Project MX-770, News Report No.9 Part 10

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Summary: Coverage and explanation of the following phases of the Nativ and the Navaho missiles: Preliminary analysis, aerodynamics, airframe, guidance, and propulsion. (Shot list to follow.) NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION, INC. AEROPHYSICS LABORATORY, IN CONTRACT WITH USAF, PRESENTS: PROJECT MX-770, NEWS REPORT NO. 9 (AL-1278) 1 JULY 1951. 1) CU globe spinning rapidly. 2) MS man standing by globe, gives background on Project MX-770, then he walks to desk. 3) MS drawing of a rectangle on side are the words: PROJECT MX-770, on top of the rectangular block are the words: PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS, AERODYNAMICS, AIRFRAME, GUIDANCE, AND PROPULSION. 4) MS series of blocks, 1946, '47, '48, '49, '50 and '51. Projected from 1946 and 1947 is another block, NATIV (NORTH AMERICAN TEST INSTRUMENTATION VEHICLE). 5) LDS Nativ test vehicle being pulled under launching tower. 6) MS vehicle in vertical position-technician ties guide wires near top of missile to guide it into proper place in launch tower. 7) LS Nativ missile firing in launching tower -- camera pans up to follow it. 8) MS drawing of a portion of the globe-hand indicates an arc from one spot on the globe to another. Top part of arc shows altitude of 400 miles and speed of Mach .8. 9) MS drawing of Navaho Missile. (1948 and 1949) 10) MS drawing of globe, showing an arc from one portion of the globe to another-distance between points is 3000 miles. 11) MS table model of Navaho missile. 12) MS & CU integral fuel tanks, for Navaho missile, are lifted by crane and moved to arc web machine. 14) MS drawing, showing three phases: Phase 1, RTV-A-5 flight test missile; Phase 2, Navaho 2 and Rocket Booster; and Phase 3, Navaho 2. 15) CU desk model of RTV-A-5 test missile. 16) CU table model of XSSAM-4 missile, which is the Navaho 2. 17) MS several drawings of Navaho 2 missile and the transportation, handling, and launching techniques. 18) LS EXT supersonic wind tunnel at Downey, California. 19) CU wind tunnel test model in red box - hands reach in and pick up model. 20) MS RTV-A-5 test model installed in supersonic wind tunnel-model can be seen through glass porthole window in door. 21) Several MS's of porthole assembly, as operator presses starting button for the RTV-A-5 and Navaho 2 missiles. (Narrator explains scenes as they are shown.) 22)LS INT mockup of RTV-A-5 missile. 23) MS animation drawing of RTV-A-5, showing the various compartments of the missile. 24) MS animation drawing of guidance and telemetering for Navaho 2 missile -- the first models of the RTV-A-5 will be guided by radio from the ground. The later models will be guided by stellar supervised autonavigator. 25) Several MS's of testing equipment of the guidance system. 26) LS large van trailers being prepared to install telemetering equipment shown in laboratories. 27) CU INT radar trailer -- operator at scopes. 28) CU EXT of radar disc turning. 29) MS large plotting board on wall, which will record the flight of the missile. 30) MS operator, who controls the flight path of the missile, at panel in front of plotting board. 31) MS INT laboratory-shows celestial autonavigator on stabilized platform. 32) MS several tests of autonavigator. 33) ADS C-47 in flight to the right. 34) MS INT C-47, which is a flying test laboratory-celestial autonavigator in center fg. 35) Several MS's of celestial autonavigator in operation while C-47 is in flight. 36) MS technician making laboratory gyro test of celestial autonavigator. 37) MS narrator points to propulsion system on blackboard. 38) LS large vertical test stand in the Santa Susanna Mountains, California-rocket motor starts firing. 39) Several views of rocket firing test. 40) MS schematic drawing of rocket motor power plant for RTV-A-5 and Navaho-2 missiles. 41) LS & MS rocket in horizontal test stand. 42) Several views of rocket motor in horizontal test stand. 43) LS night scene of rocket firing on horizontal test stand. 44) LDS test area in Santa Susanna Mountains, showing buildings and test facilities. 45) LS 73,000 lb thrust static test stand. 46) LS preparation test stand where fuel flow tests are conducted and electronic components of missile and rocket motors are checked prior to firing on large static test stand. 47) Several LS's of large shipyard -- gantry crane moving rocket motor from preparation test stand to static test stand. 48) MS animation drawing of rocket motor, showing the operation and fuel flow in the rocket motor. 49) MS & LS work platforms being swung away from rocket motor on large static test stand, prior to firing. 50) LS EXT of control blockhouse. 51) MS INT, firing operator at automatic sequencing firing panel-operator pushes button. 52) MS three engineers at automatic sequencing and firing panel for rocket motor. 53) LS, MS & CU several views of rocket motor firing in large vertical static test stand. 54) MS INT engineer, with stop watch in hand, taps shoulder of another engineer at automatic sequencing and firing panel -- he pushes button which stops rocket motor. 55) LS rocket motor stops firing on vertical static test stand. 56) LS another rocket motor firing on static test stand. 57) LDS vertical static test stand in far bg in natural valley in mountains. Smoke can be seen coming up side of mountain toward camera. 58) MS to CU narrator, seated at desk, explaining the MX-770 program. 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