F-111 PROGRESS REPORT NO. 10, GENERAL DYNAMICS, FORT WORTH, TEXAS Part 5

Description

A General Dynamics film covering the continual development and testing of F-111A and F-111B during Progress Report No. 10 featuring: Two F-111A's Taking Off For Overseas Non-stop Flight; Testing at Ft. Worth; F-lllB; Testing At Holloman AFB; Testing at Eglin AFB; Mark II Avionics; VIP'S fly the F-111; Testing at Edwards AFB; and Climatic Test at Yuma, Arizonia. Reel 1: 37': AMLS of camouflaged F-111A in flight to left above clouds. 43': LS to MLS of two F-111A's Nos. 19 and 2O taking off together from Loring AFB, Maine in early morning -- aft burners on. (Destination, non-stop flight to Paris Air Show and Wethersfield AF Station, England) 52': ALS of the two F-111A's in flight to right. 54': LS of F-111A landing to right. 61': TESTING AT FT WORTH. Scenes of preliminary compatibility test firing of infrared flares showing personnel preparing the force ejector in a test fixture, loading flares alternately with dummy flares, men setting up high-speed camera, man flipping on switches to activate circuitry, EXT and INT of firing control trailer, man wearing headset monitoring outside trailer and firing of flares. 141': Scenes of demonstration showing removal and replacement of time change items in the F-111A ejectable crew module -- personnel viewing from platform over top of aircraft, personnel monitoring the demonstration and observer team generating action requests. 190': MCU's of tail No 39772 on F-111A No. 7 and men working on electronics bay. 200': F-111B. AMLS of F-111B No. 2 taking off from Ft Worth. 212': MS of F-111B No. 3 with maintenance stand up to cockpit with CU of tail section with No. 151972 and Phoenix Missile System insignia. 222': MS left SV pan to show F-111B No. 1151974 with Phoenix missile on ramp at Grumman's Peconic Facility. 230': MLS to MS of F-111B touch-and-go landing (carrier suitability test) at Patuxent River, Maryland. 242': Shows F-111B landing and taking off intercut with view of screen showing aircraft in carrier approach testing. 253': TESTING AT HOLLOMAN AFB. MS of sign: UNITED STATES AIR FORCE HOLLOMAN AFB. 259': Scenes of F-111 McDonnell crew module sled run test showing personnel preparing the sled, run, crew module ejection, module apogee, chute opening, module impacting and post inspection. 317': TESTING AT EGLIN AFB. Aerials and high-speed camera footage of F-111A in flight and dispensing chaff showing pattern of breakup. 340': AMCU of F-111A firing 20mm Gatling gun from weapons bay. 356': LS's of F-111A, in different dive angles, firing 2Omm gun on white square cloth on ground with MS of two men inspecting ground target. 385': AMS & AMCU of F-111A during live infrared flare testing interspersed with smoke flares. 403': MS of F-111A No. 7, carrying three M-117 GP bombs on each of four inboard pylons, taxiing with AV's and onboard footage of F-lllA in flight, releasing two bombs (1 each from corresponding pylons) during blind lay-down trail delivery. 436': MARK II AVIONICS. MLS of North American Aviation Company Autonetics Plant at Anaheim, California. 442': Shows memory modules being installed in master interconnect board of the Mark II Avionics system, engineer and technican operating a console in functional testing of the B26J41 computer and memory modules; test being run on N16-H inertial reference unit; and simulator with other associated equipment for verification of mechanism in Mark II Avionics penetration aids delivery mode testing. 527': VIP'S FLY THE F-111. Shows AF CofS Gen. John P. McConnell talking to group of VIP's after piloting F-111A -- includes Mr J.T. (Bing) Cosby; Gen. McConnell in cockpit putting on helmet; F-111A taxiing out as directed and taking off, piloted by Col. Ray O. Roberts accompanied by Maj. Robert K. Parsons; RCAF Air Marshal Sir Peter Wickam putting on helmet prior to aircraft entry -- shows F-111A taxiing out to right; and Air Marshal Sir Alexis Murdoch (RAAF CofS) alighting from F-IIIA and being Congratulated. 584': Scenes of Hon. Alan Fairhill (Australian member of Parliament and Minister for Defense) being welcomed and making a plant tour of the Fort Worth Division along with its Pres. Frank W Davis. 604': TESTING AT EDWARDS AFB. LS of camouflaged F-111A No. 26 on landing roll to right and taxiing in. 620': MS of F-111A No. 1 taxiing left over abandoned railroad bed at varying knots in foreign object susceptibility tests, also includes static testing with placement of gravel in slipstream. 692': AMLS high angle & AMS low angle of JF-111A No. 12 in flight during flutter test. 734': CLIMATIC TEST AT YUMA. AMLS high angle of F-111A No. 10 in flight. 742': MLS entrance to USMC AB at Yuma, Arizona. 745': MS of JF-111A taxiing to right. 753': LS of JF-111A taking off to left. 758': AV's of F-111A in flight including a camouflaged F-111A. 772': Total footage in reel.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities