Video Parts (10 across 2 reels)
This clip is Reel 1, Part 3 of a 10-part film. Watch from the beginning
XFV-1 AND X-5 AIRCRAFT Reel 1 · Part 3
Description
Summary: Coverage of flight testing of the Navy XFV-1 experimental VTOL aircraft and scenes of the Bell X-5 research aircraft in flight. 1) Identification shots of the XFV-1 and scenes of a horizontal takeoff. 2) AV's of XFV-1 in horizontal flight, vertical flight, and making transitions from horizontal to vertical, and vertical to horizontal, flight. 3) AV of the XFV-1 taking off. 4) Horizontal landing of the XFV-1. 5) AV of the XFV-l and a T-33 chase plane in flight. (Canopy reflections) Reel 2: 1) The XFV-1 in flight in vertical position and making transition to horizontal flight. 2) Identification shots of vertical and conventional flight, transitions, landing and taxiing. 3) AV of the XFV-1 landing and taxiing. 4)(348') AMS's high angle of the Bell X-5 in flight. 5)(371') AMS's right RV high angle of the X-5 flight. 6) (393') AMS's left SV high angle of the X-5 in flight. (Two takes) Fair (Basic: Orig col pic)
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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