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U.S. Navy Tailhook Reunion Naval Aviation Flamingo Hotel Las Vegas, Nevada 80794 (1969)

1969 · Short film · 30 min

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This film is a color film with B&W historical clips showing the 1969 Reunion of The Tailhook Association. Tailhook is a U.S.-based, non-profit fraternal organization, supporting the interests of sea-based aviation, with emphasis on aircraft carriers. The word tailhook refers to the hook underneath the tail of the aircraft that catches the arresting wire suspended across the flight deck in order to stop the landing plane quickly. Photography by the Pacific Fleet Combat Camera Group. 00:13 Opening Scene: historical illustrations of human flying. “Man’s Dream of Flight, and his desire to soar like a bird is as old as mankind itself.” 0:28 Early illustration of the Wright Flyer: the first successful airplane flight on December 17th, 1903, in North Carolina. Flight lasted 12 seconds across Kill Devil Hills. 0:51 View of various historical flying planes hanging in a museum. 1:04 Early clip of plane taking off from sea. 1:14 Naval ship and its artillery. 1:23 Successful & unsuccessful clips of planes taking off from Naval ships. The difficulty of landing planes on ships proved to be more difficult, but they persevered and found a solution. 1:53 Early experiments lead to the birth of the Tailhook, which proved a means to successfully land aboard sea vessels. 1:59 This form of landing gave birth to a unique roll for men aboard ship: the tailhooker. 2:17 Title Sequence: “Tailhook Reunion”. Early film captures a plane attempting a deck landing, but falling off the edge of the boat…

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Running time
30 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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