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	- - Record Breaker: The B-58 Hustler Story Volume 1 Four films plus two B-58 technical manuals on one DVD September Special Buy the B-58 Vol. 1 & get the "X-treme Bombers" DVD FREE! NEW! Don't miss "The B-58 Hustler Story" Volume 2! Get X-treme Bombers FREE when you order the B-58 $19.95 Availability:: Usually Ships in 24 Hours

Description Our DVD Specs   The September Special -- Buy the B-58 (Vol 1) & get X-Treme Bombers FREE Record Breaker: The B-58 Hustler Story DVD Copyright 2008 A pilot once said of the Convair B-58, "She looked like she was breaking the sound barrier just sitting on the tarmac."  At Mach 2 +, the B-58 wasn't just one of the fastest bombers of her day, she was one of the fastest military planes period.  A first cousin of the hot "century series" of fighters, the delta winged "Hustler' medium bomber combined outstanding performance with a striking, javelin-like profile that spawned a mystique that survives to this day. In the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, in just two years the B-58 captured 14 speed and performance records, many previously held by  Soviet aircraft. She was not only capable of extended 700 mph on-the deck missions at 500 feet (then unheard of for a bomber and without the advantages of today's ground hugging radar or fly-by-wire) she also set altitude and climb records. The B-58 was capable of doing whatever was necessary to invade enemy air space.  As Jimmy Stewart says, she was a lot more than a "hot rod" made for setting records, she was a lethal weapon of war -- and an outstandingly handsome aircraft. Great B-58 footage shown in digitally restored video and audio. * B-58 Bendix Trophy Race 1962 (Color, 20:00, 1962) On March 5th, 1962, Capt Robert G Sauer & his crew in "Tall Man 55" took off from Carswell AFB, Fort Worth, Texas to break three transcontinental speed records in one day, over 4,500 miles -- "Operation Heat Rise." The starting gate was Los Angeles, where the Hustler topped up her fuel. Along the way, she slowed briefly again for quick refuels, shown in detail, and reached New York City in just 2 hours & 56 seconds. Then, back to the West Coast, nonstop in 2hrs 15 minutes. The round trip was a total of 4 hours 41 minutes, including refueling, and all three times were transcontinental speed records. * B-58 Low Altitude Bombing Capability (Color, 10:00, 1962) This is is a simulated low level, long range attack launched from Carswell AFB in Texas against Edwards AFB in California.  Much of the mission is flown at 700 mph and  above at ground hugging altitude below 500 feet. The B-58 exhibited exceptional handling characteristics.  Sensational from-the-cockpit views of the Hustler booming along over mountains and prairie.  * The Bleriot Trophy (Color, 15:00, 1962) In 1930 the French aviation pioneer established a prize for the first aircraft to average over 2,000 kph for thirty minutes-- the Louis Bleriot Speed Trophy. For 30 years, that prize lay unclaimed by any aircraft.  See how  B-58 Hustler "Firefly," commanded by Major Elmer E Murphy, flying near Edwards AFB in May 1961, took the prize. * Champion of Champions (Color, 30:00, 1962) Isn't that the legendary star and war hero James Stewart climbing out of the pilot's seat of the B-58 that just touched down?  "Yup" -- and he's ready willing and able to give you his first hand impressions of an aircraft he is obviously has fallen in love with. General Stewart walks you through the Hustler's virtues and reviews the many records she claimed in a memorable discussion. * Convair B-58A "Hustler" Flight Manual (268 pages with color Illustrations) See B-58 detailed operating instructions, cockpit photos, systems diagrams, flight characteristics, emergency procedures and much, much more in Adobe acrobat .pdf file format. * Convair B-58A "Hustler" Flight Manual Performance Data (206 pages) This is the complete B-58 performance appendix, keyed to the Flight Manual, including detailed charts and data for range, take off & landing, climb & more in Adobe acrobat .pdf file format. Pilot's manuals viewable on a computer DVD player. Don't have a DVD player on your computer? We can put the manual on a separate CD-ROM! (Click here for info,) Get the "X-treme Bombers" DVD Free when you buy the B-58 Volume 1 The Northrop YB-49 "Flying Wing" and the North American XB-70A "Valkyrie" Four films and two flight manuals on one DVD * Initial Flight of the YB-49 (1948, B&W, 5:15) This film was produced by the US Air Force and Northrop to show the first test flights of the YB-49 Flying Wing at Northrop' s Hawthorne, California facility, introducing it to the American public for the first time. The YB-49 was a redesign of the propeller driven B-35, upgraded with six GE Allison jet engines and various structural design improvements (see the description below for more info). The revolutionary design and almost other worldly, alien spacecraft-like lines of the jet powered Wing are highlighted in this very clean black and white footage. This aircraft is revealingly shown at all angles, including up close on the ground and in flight. * The Story of the Flying Wing (1949, Color, 24:00) It may be hard to believe today, but Flying Wing's  innovative design was often used against it by detractors from competing aircraft companies ("An airplane that doesn't have a tail??!!") So, Northrop Aircraft produced this information film to extol the Wings virtues and answer her critics. The result is a film that gives a compelling overview of the principles of advantages of the Wing design, delivered by Northrop's Director of Engineering, Harrison F. Burke. You'll see color film of the jet powered Wing in operation, supplemented by an extensive use of instructive animations. You'll learn about the role of drag in flight in relation to efficiency in aircraft design, the advantages of a swept wing, the inherent advantages in structural integrity of the Wing design, simplicity and ease of maintenance, the role of center of gravity in tail design and much more. * XB-70 Valkyrie Flight Test Program (1966, Color, 13:00) This film, produced by North American Aviation, gives a concise overview of the early phases of the XB-70A aircraft design, construction, development and testing in 1964. You'll see Phase one & two flight tests and "proof loading" structural tests. The use and testing of "folded wing tips" and retraction of the "windshield ramp"in supersonic flight is shown in detail along with the innovative air induction system. On 14 October 1965, the Valkyrie broke the Mach 3 barrier. The extensive use of flight test instrumentation in the program is also discussed. * XB-70A Valkyrie: Phase One Flight Testing (1966, Color, 26:00) The critical first four flight tests of the XB-70A over 34 days at Edwards AFB are shown in detail culminating in the aircraft's first supersonic flight (with an B-58 Hustler chase plane!). As might be expected, these early f lights included some dramatic moments, including an in flight engine flame out and one of the landing gear bursting into flames during touch down. But, as mission chief test pilot Col Al White says, "if there were no problems during testing, you wouldn't need test pilots or test flights." You'll see the unflappable Col White and copilot Col Joe Cotton work the sleek Valkyrie through a series of crtical tests, including landing gear, flaps, flight controls, advanced hydraulic systems, first deployment of the folding wing tips and more. A highlight of the film is a press conference/debriefing by the XB-70 test flight team. As you'll see, there's nothing "routine" about testing a revolutionary and extremely complex aircraft like the XB-70A Valkyrie. * Flight Handbook for the Northrop YB-49 Airplane (77 pages) See detailed operating instructions, copious illustrations, cockpit photos, systems diagrams, flight characteristics, emergency procedures and much more in Adobe acrobat .pdf file format. North American XB-70A "Valkyrie" Flight Manual  (380 pages ) See XB70A operating instructions, cockpit photos, systems diagrams, flight characteristics, emergency procedures, performance charts and more in Adobe Acrobat .pdf file format.

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