“ DITCHING TECHNIQUES FOR TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT ” 1958 USAF TRAINING FILM MATS DC-6 46134

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This 1958 declassified color film from the United States Air Force (TF 1-5271b) offers evacuation safety tips for pilots and air crews facing emergency landing scenarios on passenger airliners traveling over water (TRT 15:05). Opening titles. The seal of the U.S. Department of the Air Force. “Preparation and Evacuation for Air Crews” (0:10). A propeller-driven, USAF four-engine Lockheed Constellation (C-69) airliner (0:36). A four-engine C-130 Hercules with red trim (0:50). A Military Air Transport Service (MATS) DC-6 (known as the C-118 Liftmaster in United States Air Force service and as the R6D in United States Navy service prior to 1962 and afterwards as C-118) on a runway. Crew members board the craft (0:57). A uniformed stewardess or flight attendant prepares the cabin for travel, checking that emergency kits with life jackets are present in seat back pouches