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Bendix Trophy Speed Records
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keywords: military aircraft competition, bendix trophy, f-4b phantom ii fighter bomber, trans-continental speed record, sikorsky sea king helicopter
Synopsis: Three F-4B Phantom II Fighter Bombers break the current trans-continental speed record from California to New York and are awarded the prestigious Bendix Trophy while a Sikorsky Sea King sets a new speed record for helicopters...(read more)
- Date: 1961
- Duration: 00:02:14
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Bendix Trophy Speed Records
Three McDonnell Douglas F4H-1 (F-4B) Phantom II aircraft taking off from Ontario, California en route to New York competing in the Bendix Trophy race, refueling mid air and landing at Naval Air Station New York, breaking the transcontinental speed record; the pilot Lieutenant Dick Gordon and Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) Lieutenant Junior Grade Bobby Young receive congratulations from Secretary of Navy John B. Connally.
A Navy Sikorsky HSS-2 Sea King helicopter takes off from Windsor Locks, Connecticut setting a new helicopter speed record.
- Related Titles:
- Navy Screen Highlights 1961
