Five vintage films that feature Air Force efforts to carry, launch, and retrieve airplanes from giant bombers. These videos were digitized directly from 35mm films in the National Archives. The subjects include the McDonnell XF-85 Goblin, wing tip coupling a Culver Q-14 Cadet and Douglas C-47 Skytrain, wing tip coupling a pair of Republic F-84D Thunderjets and a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, and Project FICON, in which a GRB-36F carried an F-84E Thunderjet.
AMC Pictorial Review Number 8 (10:42) XF-85 Goblin, Northrop XF-89 Scorpion XF-85 Initial Flight (Silent) (26:59) XF-85 Goblin Investigation of Aircraft in Coupled Flight (8:11) Q-14 Cadet and C-47 Skytrain Range Extension of Bomber Escort (11:54) F-84D Thunderjets and B-29 Superfortress Reconnaissance Parasite Aircraft (16:29) Project FICON, F-84E Thunderjet and GRB-36F Running Time: 74:15...More >< Less