DEVELOPMENT OF A ROCKET POWER PLANT Part 5

Description

Summary: Rocket power plant planning and development. B-29 R.A.T.O. B-29 starting for take off down runway. INT Power Plant laboratory as project officers discuss problem of rocket power on aircraft. Animation of temperature at various altitudes. CU drawing and diagrams of power plant. INT test stand, testing rocket engines. PS assembly line, rocket power plant. CU assembly of rocket power plant. Workers assembling rocket power plants (Workers wear coveralls with "Aerojet" on back of suits). Test of flash and burning point of fuel. Factory scenes taken in the Aerojet Engineering Corp, California. Men in plastic protective suits fueling the rocket power plant. Shots of equipment and setting up of rocket for test firing. B-29 takeoff with rockets (R.A.T.0.). Animation of load-lifting power of the rocket power plant. Still photos of the B50, B-45, B-47, and B-49. excellent

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities