AX/A-9A Prototype Aircraft Program, Hawthorne and Edwards AFB, California Part 1

Description

Covers progress in the A-9A program, Northrop Aircraft entry in the AX competition. Shows steps in construction from initial fabrication to roll-out from paint shop. Also shows takeoff, bombing and strafing tests, flyby and landing. Reel 1: 0' Sequential scenes of parts fabrication, unit assembly, unit mating, completed aircraft being painted, then inspected by Northrop personnel. 992' CUs of A-9A on flight line at Edwards AFB, being preflighted, fueled, and LOX converter chamber being installed. 1036' FV of A-9A, with all wing stations loaded with Mk-82 GP bombs. 1039' Traveling shot alongside A-9A taxiing to end of runway. 1065' LS pan right of A-9A taking off. (Note--footage has been cut--not complete.) 1072' MLS of A-9A making dive bomb pass to right. Camera holds on inert Mk-82 bomb from release to impact. 1088' MLS of A-9A making strafing run to right. 1099' MCU of 20mm rounds impacting on target--tilt up to A-9A circling. 1113' Remote camera (behind target) footage of A-9A strafing, rounds impacting in front of camera. 1132' LS two A-9As flyover, peeling off and one A-9A landing to left. 1168' Total footage in reel.

Collection

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

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities