Originally made for showing at the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) annual convention, YOU GOTTA EXPECT LOSSES AKA BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD  is a SILENT film with a simple lesson: pilots make mistakes, machines fail, and -- you've got to expect to come up short every once in a while.  The film begins with footage of a WWI pilot getting into his plane, taking off, and being immediately shot down. The antics continue with Hollywood footage of World War I, with burning balloons, dog fights, shoot downs and crashing aircraft. The Hindenburg is seen exploding at the 5 minute mark, followed at 6:30 with multiple shots from WWII of aircraft crashing into carrier decks.  At the 9:45 mark the scene switches to Edwards Air Force Base where a Navajo cruise missile is seen making a bellflop landing, and a Bomarc goes astray. A rocket engine failure is seen at 11:05, with spectacular results.  At 11:20, a rocket test stand endures a failure.  At 11:50, an F-104 Starfighter slides down the runway at Edwards and rolls over, followed at 12:19 by the B-59 Hustler with blown out tires landing on the tarmac at Edwards.  A rocket test stand explosion is seen at 15:00,  and at 15:43 an ejection seat test is seen. At 16:10, an aircraft is flown into a small building as part of a stunt that goes terribly wrong! We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment!  See something interesting?  Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example like: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

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