JET FUEL CONTAMINATION (ELIMINATION AND PREVENTION) 1 FEBRUARY - 2 MARCH 1960 Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

Summary: Coverage of USAF officers at conference table discussing elimination and prevention of jet fuel contamination and animation of B-52D fuel system. Included are scenes of B-52D, KC-135A, H-19B, F-104A and KG-97C aircraft, and samples of jet fuel being taken from railway tank cars; underground and surface reservoirs; and JP-4 tanker trucks and fuel being tested in laboratory. Reel 1 1) A USAF brigadier general and other USAF officers at conference table discussing elimination and prevention of jet fuel contamination and studying photographs of jet engines. 2) Animation showing fuel flow to B-52D jet engine and B-52D in flight to left through rainstorm. 3) AV of KC-135A in flight to left refueling B-52D. 4) RV of pilot and copilot in cockpit of B-52D in flight. 5) B-52D taking off to right. 6) AV of KC-135A in flight to right and away from camera. 7) Scenes of B-52D in flight to left, over camera and landing to right. 8) AV of KC-135A in flight to left refueling B-52D. Reel 2: 1) AV's of B-52D in flight to left with landing gear lowering. 2) AV's of KC-135A in flight to left refueling B-52D. 3) Scenes of B-52D landing to right. 4) US Army railway tank cars on siding. 5) Airman adjusting nozzle on JP-4 fuel tanker truck and the truck at undergrouxid fuel outlet. 6) Scenes of H-19B crashing in water and small boats coming to wreckage. 7) Airman shaking fuel impurities out of filter. 8) JP-4 fuel tanker truck driving to left. 9) Two F-104A's flying by to left. 10) Bottle being lowered into fuel tank to take a sample for contamination test. 11) A T-33A and tanker truck on ramp -- KC-97G taxiing to left in bg. 12) B-52D on ramp -- small tanker truck backs up to aircraft and draws sample of jet fuel from reservoir under ramp for test. Reel 3: 1) B-52D flying by to left and over camera. 2) Scenes of airmen examining bottle containing sample of jet fuel on ramp and the runway. 3) Lieutenant wearing white laboratory smock, lecturing on and demonstrating methods of testing samples of jet fuel for contamination to group of airmen in laboratory. 4) Scenes of airmen collecting samples of jet fuel from reservoirs for testing. Reel 4: 1) Airmen collecting samples of jet fuel from railway tank cars and tanker trucks for testing. 2) Scenes of B-52D crew with gear boarding field bus, tanker truck and T-33A on ramp and B-52D taking off to left. 3) KC-135A parked on ramp. 4) Small tanker truck drawing sample from reservoir under ramp for testing. 5) Scenes of B-52D flying by to left and the flight tower. Good (Basic: Orig color)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities