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Classic Air Force Aerospace Age Films DVD: 1920s 1950s (WWI Post WWII) USAAF Aviation...
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Sales Rank: 85913
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$12.49
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on 12-29-2007.
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Features
Includes Footage of:B-47s, B-50s, B-52sX-2s, X-15sF-48s1918 Air Armada, Balloons, Explorer One Space Craft
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: Quality Information Publishers Inc.
Run Time: 13 minutes
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Product Description
The rich history of the US Air Force is brought back to the screen in this rare collection entitled, Another Historical Highlight In The Aerospace Age. Features A (13) thirteen-film collection of Another Historical Highlight In The Aerospace Age US Air Force Films Series. Table of Contents: (1) First US bomber attacks on Germany territory in Holland (July 4th 1942) (2) First test run on the super sonic air research track in Hurricane Mesa, Utah (July 8th 1955) (3) Cadets begin training at the Air Force Academy in Lowry Air Force Base In Lowry Colorado (July 11, 1945) (4) A record trans oceanic mass jet flight of (58) fifty-eight F-84's of the 31st Fighter Escort Wing Under Col. David Shilling landed in Acota Air Force Base in Japan . (July 17, 1952) (5) First recovery of a full scale Atlas snow cone (July 21, 1959) (6) The launching of Explorer 1, who set an altitude record of over 60,000 feet (July 28th, 1934) (7) A US Air Force Stratojet B-47 set a record for flying from England to Florid (4000 miles) in 9 hours and 53 minutes (August 4th, 1953) (8) Part of "Project Man High," Dr. David Simmons set a record for balloon altitude in a 282 foot balloon at 100,000 feet (August 19th, 1957) (9) First wholly automatic landing of an airplane in Wright Field (August 23rg, 1937) (10) The first aerial re-fueling of jet powered aircraft by jet powered aircraft when a B-47 received fuel from a KB47 B Tanker (Sept 1st, 1953) (11) Altitude record for manned flight when a X-2 Rocket Powered Aircraft From Edwards Air Force Base, California reached 126,000 feet (24 miles) (September 7th, 1956) (12) Greatest Air Armada of the day with 450 planes 50 balloons and 71 American Aces take part in the St. Mihiel in WWI (Sept. 12t, 1918) (13) The X15 (a research vehicle) drops from a B-52 Mother ship in a 10 minutes rocket flight over Edwards Air Force Base in California aimed to collect data on space travel (Sept. 1959)
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