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1959 USAF Thunderbirds in Flight with Cockpit Views
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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 fedflix, public.resource.org National Archives and Records Administration How to Fly the P-47: High Altitude Flight and Aerobatics War Department. Army Air Forces. (06/20/1941 – 09/26/1947) ARC Identifier 2772 / Local Identifier 18-AF-107C. Demonstrates the Thunderbolt in dives, loops, slow rolls, Immelman turns, spins, and recoveries, and half rolls. Stresses precautions and proper speeds for various altitudes. Also explains functions of turbosupercharger and water injection systems in high altitude flight. Made possible by a donation from Alexsandr Milewski.
