Ripples: 55 to Get Ready screen title.
Documentary (1970)
Production:
Northern Virginia Educational Television Association (Production)
National Instructional Television (NIT) (Coordination)
Created as part of a series of educational films called "Ripples", 55 TO GET READY traces all the preparations for the flight of a TWA airplane from Washington, D.C. to Los Angeles. Ripples was a thirty-six part educational television series for 5-7 year-olds and was initiated and coordinated by National Instructional Television (NIT) and produced by the Northern Virginia Educational Television Association.
Boeing 727-51[]
Taxiing at Dulles International Airport (Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD/KIAD) since 1984) See discussion tab, and too fast to catch the fleet-name displayed on the nose.
Boeing 727-51 of Northwest Airlines.
Boeing 727-51 of Northwest Airlines.
Boeing 727-51 of Northwest Airlines.
Boeing 727-51 of Northwest Airlines.
Bell 206 JetRanger[]
Flying over the airfield of Dulles International Airport.
Bell 206 JetRanger.
Boeing 727-22 of United Airlines on the ground.
Bell 206 JetRanger.
Douglas C-118 Liftmaster[]
Douglas C-118 Liftmaster of the USAF.
Douglas C-118 Liftmaster of the USAF.
Bell 47G[]
Bell 47G.
Boeing 727-31[]
At Dulles International Airport.
Boeing 727-31 of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
Another view 30s later in a landing phase.
Boeing 727-31 of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
Boeing 727-31 of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
Douglas DC-3[]
Unidentified airline.
Dounglas DC-3.
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14[]
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 of Southern Airways.
Taxiing at Dulles International Airport 10s later.
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 of Southern Airways.
McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14 of Southern Airways.
Boeing 707-023B[]
Or possibly Boeing 720-023B, hard to tell from here.
Still wearing metal finish/orange Astrojet livery (1964-1968).
Boeing 707-023B of American Airlines.
Boeing 727-51[]
Another one 26s later in the film.
Boeing 727-51 of Northwest Airlines.
Boeing 727-51 of Northwest Airlines.
Boeing 707-227[]
Boeing 707-227 of Braniff International Airways.
Boeing 707-331B[]
Boeing 707-331B of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
After take off.
Boeing 707-331B of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
Boeing 707-331B[]
On preparation for the flight from Washington to Los Angeles.
Boeing 707-331B of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
Boeing 707-331B of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
Boeing 707-331B of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
Boeing 707-331B of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
Taxiing to the runway.
Boeing 707-331B of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
Leaving Dulles International Airport.
Boeing 707-331B of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
Boeing 727-21[]
In the background.
Boeing 727-21 of Pan American World Airways.
Boeing 727-321[]
Between the 727-21 seen above and the foreground engine Rolls-Royce JT3D-3B of TWA-Trans World Airlines's 707-331B listed above.
Boeing 727-321 of Pan American World Airways.
Boeing 727-22 & Boeing 727-51[]
From left to right.
Boeing 727-22 of United Airlines and Boeing 727-51 of Northwest Airlines.
Boeing 707-331B & Boeing 720-022[]
From left to right.
Boeing 707-331B of TWA-Trans World Airlines and Boeing 720-022 of United Airlines.
Boeing 707[]
In the background left by the Control Tower of Dulles International Airport.
Boeing 707 undetermined.
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