Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ZERO GRAVITY TESTS IN C-131, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OHIO APRIL - JUNE 1959

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ZERO GRAVITY TESTS IN C-131, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OHIO APRIL - JUNE 1959

1959

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Summary: Reel 1: MS INT C-131 cockpit Dr. E. G. Vail in pilot's seat and pilot in copilot's seat showing Dr. Vail the instruments on instrument panel. 46' MS Dr. Vail in pilot's seat looking out window toward camera and waving. 52' MS to MCU of Dr. Vail, AF officer and sergeant, in flight clothes, boarding C-131. 63' MS Dr. Vail and AF sergeant debarking from C-131 -- Dr. Vail walks up to nose and points to inscription on aircraft: HOW HIGH THE MOON. 75' MS of sergeant showing Dr. Vail parts of the C-131 engine -- Dr. Vail shakes hands with sergeant and walks away. 94' MS Dr. Vail and Air Force personnel in flying suits and helmets tumbling and working in cabin during zero gravity test -- one of the men attempts to pour liquid from glass into a cardboard container. 171' MLS two AF officers in flight clothes board C-131. 178' CU inscription on nose of aircraft: HOW HIGH THE MOON. 190' CU nomenclature painted on side of aircraft with insignias of WADC and ARDC. 196' Series of MS's of Mercury astronauts, Capt. Grissom and Capt. Cooper, writing on tablet, reading book, and taking a drink of water during various zero gravity tests in C-131. 433' MS Dr. Vail, Capt. Grissom and Capt. Cooper in full pressure suits in cabin of C-131 tumbling and walking on ceiling during zero gravity test. 588' MS's Capt. Grissom and Capt. Cooper wearing flight clothes and helmets in C-131 cabin during zero gravity test. 770' Total footage in reel. Good (Basic: Mas pos)

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Grissom, Virgil I. (Virgil Ivan), 1926-1967

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Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (b. April 3, 1926-d. Jan. 27, 1967) was born in Mitchell, Indiana. An Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, received his wings in March 1951. He flew 100 combat missions in Korea in F-86s with the 334th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and, upon returning to the United States in 1952, became a jet instructor at Bryan, Texas. In August 1955, he entered the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to study Aeronautical Engineering. He attended the T...