Description
Object description
An aircraft recognition film used for training purposes for observers and air crew. A mixture of photography and diagrams, some in outline form, are accompanied by a clear narrative.
Content description
Film opens with two Super Sabres noisily flying a low pass over Bitburg, an United States Air Force (USAF) base in Germany. Cut to a row of Sabres, all F100 type, parked on the hardstanding. The commentary lists the distinctive features as the camera pans to a head on view: oval shaped air intake in the nose of the fuselage, 45o swept back wings, very low tail, automatic leading slots on the wings. Sabres 41986 FW986 and 41977 FW -977 taxi out to the runway. The two Sabres take off with after-burners deployed, a ten feet stream of orange flame seen. On landing, the barn door airbrakes and parachute slow the aircraft for a short landing run. Cut to Sabre landing and deploying the parachute just before touch down.
The commentary refers to an animated diagram to show the distinctive features of the Sabre F100. First, a head on view: wings are thin, tall rudder, the wings mask the view of the tailplane because they are in the same plane. Moving to the side-on elevation: narrow nose, flat ventral line, a curving dorsal line gives a large, fat fuselage, tall fin and rudder set forward of the jet orifice. In plain view the wings and tailplane have a marked sweep back. The tailplane is a near replica of the wings, but smaller overall.
The F100 has a special weapons capability and can carry a very large load on six underwing pylons. The narrator lists a huge variety of offensive and defensive weapons available to equip the Sabre, controlled by a comprehensive array of navigational, electronic and radar systems. The essential features to aid recognition are summarised by the narrative, co-incident with close up film of the Sabre in flight. Film closes as three Super Sabres F100 fly over the airfield and depart into the sky.