TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS OF THE SA-16 TRIPHIBIAN Part 4

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Summary: Coverage of the SA-16 "Albatross" landing and taking off on runways, hard and soft snow-covered surfaces, and water. (Shot list to follow.) 1) CU Grumman Aircraft Corporation insignia. 2) LS 1/4 FV SA-16 stationary on flight line. SA-16 TRIPHIBIAN. 3) MS nose of SA-16 with USAF and ARCTIC ALBATROSS written on it. 4) MS SA-16 on flight line. 5) LS 1/4 RV SA-16 on flight line. 6) MS left landing gear wheel and shock strut underneath center of fuselage. 7) MS FV left wing showing float and auxiliary skid for use on snow or ice -- man walks up to float. 8) MS man operating skid underneath float to show how it operates. 9) CU oscillograph installed in aircraft and in use during flight. 10) LS SA-16 landing R to L on water. 11) LS SA-16 taking off R to L from water. 12) LS to MS SA-16 landing on water in front of camera -- spray can be seen around ship. SA-16 taxis R to L in water, then L to R almost in front of camera, and then directly away from camera, taking off R to L. 13) AMS full frame view, SA-16 flying R to L. 14) ALS of ground with patches of snow underneath aircraft -- full silhouette of aircraft backlit by sun. Camera in aircraft records bank of SA-16 and shows snow-covered landing field. 15) MS stationary SA-16 on snow-covered field. 16) Several scenes of SA-16, equipped with snow skids, taxiing and landing R to L on snow-covered runway. 17) LS SA-16 on runway, nose landing gear down to full extended position -- this was emergency procedure after making a bad snow landing. The only damage was on the skid plates, which were replaced and the aircraft was ready for flight again. 18) SA-16 landing R to L on snow and slush-covered lake. 19) LS SA-16 taxi test on Lake Bemidji, Minnesota -- Sa-16 taxiing L to R. 22) SA-16 landing R to L. 23) LS A/G snow-capped mountains in bg with tip of wing float and snow skid in right frame. 24) LS stationary H-5 helicopter in approximately five feet of snow -- camera pans up to SA-16 flying overhead L to R. 25) LS SA-16 landing R to L on snow-covered field and taking off R to L. 26) LS trench in snow by hull of SA-16 as it takes off. 27) LS SA-16 triphibian maneuvering on snow-covered field, and taking off R to L. 28) CU SA-16 left wing float and left snow skid -- snow skid below surface of snow. 29) ADS trough marks in snow -- takeoff and landing of SA-16 aircraft. 30) MS SA-16 sitting in snow in field -- camera pans left to ski-equipped C-47 landing on snow-covered field in bg, SA-16 takes off in cloud of snow R to L. 31) LS ski-equipped C-47 taking off R to L. 32) LS SA-16 landing R to L in snow-covered field -- ski-equipped C-47 landing on snow-covered field L to R. 33) LS ski-equipped C-47 taking off R to L -- SA-16 lands R to L, reverses propellers and stops in very short distance. 34) ADS SA-16 triamphibian over snow and ice-covered lake. 35) LS camera in SA-16 photographing snow-covered lake far under ship. 36) LS track on lake -- thin covering of snow and ice showing water in several portions of the landing track. 37) ADS SA-16 triphibian flying low over snow-covered lake. 38) ADS extremely mountainous terrai, SA-16 landing L to R on snow-covered runway. 39) LS SA-16 making touch-and-go landing on soft wet snow on lake. 40) MS ski-equipped C-125 Northrop Raider. 41) LS SA-16 triphibian taxis toward camera. 42) LS SA-16 taxiing in soft snow in circle, taking off R to L on snow-covered field toward high mountains in bg. Good

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

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Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities