NORTHROP GRUMMAN

[Music] n [Music] meanwhile back on the Western Front here's a rare abro 504 of the type that saw Frontline action with the Royal flying Corps until about 1915 but the doile abro was relegated to a training role when this more modern sop with pup came along in 1916 these old planes flown by a handful of nostalgic aviators like the men here at Reinbeck New York take us back to a Time 60 years ago when history met the first of a whole new breed the air races names that will stay with us forever like Rick toffen and Rickenbacker in this reenactment the German triplane is about to have a British sop with pup for breakfast the make believe Baron of Reinbeck mixes it up with the Allies each plane vying to get on the tail of the other each intended victim twisting and turning to shake off his pursuer guns blazing in the SOP with pups in trouble diving in low over the Reinbeck Aerodrome you can see smoke streaming out from under the pup's cowl the baron still very much on the offensive it's a black day for the good guys of Reinbeck but it's all in fun as both pup and triplane return to the aerodrome to fly another day the rotary engines in these old birds make them particularly tough to handle a rotary is either full on or off with a bleach switch to cut it out intermittently on Landing approaches like this you can see bursts of smoke each time the pilot bleeps the engine on again hot air ballooning is the coming thing these days and no air show would be complete without a real live hot air balloon Ascension and while we're back in Nostalgia Corner let's take a look at this beautiful Curtis Jenny the first line American trainer during World War I you know a young man named Lindberg bought one of these after the war for about 500 bucks today they cost 50,000 if you can find one and now its jumpers away as this seemingly endless stream of skydiving Fanatics plunge into the Clear Blue Sky from 13,000 ft Free Falling at speeds of up to 220 mph flying like birds to link hands in this 10man circle the leader on the far side of the circle Waits until the ring is perfect then calls for a break then it's pull the rip cord and see on the ground pal all shoots properly deployed the jumpers now pick their spots up and down the air show line for what are usually beautiful standup [Music] Landings world champion Charlie Hillard leads this Red Devil formation upside down the national champ Tom pozne puts his pit special through a series of diving roles and three-time champ Jean Susi executes a four-point vertical roll 2 3 and four hangliding and kite flying are a novelty at air shows though considered a safe Pastime by enthusiasts accidents will happen in any sport 2 days after 26-year-old Robert Harris Kennedy made this successful flight at the transpo 72 air show near Washington he was killed in a faulty takeoff but when things went right they were beautiful watch this spectacular bird-like Landing there's the flare and touchdown over the top in the second half of a Cuban 8 flying his hands like wings to help him stay in place diving inverted through their own trail of air show smoke finally rolling upright again it's the one and only team of Hughes and cajun that's Johnny Cajun on the top of the wing of that beautiful 650 horsepower super steeran piloted by Joe Hughes Johnny leans back against that brace with only one strap to hold him in place during these Maneuvers watch as Joe executes a perfect eight-point hesitation roll count the points [Music] 5 6 7 8 now rolling inverted again Joe waves goodbye to us with Johnny now we get a bird's eye view of some famous World War II fighter aircraft flown by members of the Confederate Air Force in the skies of Texas over Rebel field this is the P-51 Mustang recovering from a half loop with a one and a half slow roll look at the Magnificent lines of that perfectly restored aircraft there's one complete roll now slowly with a little forward pressure on the stick it's back to the upright position once again not to be outdone this P38 Lightning pilot says by gly if that Mustang can roll like that for you so can I and roll he does all the way around here's a rare Spitfire onetime main stay of the royal Air Force screaming in low and fast over the Texas Prairie also from the Battle of Britain one of the few remaining German meit 109 and Now ladies and gentlemen a rare look at these two old enemies flying in formation now to another theater of war this one in the Pacific and a replica of the notorious Imperial Japanese zero over the top in a half Loop rolling the aircraft out now exchanging altitude for air speed and here's a sight that made many an Allied tail Gunner wish he'd stayed home in bed the antiquers enjoy getting in on the ACT here from the era of The Barnstormer comes the fleet how about that pretty little Loop these planes were built by Consolidated aircraft back in the early 30s some once wore army insignia today most of these fine old planes have roted to dust homebuilders also fly to many of these shows even though it might be easier to come on a bicycle this homebuilt two-seater is called the Breezy I don't know why formation aerobatics now by the Wako meteor team of Harry Shepard and Larry kingry watch as they manipulate their beautiful Italian f20s through an everchanging sequence of unusual attitudes while flying as close as 24 in to one another watch as they roll to the canopy to canopy position and ease the two planes back into extremely close proximity that's Shepherd upside down and kingry right side up or or is it kingry upside down and Shepherd right side up or oh nuts if you think two plane formation is fun why don't you try it with nine these are the famous red arrows of Great Britain's royal Air Force the team is flying the Hawker sidley Nat Mark 1 little planes by today's military standards that weigh in a just over 8,000 PB soaking wet here we see Squadron leader Ian dick directing his flight through the red arrows famous wine glass roll Bob Hoover calls this his famous Tennessee Waltz here Bob wals is to a series of onewheel Landings in that Rockwell International P-51 there's one two two and three watch that right wing chip Bob tail sliding a super chipmunk is only the beginning of this sequence by the one and only art sh art recovers upside down pushing on the stick hanging in his harness he's going to pick up a ribbon strung between two poles only 10 ft High he'll catch it with the airplane's tail there's a final correction a little more right Rudder he got it now rolling right side up with a hesitation at the knife edge position and with that art calls it a day that's Art Show Ladies and Gentlemen The Aeronautics Professor from San Bernardino California these are the famous F4 Phantoms boned by the United States Air Force Thunderbirds Captain Jerry bolt wastes no time in slipping his big plane into the slot position as Colonel Tom swam leads his team Straight Up and Away then solom Man Steve dwelly takes off in a manner few people anywhere could call routine after that takeoff just pull back on the stick and fly straight to space from a standing start the F4 can take off and climb to an altitude of 4 mil in 48 seconds it has a top speed of, 1600 mph here the five members of the Thunderbirds demonstration team have formed up an Echelon or v formation for a high G right turn in which each man feels about four times the pressure of gravity those are the US Air Force Thunderbirds this is the US Navy flight demonstration team the Blue Angels they also fly the Phantom F4 and here's what a formation takeoff looks like as seen from the tale of Lieutenant Bill Switzer's slot airplane the planes are airborne afterburners are on and as the gear retracts into the wells Switzer moves his number four aircraft right into that slot position the red Air Show smoke is turned on and with 36 in separating these 45,000 lb Giants of the air show circuit the Thrills begin these all weather Phantom Fighters hold 16 World performance records Lieutenant Commander skip Umstead lead solo pilot rolls on takeoff with the landing gear still extended here is a demonstration of the tremendous power as well as the slows speed maneuverability of the Phantom solo pilot Lieutenant Steve Lambert in Blue Angel Number Six is the last man to take to the air and the team is complete having broken from their traditional diamond formation liutenant Commander Don Bentley leads his flight in an in tril Loop each Phantom is stepped down or just a few feet under the preceding aircraft that's Captain Mike Murphy a Marine in Blue Angel Number Two Lieutenant Bill Beardsley in number three and Lieutenant Switzer in number four here is what the last half of a loop looks like from the unusual vantage point of Steve Lambert's tail section there's not much future in going straight down so Steve pulls out experiencing 5 gs on the way now from the opposite direction comes skip Umstead the closing rate here is over 1 th000 mph meanwhile Don Bentley prepares his formation for a pass in front of the grand stand by calling for the formation to break then reform on his plane again but now Bentley is hanging upside down on his harness back together again the blues pass in front of an amazed crowd this is a variation on the Blue's famous diamond formation called the farvel throughout each maneuver the pilots maintain their standard 36-in separation between planes as you see here now Commander Bentley calls for room to roll upright again and once more the formation disperses meanwhile Steve Lambert streaks back across the field again to show us a fantastic series of fast Aon rolls brace yourself ladies and [Music] gentlemen now skip Umstead and blue angel number five demonstrate it's an almost endless series of vertical rolls recovering at the top with a split s all six planes are formed up in a Delta formation now for the Delta vertical break diving vertically for the ground Commander Bentley calls for air show smoke on then for The Pitch Out And as the Delta formation disperses only Trails of red and white smoke are left drifting in the blue sky [Music]