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Technicians and project engineer at work in Headquarter of Wright Air Development Center and YB-52 Stratofortress aircraft in flight.

Headquarter of Wright Air Development Center (WADC) in Ohio, United States, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. A man on a ladder. Sign on door for WADC. An officer enters WADC. Technicians and project engineer at work in the office. Engineers seated on their office desk. Office scenes at WADC. YB-52 Stratofortress taxis and takes off. YB-52 aircraft in flight. Insignia of United States on it. YB-52 over mountainous area.

Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021351
A weapon system developed in Wright Air Development Center (WADC) in Ohio, United States.

The development of weapon system at the Wright Air Development Center of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. F-86D Sabre aircraft at the base. A pilot in a cockpit. Pilot wears a helmet, flying suit and oxygen mask. Pilot checks control. Various new type parts of the F-86D aircraft are demonstrated like the fuel engine, normal engine, emergency engine etc. Pilot work on controls F-86D taxis and takes off. Radar screen in operation. Radar screens in operation in the background. F-86D in flight. Students receive instructions in a classroom. Students at radarscope. Technicians and workers during a construction of runway. Technicians and Project engineers at work in an office. View of the Joint Project Officers at work. View of Wright Air Development organization and of buildings at Wright Air Development Center (WADC) in Ohio. Entrance of a building at the facility.

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021352
The test of F-86 Sabre with tufts installed on the wings at Wright Air Development center in Ohio, United States.

Test flight of F-86 Sabre at the Wright Air Development Center located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. A book entitled 'Research and Development Information Report'. A sign reads 'Danger, Only Authorized Personnel Permitted on Firing Range'. A technician test guns. Guns while being tested. A wing of F-86 Sabre with tufts installed on it. A technicians climbs up a ladder, sits in a cockpit and points to the cameras installed under canopy of aircraft. The cameras will take pictures during tufts test while aircraft is in flight. Project engineer and test pilot in cockpit of an aircraft. A pilot in the cockpit. A pilot wears helmet. F-86 taxis and takes off. F-86 aircraft going into dive at 45,000 feet. Wing of F-86E with tufts installed on it. A research engineer looks at the film taken of tuft test.

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021353
F-86 flight simulator development at WADC. Icing test of rotor blades of R-5 Sikorsky at Eglin Air Force Base in United States.

Flight simulator development work at Wright Air Development Center, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Cockpit of F-86D Sabre flight simulator. Technician seated in a cockpit of F-86D. Instrument panel of the flight simulator. A soundproof room used for testing. Scene changes to icing test on the rotor blades of an R-5 Sikorsky conducted at Eglin Air Force Base. R-5 in flight.

Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021354
Various aircraft and aviation tests and testing equipment used at Wright Air Development Center

Aircraft undergo various tests at the Wright Air Development Center of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Testing of magnesium burner attached to an aircraft flying at night for night photography. A static lightning test is done on a model of a F-84 Thunderjet aircraft, for the study of interference. A technician seated at an electron microscope instrument panel adjusts dials. Image of a highly magnified particle is shown. Two technicians work with an early computer (referred to as an"electronic brain" by the narrator) as they use it to solve calculations before an aircraft is built. Another technician is shown working on a computer instrument referred to as a "polynomial evaluator" by the narrator. A test subject in an "aero-medical" chamber is seen wearing flight clothing and oxygen mask. A technician seated at control outside chamber. Test subject in chamber and various instruments kept in side. Instrument records the altitude, pressure release valve punctured. Test shows pressurized quit inflating. A brake lining is tested an an aircraft tire, simulating a high stress, rapid stop. A human subject seated in an ejection seat experience an ejection seat test, rising rapidly upward on a twin rail system. Aerial view of air-to-air refueling of KC-97 Stratotanker and B-50 Superfortress aircraft. A pilot in cockpit as he maneuvers in for refueling. Refueling of B-50 from KC-97.

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021355
Various activities like Gun fire test, technician works on a fabricated machine at Wright Air Development Center.

Activities at Wright Air Development Center, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. Two burners under wing of B-47 Stratojet aircraft. Gun fire test on a container filled with hydraulic fluid. B-47 lands with drag parachute. Technician makes a part for aircraft C-97 Stratofreighter. A stenographer types notes. A woman takes out the printouts. Several view of various office workers. A project engineer works on a machine. A woman takes out the prints of graphs. Librarian checks out book for technician. A woman works on publications. Technicians seated at a desk and look at the project details. Various supplies kept in warehouse. A sign reads 'WADC Supply Shuttle Truck No 6'. A technician works on a fabricated machine. Instrumentation camera in operation. Theodolite camera track B-45 Tornado in flight. Technician checks the propeller. F-86 stationary. Divided frame in five sections shows F-86D Sabre, F-59 buzz camera, Matador missile launching,F-86D, Book entitled 'Nuclear Powered Aircraft' and Bell X-1 in center. Aerial view low-flying over facilites of the WADC in Ohio. A Wright Memorial. A title card reads "For us, This is Not the End."

Date: 1950
Duration: 3 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021356