Activities in and around the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS) station at Fylingdales in England. It is operated by British Air Ministry with a group of United States Air Forces (USAF) advisors. Man on lift truck moving pallet from dock into a base warehouse. Exterior of powerhouse and gymnasium. Sheep grazing beside the gymnasium.
United States Army Air Force ( USAAF ) P-61 Black Widows in France during World War II. Three P-61s parked on an air base in France. An airman in the cockpit of an airplane. Other man works on the airplane. 'Wandering Wench II' written on the airplane. The airplanes take off and fly in formation. A P-61 strafes a German V-1 flying bomb cruise missile which explodes. Three P-61s fly in formation.
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.
United States Air Force NB-52A aircraft with X-15 under its wing at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States preparing for its third flight. Vehicles and ground crew next to the aircraft. Pilot Albert Scott Crossfield in space suit. Final tests conducted before the take off. Engineers work on X-15 aircraft. Pilot Crossfield gets into the X-15 cockpit. Boeing NB-52A takes off from the runway with X-15 under its wing for its 3rd flight. Chase planes F-100F and F-104B fly along NB-52A. X-15 release from the mother aircraft and goes upward. Pilot speaks with ground crew members. Fire emergency is noted. Pilot in NB-52A looks from the cockpit window. X-15 heads for an emergency landing at Rosamond lake due to an ignition failure. X-15 lands but suffers a structural break failure on landing at Rosamond Dry Lake in California. Engineers and technicians inspect the aircraft and begin to repair the damage.
Operation High Dive carried out by the United States Air Force ( USAF ) for testing high altitude parachute descent at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. A dummy in the gondola of a balloon before a jump. Clouds in the sky. A high altitude jump by the dummy. The parachute opens. The dummy descends towards the land.
Operation High Dive carried out by the United States Air Force ( USAF ) for testing high altitude parachute descent at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico, United States. A dummy descends towards land with a parachute. View of the dummy from a dummy borne camera. View of the planet Earth through the camera.
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