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EDWARDS SECRETIVE BASE: Where The Future Is Flown | RARE RESTORED FOOTAGE

Explore the complete history of the secretive Edwards Air Force Base, the test site where legends like Chuck Yeager and aircraft like the Bell X-1, X-15, and SR-71 Blackbird broke barriers. With partially colorized and restored footage, we uncover the story of this legendary experimental and test base, from breaking the sound barrier to testing America's most secret "black projects" of the Cold War. It is a place where the future of aviation was born. A vast, sun-scorched dry lakebed in the Mojave Desert, known first as Muroc and later as Edwards Air Force Base. For over 80 years, this has been the proving ground for nearly every radical and revolutionary aircraft in the American arsenal. It is, quite simply, where pilots and engineers went to fly faster, higher, and further than ever before. This film, featuring painstakingly restored and colorized archival footage, tells the complete story of Edwards. We start with its most famous moment: Captain Chuck Yeager climbing into the cockpit of the rocket-powered Bell X-1 and becoming the first human to officially break the sound barrier. We then chronicle the golden age of flight test with the incredible Century Series fighters and the hypersonic, space-faring X-15 rocket plane. We also delve into the base's most clandestine operations, serving as the home for top-secret "black projects" like the Lockheed A-12, the CIA's Mach 3 spy plane and predecessor to the SR-71 Blackbird. Finally, we look at its role in the Space Age as the primary landing site for the Space Shuttle. Join us as we explore the legends and secrets of the place where history was made at Mach speed. General Characteristics Edwards Air Force Base Location: Mojave Desert, Southern California Size: Approx. 470 square miles (1,200 km²) Longest Runway: Runway 17/35 on Rogers Dry Lake, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) long Key Role: Flight testing and aerospace development Famous Motto: Ad Inexplorata ("Toward the Unexplored") Lockheed A-12 Crew: 1 Length: 101 ft 7 in (30.96 m) Wingspan: 55 ft 7 in (16.94 m) Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney J58-1 afterburning turbojets, 32,500 lbf (145 kN) thrust each Max Speed: Mach 3.35 (2,200+ mph, 3,500+ km/h) Service Ceiling: 95,000 ft (29,000 m) Note: The A-12 was a top-secret CIA reconnaissance aircraft that preceded and informed the design of the two-seat USAF SR-71 Blackbird. To support/join the channel ➤    / @dronescapes   ➤ More aircraft and history videos:    / @dronescapes   ➤ Join the channel:    / @dronescapes   ➤ THREADS: https://www.threads.net/@dronescapesv... ➤ FB:   / dronescapesvideos   ➤ Reddit:   / atellani   ➤ IG:   / dronescapesvideos   ➤ BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/dronescapes.... ➤ Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/dronescap... ➤ X/Twitter: https://dronescapes.video/2p89vedj VIDEO SERIES: 🎥U.S. AIRCRAFT VIDEOS: https://dronescapes.video/US 🎥AVIATION VIDEOS: https://dronescapes.video/aviation 🎥GERMAN AIRCRAFT VIDEOS: https://dronescapes.video/WWIIGermany 🎥BRITISH AIRCRAFT VIDEOS: https://dronescapes.video/British 🎥ERIC BROWN VIDEOS: https://dronescapes.video/EricBrown 🎥B-29 VIDEOS: https://dronescapes.video/B29 🎥VIETNAM AND KOREA: https://dronescapes.video/Vietnam 🎥TURBOJET VIDEOS: https://dronescapes.video/Turbojet 🎥SUPERSONIC VIDEOS: https://dronescapes.video/fastest 🎥EXTREME AIRCRAFT VIDEOS: https://dronescapes.video/Extreme 🎥STRANGE PLANES VIDEOS: https://dronescapes.video/Extreme 🎥COLD WAR ERA VIDEOS: https://dronescapes.video/ColdWar 🎥 WW2 VIDEOS: https://dronescapes.video/WW2 #EdwardsAFB #AviationHistory #SecretAircraft