Department of Defense
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UNITED STATES NAVAL TEST PILOT SCHOOL, THE
THE ACADEMIC AND FLYING CURRICULUM RELATIVE TO TEST DIVISIONS AT NATC, AND THE FLEET.
Jul 282010
Jun 272010
X – 15 Hypersonic Research at the Edge of Space
This joint program by NASA, the Air Force, the Navy, and North American operated the most remarkable of all the rocket research aircraft. Composed of an internal structure of titanium and a skin surface of a chrome-nickel alloy known as Inconel X, the X-15 had its first, unpowered glide flight on June 8, 1959, while the first powered flight took place on September 17, 1959. Because of the large fuel consumption of its rocket engine, the X-15 was air launched from a B-52 aircraft at about 45,000 ft and speeds upward of 500 mph. The airplane first set speed records in the Mach 4-6 range with Mach 4.43 on March 7, 1961; Mach 5.27 on June 23, 1961; Mach 6.04 on November 9, 1961; and Mach 6.7 on October 3, 1967. It also set an altitude record of 354,200 feet (67 miles) on August 22, 1963, and provided an enormous wealth of data on hypersonic air flow, aerodynamic heating, control and stability at hypersonic speeds, reaction controls for flight above the atmosphere, piloting techniques for reentry, human factors, and flight instrumentation. The highly successful program contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo piloted spaceflight programs as well as the Space Shuttle program. The program’s final flight was performed on October 24, 1968.
Jun 132010
Pan American Airways Celebrates 50,000 China Clipper Flights 1959
1959 USAF Thunderbirds in Flight with Cockpit Views
Aviation, Cockpit Views, Film, Military, YouTube
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Jan 142010
Original film footage had NO audio, I added US Air Force Band Music. Video Courtesy FedFlix public.resource.org Audio Courtesy United States Air Force Band usafband.af.mil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-100_Super_Sabre National Archives and Records Administration Supersonic Thunderbirds Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. (09/26/1947 – ) SUPERSONIC THUNDERBIRDS, NELLIS AFB, NEVADA AND VAN NUYS CALIFORNIA, 26 FEBRUARY – 16 MARCH 1959, 02/26/1959 – 03/16/1959. ARC Identifier 67591 / Local Identifier 342-USAF-27272. Summary: Coverage of the USAF Thunderbirds in F-100′s doing aero-acrobatics over Lake Meade and Mt. Charleston, Nevada; also control tower operations at Van Nuys, California. SLATE: CAMERAMAN: HATCH. 4′ ACU from camera in plane in aircraft doing a 360-degree turn — camera is turned on its side in relation to the pilot. 120′ CU instrument panel and stick of F-100 in flight. 141′ SLATE: CAMERAMAN: HATCH. 143′ AMLS F-100 doing outside loop (sound track area at right of frame). 163′ AMS F-100 doing outside loop taken from the slot position of formation (sound track area at right of frame). 235′ AMS F-100 doing outside loop (sound track area at right of frame). 359′ MS Thunderbird F-100 landing at Nellis AFB. 568′ AMCU Thunderbirds flying in formation. 645′ ALS Thunderbirds making a crisscross after bomb-burst. 668′ LS Thunderbirds in formation and making low passes singly. 741′ ALS & AMLS Thunderbirds making a crisscross after the bomb-burst. 841′ AELS Thunderbirds doing a bomb-burst. 862′ Total footage in reel. Reel 2: LS Thunderbirds in F-100′s making low level passes singly and in formation. 877′ Total footage in reel. Reel 3: AMLS of Mt. Charleston area from aircraft doing 360 degree vertical turn. 390′ AMLS Thunderbirds in F-100′s doing loop. 638′ AMLS Thunderbirds in F-100′s doing bomb-burst. 685′ ALS Thunderbirds in F-100′s doing crisscross after the bomb-burst. 730′ ALS aircraft lining up and landing at Nellis AFB. 764′ Total footage in reel. Reel 4: ALS taken from the aircraft doing a loop over Lake Meade, Nevada. 87′ ALS taken from aircraft doing a 360 degree vertical turn over Mt. Charleston area. 152′ AMS Thunderbirds doing a loop. 280′ Total footage in reel. Good (Basic: Orig color) Made possible by a donation from Shawn Masters.
Courtesy: Universal Newsreels Edwards AFB B-52 takes X-15 aloft under its wing, is “cut loose over Mojave Desert” landed by Scott Crossfield (2) Connecticut – Groton CT launch of USS George Washington Polaris sub (partial newsreel)
