SPACE PILOT, AEROSPACE RESEARCH PILOT SCHOOL Reel 1 · Part 3

Description

Summary: Outtakes of SFP 1169 covering training at Aerospace Research Pilots School, Edwards AFB. Shows students in classes, working with electronic equipment, using simulators and undergoing tests in altitude chamber and Navy centrifuge at Johnsville, Pennsylvania. Scenes are included of Brig Gen James Stewart (USAFR) touring school facilities, accompanied by Brig Gen Irving L. Branch, AFFTC Commander. (Shot list to follow.) Reel 1, 940': 1) Student in pressure suit and helmet entering Chance-Vought Space Simulator for test, and operating controls. 2) Student in Edwards Reaction Control Simulator talking to sergeant, then closing hatch. 3) Reaction Control Simulator in motion. 4) AV's of F-106A in flight over fleecy clouds (772' - 940'). Reel 2, 966': 1) AV's of F-104 in flight. 2) Edwards' flight line as seen from aircraft making high-speed pass. 3) F-106 cockpit simulator. 4) Student wearing space suit in spin chair. 5) Chance-Vought space simulator in motion. 6) Student in pressure chamber. 7) Doctors checking EKG of man in chamber. 8) Brig Gen James Stewart watching subject walk treadmill and second subject strapped to tilt table. Reel 3, 918': 1) Brig Gen Stewart looking at subject on tilt table. 2) Brig Gen Stewart looking through microscope. 3) Students examining Dickweed specimen in beaker. 4) Subject in screened chamber with head wired for Encephalography, watching strobe light blinking. 5) Series of scenes of Navy centrifuge at Johnsville in operation. Reel 4, 954': 1) Johnsville centrifuge in motion, showing overhead glass-enclosed operator's booth. 2) Student adjusting helmet in equipment room. 3) Brig Gen Stewart walking across dry lake bed. Reel 5, 946': 1) Brig Gen Stewart standing on dry lake bed. 2) Sunset as seen across dry lake bed. 3) Scenes of graduation exercises at Space Pilot School, with Brig Gen Branch and Col Charles Yeager making speeches and presenting diplomas. 4) Graduates and their wives at exercises. Reel 6, 925': 1) Scenes of F-104's and F-106's taking off directly over camera. 2) Brig Gen Stewart watching subject in altitude chamber. 3) Two students wearing flint gear in altitude chamber, breathing into sensing device. 4) Student entering Chance-Vought space simulator. 5) Space simulator test operator at control console. Reel 7, 930': 1) Scenes of engineers in computer room, operating consoles. 2) Scenes of Brig Gen Stewart and USAF captain watching subjects in altitude chamber. Reel 8, 954': 1) Brig Gen Stewart watching subject in altitude chamber. 2) Scenes of student turning knobs and flipping switches on Complex Behavior Simulator. 3) Psychiatrist showing student an ink-blot (Rohrschach) test. 4) Brig Gen Stewart standing on dry lake bed talking. Reel 9, 984': 1) Brig Gen Stewart standing on dry lake bed. 2) CU's of Brig Gen Stewart talking to USAF captain. 3) Doctor explaining instruments on cart to students. Reel 10, 901': Scenes of Brig Gen Stewart standing on dry lake bed talking. Reel 11, 984': Scenes of Brig Gen Irving Branch greeting Brig Gen Stewart on steps of Space Pilot School. Reel 12, 889': 1) CU's of Brig Gen Irving branch and Brig Gen James Stewart talking. 2) Students in classroom studying celestial globe. Reel 13, 956': 1) Scenes of students in classroom working. 2) Student putting watch on table to time himself. 3) Instructor entering classroom and speaking to students. 4) Student in cockpit of F-106 simulator. 5) Engineers operating bank of computers. Reel 14, 927': 1) Engineers operating bank of computers. 2) Scenes of Brig Gen Stewart standing on dry lake bed. Reel 15, 996': 1) Two students watching TV monitor and instruments. 2) TV screen showing two students wearing flight gear in altitude chamber. 3) Series of scenes of students seated in auditorium during graduation exercises. 4) Series of scenes in computer room, student making notes from EKG read-out graph. 5) Technician monitoring oscilloscope and telemetry receiver. 6) Series of scenes of centrifuge in operation at Johnsville. Fair (Basic: Orig color)

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities