Video Taken by: Tony Narlock aka “skiquel” blog.skiquel.com http en.wikipedia.org
1959 USAF Thunderbirds in Flight with Cockpit Views
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.

