Miloch
July 22nd 17, 04:02 AM
http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/nasa-uploads-hundreds-of-rare-aircraft-films-to-youtube-1797119276
NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center is currently in the process of uploading
hundreds of extremely rare films to YouTube. And I’d advise you to stop reading
if you want to get any work done today.
The center has uploaded roughly 300 of the planned 500 films that it will
continue to put up over the coming months. And as you can see from the
well-populated YouTube channel, they have everything from 1950s experimental
aircraft like the X-3 Stiletto to 1960s Lunar Landing Research Vehicle tests
(seen in the GIF above) to videos of the time that they intentionally crashed a
Boeing 720 in 1984. Seriously.
There are tons of videos on the channel, and like I said, if you want to get any
work done I wouldn’t recommend clicking through to watch. They’re simply too
cool. But if you insist, here are a few that are especially fun.
What’s your favorite? Like I said, it’s dangerous to start watching because
there are way too many to choose from. But you chose to get this far, didn’t
you?
Update 11:52am: It has been brought to my attention that Motherboard was the
first to blog about these videos, not The Verge. So I guess go to Motherboard
and give them some clicks.
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywge7v/nasa-armstrong-archival-footage
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/19/15999720/nasa-afrc-youtube-test-flight-rare-footage-archives
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NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center is currently in the process of uploading
hundreds of extremely rare films to YouTube. And I’d advise you to stop reading
if you want to get any work done today.
The center has uploaded roughly 300 of the planned 500 films that it will
continue to put up over the coming months. And as you can see from the
well-populated YouTube channel, they have everything from 1950s experimental
aircraft like the X-3 Stiletto to 1960s Lunar Landing Research Vehicle tests
(seen in the GIF above) to videos of the time that they intentionally crashed a
Boeing 720 in 1984. Seriously.
There are tons of videos on the channel, and like I said, if you want to get any
work done I wouldn’t recommend clicking through to watch. They’re simply too
cool. But if you insist, here are a few that are especially fun.
What’s your favorite? Like I said, it’s dangerous to start watching because
there are way too many to choose from. But you chose to get this far, didn’t
you?
Update 11:52am: It has been brought to my attention that Motherboard was the
first to blog about these videos, not The Verge. So I guess go to Motherboard
and give them some clicks.
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywge7v/nasa-armstrong-archival-footage
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/19/15999720/nasa-afrc-youtube-test-flight-rare-footage-archives
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