PROJECT CR0SSBOW, PROGRESS REPORT No.1 Part 1

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Summary: Coverage of the fabrication of the Crossbow missile and excellent flight scenes. Filmed at Radioplane Company, Van Nuys, California, and at Holloman AFB, Mexico, July 1954 March 1955. THE RADIOPLANE COMPANY REPORTS ON US AIR FORCE CONTRACT AF 33 (600)-23893 PROJECT CROSSBOW MX-2013, PROGRESS REPORT No. 1 TO APRIL 1955. SUBTITLES: (1)PROJECT OBJECTIVE. (2) SUMMARY THROUGH 30 JUNE 1954. (3) STATUS AS OF 30 JUNE 1954. (4) PROGRESS BY ACTIVITIES JULY 1954 THROUGH 30 MARCH 1955. (5) CURRENT AND PROPOSED ACTIVITIES. 1) MS & LS INT of Radioplane company showing fabrication of the radio-controlled planes. 2) LS of building -- camera pans to sign which reads: RADIOPLANE WEAPONS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING. 3) MS EXT of circular launch track for small radioplanes -- one goes round and round, then takes off. 4) LS EXT large group of the OQ-19 radioplanes. 5) LS EXT three antiaircraft guns firing at OQ-19. 6) MS B-50 taxiing, L to R, turns and heads toward camera. A-YB 1-B turbojet radioplane is hanging on pylon on left wing. 7) ALS RP-54 (crossbow) flying from L to R, F-86 command plane, which gives radio signal to the RP-54 while in the air for initial testing, is in fg. 8) CU INT of new flight control system for the RP-54. 9) ACU SV RP-54A hanging on wing of B-26 -- it drops away and flies from L to R. 10) MS from camera in Rp-54 Crossbow missile, showing drag chute opening behind missile. 11) AMS shpwing main chute open to allow the RP-54A to land safely for recovery. 12) MS series of drawings of the RP-54D as designer points out structural changes starting with the RP-54A in June 1954, when it had been successfully flown a number of times, then showing drawings of the RP-54B, RP-54C, RP-54D, and modifications made on the RP-54A. 13) The remainder of the film covers the airframe, power plant, guidance system, flight control, carrier aircraft, support equipment and flight tests. (Radioplane corporation is also working on target analysis, target vulnerability, missile lethality, missile vulnerability, and countermeasures.) Excellent (Basic: Mas Koda)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities