Horten aircraft parked at Orange County Air Base, California. Mr. Horten, the designer and his copilot look out from cockpit of aircraft. Various portions of aircraft such as control surfaces, retractable wings, the mechanical mechanism which actuates the retractable wings, the controls and instruments in the cockpit, and the landing and stabilizing gear. Experimental flight tests with the plane by flying it up a few feet above the runway for a distance, then landing again.
Mr. Horten shows several different proposed design sketches and scale models of the 'Horten Wingless' aircrafts for military and commercial use. Terminal building at Orange County Air Base and Horten aircraft parked.
D-588-2 Sky Rocket at Muroc Air Base (later Edwards Air Force Base) in California. D-588-2 Sky Rocket is pushed out of a hangar. Insignia of United States. Radar in the background. A rudder of D-588-2 Sky Rocket. Men stand behind the rudder. Landing gear and nose of D-588-2. A man stands on the right wing of Sky Rocket. The cockpit of the Sky Rocket is open. D-588-2 Sky Rocket fueled. D-5882 ground crew prepares to service. Two men work under the right wing.
D-588-2 Sky Rocket at Muroc Air Base (later Edwards Air Force Base) in California. Ground crewmen around the cockpit of D-588-2 Sky Rocket. A man in a cockpit. A crewman stands on a ladder. A rudder of D-588-2. Insignia of United States. Men around D-588-2 Sky Rocket. The cockpit is closed. Front hatch is open. Man seated in plane nose of D-588-2. A man on a ladder. Ground crewmen around plane. Flame for rocket burns up.
A female Air Force service member walks up to a IBM Card Sorter with a stack of punch cards. She loads the card sorting machine and presses the start button. Early computing punch cards fall into various slots. She transcribes information from these cards and hands forms to officer at a desk. Sergeant sitting at desk, talks to an Airman. View of U.S. Capitol building and Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Tourists look at Lincoln statue in LIncoln Memorial. View of National Mall and reflecting pool. Man takes picture of woman with Washington Monument in the background. View of the Jefferson Memorial, and then across the river in Arlington Virginia, a view of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Airman stands in front of church. Close up views of 1953 license plates on cars from various states including California, Wyoming, Iowa, Texas, Tennessee, and the Canal Zone. View of various embassy buildings in Washington DC. View of the White House. Large crowd of visitors walk down the North entrance drive in front of the White House. U.S. military servicemen riding in a bus. Bus stops at drop off area in front of Mount Vernon, home of George Washington, in Alexandria, Virginia. Sign board reads "Mount Vernon Home of George Washington." Service members touring on grounds of Mount Vernon, and exterior views of front of main house at Mount Vernon, with service members seated on chair on porch, and looking out at the scenic Potomac River from the porch. View of information center building at Bolling Air Force Base, and a woman inside giving information on sight-seeing to service members. Military service members standing outside the entrance at the base of the Washington Monument. Wide view of Supreme Court building. Another sign board reads "National Zoological Park" in front of the National Zoo. Tourists view a giraffe inside the Washington Zoo. 1950s car drives through shallow water cascading over road in Rock Creek Parkway area. Elevated view of a parade in Washington DC as military units pass in review.
Resupply of Dew line site (Distant Early Warning Station) shows supply ship being unloaded with cargo nets into amphibious vehicles in Canada for resupply of remote bases in the Northeast Region Air Command of U.S. Air Force. The vehicles including DUKW and BARC (Barge Amphibious Resupply Cargo) (LARC 60) drive ashore and goods being unloaded by cranes at remote bases.
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