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