The TV speaker really asked smart questions in these days. All about the speed equation.

Awesome! I have wanted to see this since I first saw it on TV back in 79' when it first aired!!! As a young A&P mechanic I worked on wings for Precious Metal, The Healer #39, Georgia Mae and Stilletto back in the mid 80's so this is just a rush to watch. Thanks so much for posting!

I remember this day :( I was working on the race crew for #7 Ridge Runner and we shared a pit with the #6, so we were all pulling for John Crocker and then the RB-51 came by real quiet and we all watched as Steve tried to turn the plane and it disappeared below the end of the runway

Thank you for uploading!

Steve looks so young.

This is incredible. I remember watching this show when it originally aired a few months after the events. We didn't have a VCR in those days, but I recorded the audio on cassette tape, I still have it buried in a box somewhere. It's great to see the video again after all these years. On part seems to be missing though..in the original broadcast there was a performance by the Canadian Snowbirds aerobatic team (set to disco music of course.)

Nicely done, way better than my copy of this episode! Thanks for sharing!

A person in our group found a piece.

Wow! I have been telling friends about this since 1979. I was lucky enough to be helping pit for Lefty Gardner and White Lightning during the race as a 17 year old. Heard the whole thing on the radio in the pit and jumped into a station wagon to tear down the runway with the crew. I have pictures somewhere of the wreckage still smoking and only thought to take pictures after Steve was helicoptered out. Ran around with the crew carrying my camera like a stone.

@TJDOZIER1 yes he does. :)

My dad was at this one he was very lucky

Qem vio o ovine que pasou acima do reporter

And 50 years later it’s exactly the same, unlimited still same airframes and engines, loads of T-6s, added a jet class with Jets from the 1970’s, no new power plant designs, no new airframes. Maybe the formulas have some new materials? Sad lack of significant progress for half a century.