TB-58 FIRST FLIGHT, FT. WORTH, TEXAS, 10 MAY 1960 — Part 3 | The Archive Project

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Summary: Coverage of taxi tests and the first flight of the TB-58 including scenes of the TB-58 taxiing, taking off and in flight and the testing of the glass windows in the bulkhead between the first and second stations. MS high angle camera pans slowly to show a test B-58 fabrication and assembly as it is converted to a TB-58. 16' MCU pan from second station to first station in TB-58 cockpit. 24' MCU of the TB-58 second station. 28' MCU of a dummy being placed in a TB-58 seat mockup. 41' MCU of dummy in seat fastened to a static firing stand. 44' LS static firing of the dummy from the ejection seat in the TB-58 mockup. 61' MS's workmen removing a cardboard shield from around the TB-58 seat mockup. 70' MCU & CU rails and bulkhead glass between the first and second compartments of a TB-58. 86' MS pan right as TB-58 pulls out and leaves the runup station. 114' Onboard camera footage of the TB-58 from behind the second station showing the TB-58 pulling out from runup station and taxi test. 139' Several scenes of TB-58 at end of runway during engine runups. 190' Onboard camera footage of the TB-58 during slow speed taxi test. 210' MS to CU pan left with TB-58 taxiing to test the nose steering gear. 227' Shows a gloved hand holding stick during TB-58 taxi test. 233' Onboard footage of TB-58 during high-speed taxi test. 244' CU of hand on control stick in second station of TB-58. 250' MS pan left with TB-58 taxi test -- aircraft taxis left and deploys drag chute. 263' CU left SV forward section of TB-58 during engine runup. 276' MS pan left with takeoff of TB-58 without pod on its first flight. 294' CU hand on control stick in second station of the TB-58. 299' Onboard camera footage from windows through bulkhead glasses into the first station of the TB-58 from the second station of the TB-58, during flight. 330' Total footage in reel. Good (Basic: Ektrachrome Mas)

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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

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1960-05-10

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