Video Parts (7 across 3 reels)
This clip is Reel 2, Part 2 of a 7-part film. Watch from the beginning
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION TEST - CONSTELLATION CRASH, PHOENIX, ARIZONA Reel 2 · Part 2
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Coverage of FAA test, crashing a remotely controlled Super onstellation into a hillside at the end of high-speed taxi, to determine improvement in passenger safety, using special seating arrangement and equipment tie-down procedures. Reel 1, 675': ROLL: M62G-3. LS pan R, high speed footage of Super Constellation starting to taxi, then running into hillside and breaking up. Reel 2, 584': ROLL: M62D-3. 1) HAV pan R, Super Constellation impacting hillside at end of strip. 2) CUs of crashed Constellation. ROLL: M62C-1. 3) ECU Super Constellation taxiing over two wooden barricades and wiping out main gear. ROLL: M62C-2. 4) FV Super Constellation taxiing across barricades and into hillside. ROLL: M62C-3. 5) MS Super Constellation crashing across barricades and into hillside. ROLL: M62C-4. 6) MS Super Constellation crashing across barricades and into hillside. Reel 3, 458': MS pan R, Super Constellation taxiing and crashing, then inspectors examining wreckage.
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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