1967 NASA SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT & AVIATION RESEARCH HISTORIC FILM 47654
An airliner comes in for a landing in the opening seconds of the circa 1967 National Aeronautics and Space Administration color film “Flight to Tomorrow” as the narrator reminds the viewer that there are more than 300 major airports across the United States. On a typical day, more than 1,100 airplanes take off and land at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City (and 37 million across the United States), as more aircraft are shown landing and we see scenes of some of the 77,000 travelers who make their way through their airport daily. The viewer is taken inside a cockpit at take-off before being taken back in time at mark 03:11 to the early days of flight - with all of its successes and failures. By 1915, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA’s predecessor) was created to supervise and direct the scientific study of flight. From scenes of single-piston planes to supersonic jets, the narrator explains how some planes are able to reach the edge of space. Such scientific pursuits are also used in commercial transportation, and at mark 05:10 we’re taken back inside an airplane and news of how a five-hour, 3,000-mile trip across the United States may one day be whittled down to half that time thanks to a supersonic transport (SST), shown at mark 05:30 and the film takes several minutes discussing its design and possible use. News of new lubricants and metals needed to survive longer flight times comes at mark 10:35, as is news of how scientists also are working on ways to address turbulence and other issues in flight so that planes might be as easy to fly as a car is to drive. At mark 15:13 we turn to see scenes of additional experiments being undertaken regarding the development of the SST, and at mark 17:25 visit the topic of noise pollution. NASA pilots and engineers, we’re told, are continuously working to find ways to minimize the noises that naturally accompany commercial flight, including making steeper approaches to landing which uses less power and as a result, less noise. As a jet engine whines at mark 18:12, an XB-70 Valkerie flies by. At 19:13, temporary houses are seen at Edwards AFB where families are subjected to sonic boom and aircraft noise. Engineers conduct experiments to find ways to make it operate more quietly. By mark 19:55, we also told NASA scientists are not working on supersonic transport but also hypersonic transports (HST) which will fly at 4,000 miles an hour - crossing the United States in less than an hour. Such an aircraft may be ready - late 1960s audiences were told - within 20 years, as only 20 years had passed since the first Bell X-1 supersonic aircraft gave way to the X-15. Even without such aircraft, the narrator says “short haul” routes, such as those between Los Angeles and San Francisco that take about an hour, may increase one day to alleviate congested roadways. To that end, researchers are shown testing vertical and/or short take-off and landing V/STOL aircraft at mark 23:00 to make it possible for people to live in the country and work in the city.
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In the past, we had a future.
@weirdscience1
5 ай бұрын
Facts.
Why we all got to be in such a damn hurry?
I love these old films they remind me of the films i watched in elementary school. The teacher would bringthat big film projecter in the room thread the film and cut out the light. And wen you were so young that just turning off the lights in class seemed lije a big deal. Then she would play some silly educational black and white film. In fact i think this was one of them. Because im in Va. And langly was a field trip we went on in 3rd grade and that was in 1973.i think we either saw this then ir wen we git to Langley they had it playing on a monitor. Ahh Memories
Thank you 👍🇳🇿
13:02 That's one wild ride!
Growing up in central Minnesota in the 50's and 60's, we were treated to rather frequent sonic booms. I would be interested to know which aircraft were responsible and what the purpose of these flights was.
@alexm566
2 жыл бұрын
submit a FOIA request?
@booklover6753
2 жыл бұрын
They may have been B-58s.
@jackfids4082
2 жыл бұрын
@@booklover6753 F-106 Delta Darts were based at Duluth at that time & constantly flew practice sorties over central MN during those years, often pushing the envelope. At that time there were orders not to break the sound barrier over population centers but those orders were loosely enforced by commanders.
@marchicago
Жыл бұрын
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@davidefland1985
Жыл бұрын
B-58’s
They would have found it difficult to believe there would never be a HST, and the only SST would be the Concord, which failed in the end.
@gregtaylor6146
Жыл бұрын
It did NOT fail ...... it was effectively (albeit accidentally) sabotaged by ANOTHER hunk-of-junk McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, this time shedding debris on the runway of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport shortly before the Concord's takeoff.
@PRH123
5 ай бұрын
Hard to say the Concorde failed, it was operational for a very long time. Not taking over the world of commercial aviation is not the same thing as failure.
That flight at 3:10, clearly fatal, yet someone decided to go with lighthearded piano music anyhow...lol.
@Agnemons
3 жыл бұрын
Once your dead your dead changing the music won't help that. And, besides, we should be light hearted about it, "Darwinism" has removed another idiot from the gene pool
@nonnobissolum
3 жыл бұрын
@@Agnemons ...
@Agnemons
3 жыл бұрын
@@nonnobissolum Sarcasm at it's finest :P
@nonnobissolum
3 жыл бұрын
@@Agnemons Cheers ; )
@PRH123
5 ай бұрын
Extremely annoying how they all feel the need to have the silly plinky plonky piano music when showing pre-war aviation footage. People were doing significant and bold things, deserves better than childish cartoon music...
An SST program that never came to fruition in the United States but came to being in Europe - USSR included. And lets not forget that swept wing technology was first pioneered by the Germans in WWII.
@MsMcDonaldsfan
2 жыл бұрын
The Tupolev Tu-144 program never came to fruition either because they were poorly designed and they were rushed into production before proper development and testing. They had serious design flaws and quality control problems that made the aircraft too dangerous for regular passenger service so after a few dozen flights they were relegated to research and cargo transport.
@alexm566
2 жыл бұрын
Swept wing couldn't be implemented properly. F111 and mig25 were giant failures.
@booklover6753
2 жыл бұрын
@@alexm566 F-111 was a great plane but was too heavy for its original intended purpose. It made a great interdiction bomber. Mig-25 was fast as hell in a straight line but had limited range and handled poorly.
I would not like to be the asshole that was flying the chase plane that crashed into one of those beautiful planes
@gregtaylor6146
Жыл бұрын
Agreed ....Joe Walker, absolute chump!!!
It’s 2022, where’s my jet pack?!?
NASA talking about a future that never came. The SST was canceled in 1970. That turned out to be a good decision. What was NASA actually doing 20 years into the future? Trying to recover from the Challenger disaster.
Swept wing: German. Variable geometry: German. Jet engine colon German.
@Cartoonman154
Жыл бұрын
The UN recognises Frank Whittle and Hans Von Ohain as inventors of the jet engine.
If they can be this wrong about the future of aviation - could they also be just as wrong about the seriousness of climate impact? You are betting your life on it and all of civilization!
@Grendel650
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating intellectual acrobatics... 🎉
Not much predicted here came to pass. And we’ve quit calling adult professional women girls
Funny 🤣👉. 0 advancements since the 60's. Still 5hrs ++ coast to coast. Wait times increased by 80%. Biggest fail ever.
@booklover6753
2 жыл бұрын
Try walking.