1967 NASA SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT & AVIATION RESEARCH HISTORIC FILM 47654

[@jamesanderton344]

In the past, we had a future.

[@weirdscience1]

Facts.

[@kellyhill430]

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

[@woodhonky3890]

Why we all got to be in such a damn hurry?

[@allgood6760]

Thank you 👍🇳🇿

[@MichaelBreen.]

13:02 That's one wild ride!

[@BostrsBoy]

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]

submit a FOIA request?

[@booklover6753]

They may have been B-58s.

[@jackfids4082]

@@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]

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[@davidefland1985]

B-58’s

[@nonnobissolum]

That flight at 3:10, clearly fatal, yet someone decided to go with lighthearded piano music anyhow...lol.

[@Agnemons]

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]

@@Agnemons ...

[@Agnemons]

@@nonnobissolum Sarcasm at it's finest :P

[@nonnobissolum]

@@Agnemons Cheers ; )

[@PRH123]

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...

[@whirledpeas3477]

I would not like to be the asshole that was flying the chase plane that crashed into one of those beautiful planes

[@gregtaylor6146]

Agreed ....Joe Walker, absolute chump!!!

[@bubbajones6907]

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]

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]

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.

[@arobatto]

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]

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]

Swept wing couldn't be implemented properly. F111 and mig25 were giant failures.

[@booklover6753]

@@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.

[@andyharman3022]

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.

[@jerbrew701]

It’s 2022, where’s my jet pack?!?

[@jspriver]

Swept wing: German. Variable geometry: German. Jet engine colon German.

[@Cartoonman154]

The UN recognises Frank Whittle and Hans Von Ohain as inventors of the jet engine.

[@richardnailhistorical3445]

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]

Fascinating intellectual acrobatics... 🎉

[@byronbuck1762]

Not much predicted here came to pass. And we’ve quit calling adult professional women girls

[@tyroniousyrownshoolacez2347]

Funny 🤣👉. 0 advancements since the 60's. Still 5hrs ++ coast to coast. Wait times increased by 80%. Biggest fail ever.

[@booklover6753]

Try walking.