What's going on everybody? Welcome back to another video. Today we are going to be looking at the best and my favorite Python course for data analysts. Now before we start looking at this course I want to give a huge shout out to the sponsor of this video and that is Udemy. You guys know that I absolutely love Udemy. I talked about them so much on this channel and they decided that they wanted to love me back and sponsor this video. Udemy has hundreds if not thousands of courses dedicated to data analytics and so if you were looking to learn a new skill I highly recommend checking out Udemy. I have a link in the description that will take you to my homepage that will have every single course that I personally recommend and have taken and loved. Without further ado let's move over to my screen and check out the course. As you can see the course is called Python for Data Science and Machine Learning Boot Camp. Now don't get intimidated by the words data science and machine learning. Honestly the course is really broken down very well. I don't think it's data science specific. I think it's data science, data analysis, data manipulation and it has so many incredible things that I think a lot of people not just data scientists can benefit from. And as we walk through this course I will be highlighting a lot of the things that I think are just so important to know if you do want to become a data analyst or data scientist. Now before I sign into my account where I've actually purchased this course I want to say that this course is actually not $95 or it is $95 but you don't have to pay $95 just google Udemy coupons and you can easily find a coupon and will bring this cost down to around $13 to $14. Or you can wait for Udemy to have one of their sales which they do I think maybe every two or three weeks where you can get everything on Udemy for like 10 to $15. And so for this course I do not recommend paying $95 wait for it to go on sale so you can get it at a much bigger discount. So this is Jose Portilla. He is the guy who actually created this course. He is phenomenal. I have taken about maybe 15 of his courses. He has many more than that and I have loved every single one of them. I'm going to stop this video in just a second because he's going to highlight some of the things that are super important that I think are fantastic about this course and that's right here. So some of the things that you're going to be learning in this course that I think are just phenomenal and things that everybody really should know if you're trying to become a data analyst or data scientist. These are the things that I will be focusing on really early on. Things like NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, Seabour, Matplotlib, Plotly and PySpark. I left out Scikit Learn because that is machine learning heavy. You know if you're becoming a data analyst you really don't need to know Scikit Learn but it is there in case you do want to learn it. I will of course get into some of the machine learning stuff later on why I still think it's worth going through and learning and looking at and so I think the real value of this course is in everything else and not really in the Scikit Learn part of things. When I was first starting out I didn't really know how to use Python at all. I didn't know how to run scripts or what an IDE was or any of that stuff and so genuinely this was one of the very first videos that I watched when I was learning all of those things and so in this video he's going to show you how to set up Jupyter notebooks. If you don't know what Jupyter notebooks is he's going to walk through everything you need to know about it, how to set it up, how to use it and this is what you'll be using through the entire course. If you are an absolute beginner he has a crash course in Python where you can actually learn all of the basics all the way from arrays and data types and strings all the way up to creating for loops and functions which are a lot of the things you're going to need to know in order to actually take this course and so you don't have to take another course to learn it. You can get a crash course and everything you need to know right here at the beginning. Right after that crash course it gets into the really good stuff the things that I think are super important to know. It dives into NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib and Seaborn. These are a lot of the things that I've talked about so much on this channel about things that you should really know if you're going to learn Python. Now the reason I love this course and I recommend this course is because you are not just going to learn everything about Python. Honestly for a lot of the work that you're going to be doing you don't need to know everything about Python because it is so broad. You really should be focusing in on the things that make Python useful for you. And so honestly this course is getting really specific and really deep in the exact things that you should be focusing on. That is one of the reasons why this course is so fantastic. Right after you learn all of those libraries it takes you through two projects. The first one being a 911s called Solutions and a finance project. Now I would not say that these projects are necessarily advanced. I would put them more at the beginner maybe the intermediate level but it goes over almost all the things that you just learned and so right after you learn it you can apply your knowledge and have two projects on hand and I think they're really good starter projects. As you can see on your screen he is walking through this with you and he's talking through why and how and all the things that you were learning during the course and it's really really nice. All these things that he's filling in right now were not there and so you had to go through and fill all those things in and if you couldn't figure it out it's okay because he's going to walk through the entire project with you. Now the next several sections of this course are all focused on machine learning. I'm going to quickly walk through all the things that you're going to cover and then I'm going to talk a little bit about why even if you're not going to use machine learning in your job why you still should take these sections of the course. It's going to give you an introduction to machine learning. You're going to look over linear regression cross validation and bias variance trade-off, logistic regression, K nearest neighbors, decision trees and random forests, support vector machines, K means clustering, principle component analysis, recommender systems, natural language processing, neural nets and deep learning, big data and Spark with Python and then a thank you at the end which obviously is not machine learning but so if you're not going to be using machine learning at all why should you still take these sections. I'll give you a few reasons on why I still took them and why I'm very happy that I did. One is I work with other data scientists, people who are really good at this stuff and you know this stuff way better than I do but in meetings and stuff like that I would hear certain things and and you know K nearest neighbors and let's use this model. I had absolutely no idea what they were talking about and I kind of felt a little bit like out of the loop. I was like okay these people know what they're doing they know what they're talking about I should really kind of bone up on this so that I actually just know what they're talking about even if I can't engage with it and really talk you know intelligently to it and and offer advice and what I would do I can at least understand what they're talking about and you know be part of that and so that is the first reason. The second reason is honestly learning this stuff is extremely cool. I think machine learning is fantastic. It may be something that just kind of triggers something in you that you really want to continue learning this and pursuing this as part of your career and so don't just you know push it to the side or not take it because you think it's a little intimidating or you don't think you're going to use it. I highly recommend still taking this part of the course. A little hidden gem at the very end of this course is called Big Data and Spark with Python. I use Spark at my job and I honestly had no idea what it was even when I was taking this until I actually started using it and I was like I remember taking this section of this course that had Spark in it let me go back and review it and then I ended up learning things from this later on not actually when I was taking it the first time and so Spark is super cool. I'm not going to go into everything that it is but it really is great with working with Big Data so if you do plan on working with Big Data in the future I highly recommend taking this section of the course on Spark and so like I said before if you are a data analyst or a data scientist or you're trying to become one of those this course is absolutely fantastic for learning Python. I think Python is a fantastic skill to learn but there are so many things you can do with Python it's hard to know exactly what you should be learning and I think that this course does a really really good job at focusing in on the things that you should be learning and really excluding all the things that aren't super helpful in those careers and so that is why I recommend this course and that is why I think that this is one of the best Python courses at only 25 hours for the entire course you cover so many good things in it. If you want to take this course there will be a link in the description. Thank you guys so much for watching I really appreciate it if you like this video be sure to like and subscribe and I'll see you in the next video.


That's like the only thing that's safe to sell our eggs Sort everything I wish it was sort all the tabs There's a button to sell all trading items. I have no trading items. I'm very good at spotting those I'm not I mean the money's going up. I was like below a thousand earlier and it's just like rolling in now So that's cool That's really cool actually But yeah, there's like a lot of stuff like we were selling bones the other day like low-level bones But it's just like a lot of stuff. I don't know what's good. What's bad? Because I don't have enough experience yet Yeah, I'm gonna run a slot stew and to like what else can I craft? Let me look at my I'm gonna go to the next one real quick in a bit, but I'm gonna see What else can I craft? Oh? Let's take it out of my my pouch, isn't it? I don't have much of my pouch So if I wanted to do like more wyvern ammo, what was that take Dragon strike nut Generally, if you don't like a monster's weapons or armor, you can sell his parts. Yeah, that makes sense But I kind of want to try them or In a research them first because I don't know if I will or won't like them And I'm the type of person that you know, I'll see a YouTube video Somebody's like this armor is the worst ever and I'll find a reason to like it I'm weird like that So crafting from here is probably the best bet because everything's like um, I Have nuts Like why would you keep those just craft them all? I don't think I can use recovery ammo in my Look at this dude I've got so much spreading Wait spread that was used for no slash berries Look at all All But yeah, I do need to learn how to craft during the fight and I think that's what I'm gonna do on on f3 let's see crafting like craft, um I guess slicer sticky ammo would be one I use a lot of that run out really quick. Um Because they don't allow you to take a lot slicer.  Yay Okay So now let's do a new one a new optional That's not what I want to click Level seven I will do a crowd of mud and anger a crown of mud and anger But the seagulls Poke at my head not fun. I said seagulls. Hmm Stop You guys want to join my session idea on pc is that what I just put in chat We're about to go hunt ourselves a baroth. It's just the most annoying creaser known to man kind where Pierce If you can carry normal three take it with I don't think I can yet At least the bow that thought I had couldn't do it. I'll check next time I can only do normal two with this bow But I dig it a few bones to uh I dig it a few bones that I can update so That may be of the upgrade with He's like always in the same spot in me. No, he's not here I could have swore he'd be here Okay, why that there he is You know, I wasn't even looking for ratty and stuff like footprints while I'm going up to this That was a much rack this thing has a much longer range and I thought there we go You would move is he frothing? I can't tell. Yeah. Yes. Okay Okay, I didn't want to lose frames there, but that almost made me miss a shot This guy here. I can't see the indicator. I don't know where I'm shooting at I think I overshot it I had the wrong ammo equipment. I was trying to block Come back. No I'm short cool He is going for the mud chat What's the red mean? I don't know we're gonna do it I almost got too greedy there, but I ate my stamp Good job Good job Good job Good job Gigi's all around the set of the bono I bear off tail. Cool Where's the tail? I don't know where the tail is Or was I get the tail or I don't even know Wank I didn't see the tail Oh, no, there's probably some good bones in there You carved the tail. Okay. I know there's there's like an indicator that comes up That says you're near something and I get that confused sometimes with what I carve Mr. Gamer, how you doing man? Good to see you dude Welcome, man How is your monster hunter days going? I got some gems up. Wait Why I only have two copies of this game. Were you gonna get the xbox version though? You're right. I am getting progress towards the okay Man, if only I would have known that chat If only I would have known that Do you know what I would have did I would probably still be playing the ps4 version right now I I'd probably still be playing the ps4 version right now. All right. I'm gonna take a restroom break. I'll be right back Probably get a little snack Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm gonna take like a three minute break guys Thanks so much for watching feel free to follow the stream if you're enjoying yourself. Follow me on twitter twitter.com slash Buona, I'll be right back Well, it looks like my script didn't work. All right, I'm gonna see what upgrades I can get I think now's a good time to Start thinking about What set I want to go for and it's a banana pudding time chat Big bowl big bowl matchy Looks like I got to create another online session That one died So I have a new code for you guys There's the code Yeah, it's kind of annoying to have to do this every time. This is the third this dc tonight All right, let me check these guys first and I'm gonna see what upgrades I can get They've got more boundaries to do Oh botanists. I haven't been here like all day All the things It's like my biggest my biggest complaint now other than uh, you know, how the single player and multiplayer works, but The connectivity issues are definitely annoying Hmm, what do I need? We did it. We have upgraded bows um So I have a custom another custom mod slot um It's like I have another kind of slot too. Hold on look at this What should I get for a third mod I can stack shield And what I remember from that guide I uh, I watched that there's some diminishing returns So just get faster reload Should I stack reload chat? I don't know what to do Maybe I can get ranged like best of both worlds We'll go with shield. I'm liking that You know what? I'm gonna stop investing in this bow and armor Barrels has a good looking armor What's the difference between alpha and beta game?  I don't I don't even know because I can't tell the difference like if I look at Upgrade equipment I can see my stats here, but when I go to forge equipment I can't do a comparison of what I have equipped. I don't think I really feel like I should I should put some time into this to learn how this works


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My name is Jimmy. His name is Jake, and this is the Weekly Darn Jake. How are you James snack everyone? I'm well. I'm well. We're we're back at it. We're in the we're in the teeth of it It feels like summer kind of started it got hot they get hot got nice out It was it's very nice out and the allergies have kind of gone away for me a little bit I got other sickness going on not allergies.  Comment what sicknesses you think Jimmy has He knows that's the thing. Let's talk about the sports Jim in sports Aaron judge is a cheater question mark. Whoa Did you see this one? Have you seen this one? I just like when Buck Martinez talks in January God. What a voice now look when he's He's from North Carolina. I don't understand I googled Buck Martinez accent He was found in North Carolina where he's from we're not sure imagine your manager having that voice and then Saying let's put this guy on the broadcast. Anyway, it's wild. I always like it reminds me of Bill Hader doing the guy from Murder, what's that show? There's Bill Hader with a puppet. It turns out Jake that it wasn't cheating by Aaron judge What happened was in the words of Buster only our dear friend and Civil War buff Judge wasn't cheating. There's an assumption on the Jay's side that their pitchers and catchers were betraying The identity of the forthcoming pitch That's all they were tipping the pitches and why Buster phrased it like that is because he currently has fallen into the Civil War It's just why he phrased things Poorly when you can phrase things accurately and I said this right before we got started I've decided the word betrayals hilarious because it's heavy. It's heavy. You should not use it for baseball Well, I mean especially not the identity of the forthcoming pitches But that's what was happening the Blue Jays were betraying the identity of the forthcoming pitch and the Yankees Picked up on it and judge goes like this Oh, and they say gonna be a meatball slider and judge says oh, I'll hit it for a Homer Good news bad news in news depends on which side of the news you're on every time. Mm-hmm. Yes. Yes, especially war updates Yeah, can you just play one clip of Shelby foot talking men women and dogs Chilling one needs to hear that. All right, P Jim speaking of this little Lager gets eaten by a mini tornado Betrayed by earth trade by the wind. Yeah, this little dust NATO. They call a swirl of dirt It's coaches pitch seven you so there's a live stream and you can watch it at home Good game.  The umpire's hat gets blown away in the middle of it Reveals that the umpire's long hair. Well, Jim, you love the umpire's like a kid Yeah, at that level they have kids umpire and kids hero kid steps in saves other kid And yet the clip is so ridiculous It looks like it's out of like an early 90s movie that would be like the start of twist I lost my kid to a twister Not a good flick, but if they let it go a little longer and the kid would have caught some air that would have been cool I don't think he was if the kid catches a little air. It's the most viral video in the internet. It's um, I Currently have it as Like one of the maybe the craziest thing I've seen on a baseball field I know you wish there was more of an effect, but just the first time you watch it like whoa people challenged it with Randy Johnson bird Just gonna say that that's the craziest thing I can't counter against it But the Randy Johnson bird is the craziest thing you're gonna see on the baseball field. I like the mini tornado more sports. Oh So many sports today Jim more sports And something you want to bet on is usually me and Jimmy, right? You like us and we use draft Kings So go do that. Although if you bet on us in our recent Blitzbowl battle game We need to issue some apologies. Well, I think they'd get their money back I think I think like the sports book would say we'll give you your money back So you can bet again because they intentionally through the game through a game.  I hate it. I'll never do it again But it happened and we're moving on it's the most riveting Content, I think we've ever put out. I think it's amazing a smile in the whole time the editors crushed it there It goes from editing a game to a reality show like 10 minutes of just strategy talk It's so awesome and the response has been amazing. So yeah, if you want to go check it out rematch Sunday Same teams Jimmy got out to the worst picture ever. There's a big party on the field. We hate that too So yeah tough tough video for us, but a lot of people enjoy it been awesome Most watched game thus far every game is beating the game before warehouse games is hot right now get in enjoy the action All right, let's get off the sports Jim Let's get off the sports and tell me about this not sports story that I think you were involved in I wasn't involved in this This is a this is a good one though a man was accused of a DUI he got pulled over He was going 52 in a 30 mile per hour zone as the cops were walking up to the car They realized he had switched seats with the dog who was riding shotgun, right? He tried to say it wasn't me driving It was this dog and then the next part says that didn't really work and he kind of sniffed that out He was like this isn't gonna work. Yeah, so he tried to run and The suspect was caught 20 yards from the car. That's not that far That's far for a guy that tried to make believe to officers. His dog was driving and he's drunk I guess I wonder what the terrain was there are two people in the back seat of this vehicle They watched the whole thing they took the dog home He got he went to jail But I do wonder those people in the back if he was like switch with me and they're like no no Yeah, they got shot down.  Oh, maybe you this was building Let me sit in the front. I'll switch with you. Oh, they set him up. They called the cops.   Oh this dude always wants to get it He says we always Dangle his name out there and then don't give it to him But Joe's did to get record his first out in the warehouse and the graphic that just says Joe's recorded and out In celebration is like the internet started to go like they did the bar Celebrating video. Yeah that they did the painting of like at the art museum So yeah, so you want to do it you want to give Joe's employee of the week Dolphin boy gets it one time One time twice mentally every night Today's episode was brought to you by draft Kings baseball season is in full swing And whether you're rooting for the home team or betting on your favorite player draft Kings sportsbook has got you covered for all this season's Action right now new customers can place a five dollar pregame money line bet and get $150 in bonus bets if your team wins So join the big league action now on draft Kings sports book download the app and sign up with code Only at draft Kings sportsbook with promo code I Don't know yet betrayed does that mean on purpose to betray someone I guess you can you can accidentally betray? Yeah, I guess so exposed to danger by treacherously giving information to an enemy unintentionally reveal She drew a deep breath that betrayed her indignation Pronounce it right


Given the circumstances where we're at, you know, trying to make this playoff push, but yeah, again, just being able to play at home, you know, we've been on the road for a long time.  Coach talked about that called the juice. Had you guys needed that in tonight's game? How were you able to find that energy in that third quarter?  So to come into an environment like this where the energy is shifted, you know, extremely beneficial for us. How do you carry this over into Monday to kind of keep this momentum going and try to secure this playoff spot?  Same thing, you know, now it's going to change from our angle and then just coming out competing and trying to win a full four quarters.


The wait is over for the U-Pike men's and women's basketball squads as they found out tonight who they were facing their upcoming national tournaments. The women are headed to Montana as they picked up a six-seat in the tournament to tip with three-seated Lyon College out of Arkansas next Thursday at 11 a.m. in Billings, Montana. They're coming off their best season yet, finishing in the final four of the national tournament last season and they only lost one senior but a new coaching staff is leading the way this season and we caught up with head coach Clifton Williams and some of the women to talk about their business trip to Montana. It's such a great opportunity, you know, like I said before I've been involved with Kentucky's men. We won a national championship when I was with them. I've been doing the elite eight with Florida State, you know, now as an opportunity as a head coach to work with such a great group of young women who had to work really hard and push through some adversity this year with all the coaching changes that we've had says a lot about their character and their determination, you know, I'm just really not trying to screw it up at this point. I'm just trying to, you know, help them to be the best that they can be. Final four championship game, we're coming for it. We're really trying to get a bigger ring actually. I want one of my pinky this time and just pretty much just go in just thinking that every game is a championship game. I think going last year we had a lot of great experience on getting to play at that kind of level and then just making it to the final four of those great experience for all of us. So we're all really excited that we want to make it farther, even more farther this year than when we go. So I'm really excited it's a new place, so we all got to get used to that, but I'm excited for it. We expect to get back to the final four, but even more so, we want to advance further. We really want a ring and no matter who the coach is, you know, he's adapted to us, we've adapted to him, and we're ready to get that ring. From the men's side of things, they're headed to Kansas City, Missouri. The Bears picked up a three-seed ranking and will face six-seated grand view out of Iowa next Thursday at 10 a.m. in the N.A.I. national tournament. The Bears are making their fifth consecutive appearance and making their 11th trip overall to the big show. Head coach Kelly Wells and his Bears are excited to take the court in Kansas City. There's not a guy on this schedule that you'd want to play. Everybody's going to be very good. We're thankful that we have another opportunity to go back out there. We've had some success and we want to continue to do that, but we take these as one-game championships. Every single game has got to be the most important. You can't look forward, you can't look behind, and grand view is going to be a great opponent. We're researching them right now as we go, but everybody's going to be very good out there, but we're good, too, so it'll be a great, interesting time. The first game is not on the estimate of anybody to play every game like it's our last. I mean, any team wants to finish first, you know, with that last team, it's a championship game, but like I said, we've got to take it one game at a time. Oh, man, I'm really excited for the national tournament, and I mean, I don't really know what to expect, but I'm just going to see how it goes, and hopefully we can play as long as we can. You know, the last three times I had a lot of experience obviously going on the national tournament. We always had some good runs, and then we had some times that we went and lost first round, so hopefully you just keep this momentum going that we've had from the mid-south and, you know, just have fun and just make memories.


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Here's the opportunity of a lifetime to serve your country and build a career that will fit you for responsible positions in both military and commercial aviation. Visit your nearest Air Force base or your nearest Air Force recruiting station for complete details. And now your United States Air Force presents the proudly we hail production, The Flight of the Aerobie. Another cup of coffee, John? No, thanks. I drank enough coffee last week during finals to float a couple of battleships. Me too. Thank goodness that's over. Now all I have to worry about are the grades. Isn't it wonderful to graduate, to get it all over with? Sure is. Now all we have to do is get jobs. Oh, I've got one already. You have. How wonderful. Who with? The Air Force. I wanted to go on in the physiology research field and particularly in high altitude research. So I applied to the one place I knew that was really doing it. Well, of course. I hadn't thought of that. With the ROTC I've had here in college, you see before you is out this morning, Second Lieutenant John Edward Forrest, United States Air Force. John, that's wonderful. Now I'll be going down a Holloman Air Force base in New Mexico. That's where all the high altitude experiments are carried on. Oh, it's simply terrific. When do you leave? In a few days. Well, let's not talk about that yet, huh? I'm gonna hate it, in fact. Well, then you'd better have another cup of coffee after all while we talk about other things. John, John, I don't know what I'm gonna do without you. I'll miss you too, Jean. More than you know. Now, you promised to write. You won't forget, will you? I don't know. I might be able to get off a note now, isn't it? Well, you'd better. Especially since I've seen you in your uniform. You look pretty sharp, you know. You think so? Best-looking Lieutenant in the Air Force. Flight 347 for Omaha, Salt Lake City, Denver, and Albuquerque, now leaving at gate number three. I guess this is it, isn't it? I guess so. I guess you better go. Got cold feet all of a sudden. That's silly. All right. Besides, you promised to come back up at Christmas. That isn't so long. Three months. It'll fly by. You'll be doing the kind of work you want to do. You'll be so busy you won't know the time is gone. Before you know it, you'll be back. All I can say is... You're wonderful. I'm Lieutenant Forrest. Sir Walker is expecting you right through that door, sir. Oh, thank you. Good morning. You're Forrest? Yes, sir. Sit down, Lieutenant. Thank you.  Yes, sir, I would. Well, as you may have noticed, we've got a sort of three-ring circus going on here. And incidentally, may I say we're certainly glad to see you. You have an excellent background. Getting qualified personnel is one of our biggest problems. We've got more projects going than we have people to work on them. Well, I was certainly surprised at the size of the base, sir. I never expected anything like it. And you probably haven't seen a quarter of it. Certainly none of the launching platforms or the firing range. No, sir. I gathered that they're pretty spread out all over the desert for safety considerations. Right. Now, as a research physiologist, you'll be working directly with Captain Breswick. I see. Your work will be concerned with the data we're compiling on the physiological effects of high altitude on ejection capsules. Our experiments thus far have been most encouraging using mice and monkeys as test animals. If I may say so, sir. That was my primary interest in college. Good.  The whole purpose of this operation we have here at Holman, we people in the Air Research and Development Command are equipped with just about everything we need except a crystal ball. And if we could just get a hold of a few of those, we'd be in good shape. What do you mean, sir? Well, just this. When an aircraft manufacturer builds a new model, very often this model is designed to reach hitherto unthought-of altitudes or hitherto unattainable speeds. The designers at the drawing board, however, are five to ten years behind ARDC. Well, in plain language, our job today is to decide what a designer ten years from today is going to dream up and then be prepared to answer every problem arising from a plane that has yet to be thought of, flying higher and faster than planes have ever flown before. That sounds like a pretty big job, sir. It is. And it's a job that's never over because as fast as we solve one problem, there's a new one before us. And by gosh, those designers are getting pretty smart. Sometimes they nearly catch up with us. Is this what I'll be concerned with? Exactly. I see. As I said, we have a three-ring circus going on here and after you're here a while, you'll probably get a chance to get around and see some of the other work. Oh, are you Miss Jean Andrews? That's right. You must be the new lab technician. That's right. Oh, I got a letter for you. Oh, then you must be the mailman. Yeah, here in the hospital I am, among other things. Oh, from Holliman. It must be from... From your boyfriend, Miss Andrews? To your other duties include keeping track of everything that goes on around here and who gets mail from who. Sure. I'm the unofficial newspaper. Okay. It's strictly off the record. Yes, it is from my boyfriend. Good. Well, I see you. Okay. Dear Jean, I'm sorry I haven't had a chance to write before. I've been pretty busy getting settled down and organized. This is the most amazing place. Yesterday my boss Chuck Breswick and I got free for a little while and he took me out to see some of the other things going on down here. We got in a jeep and went out on the desert where we soon came upon the weirdest looking thing you ever saw.  Wait till we get a little closer. It's just about to let loose. The smoke let loose is right. What is it? That's the rocket sled. Well, what's it for? Well, as you can see, it's sort of a sled on rails. Oh, those rails, by the way, are 3,600 feet long. It's for a variety of different things. You can test seed ejection devices, parachute breaks, and aircraft components like tail sections. Originally it was designed to launch some of the early guided missiles in target aircraft, but now it does just about everything. I thought components were tested in wind tunnels. Yeah, sometimes they are. But sometimes the sled is better and very often it's cheaper to us. It's been valuable for deceleration tests. Look down there now. You see what they're doing? Uh, yes, I think so. It looks like they're taking a man down off it. Yeah, that's a dummy. Probably working out some problem in a new G-suit. They always use dummies? Heck, no. Fastest speed ever attained by a ground vehicle was recorded here a few months back. The Colonel was riding the buggy that day. How fast was that? Not yet released, but it was over 1,000 miles per hour. I can tell you they're planning tests that will simulate bailouts at 1,800 miles per hour. That seems impossible. Oh, incidentally, this little gadget is really saving the taxpayers' money. In what way? Well, a few months ago they were having trouble with a new missile. Second or two after the doggone thing was launched, a tail flutter would start and it nose over and crash. They couldn't find out why? No, no. They're developing such a narrow speed range, a free flight, they couldn't put the finger on the trouble. So they called in these track people. They went to work and designed a sled to carry the missile, set up a telemetering device and photographic equipment along the length of the track. Then they just sent it down the track at the precise speed at which they knew the flutter would develop. And with cameras photographing it from every angle and the other instruments recording the stress and strain of every inch of tail section, took only three trips. The contractor was able to locate the trouble. The missile was redesigned and it was fine. Made several successful flights down the main range. I think I see what the colonel meant when he said ARDC was ten years ahead of the designers and that the only thing we lack here in the way of equipment is a crystal ball. My work here is equally interesting but I'll say that for later and just tell you seriously, the strides and science I'm helping to make here are almost unbelievable. You are listening to the proudly we hail production The Flight of the Aerobie. We'll return in just a moment for the second act. Aircraft observers are now being trained by the United States Air Force for crew positions in the world's mightiest bombers, the B-36, B-47, and the B-52. Can you qualify? Well, if you're between 19 and 26 and a half, single and a high school graduate, see your aviation cadet project officer at the nearest United States Air Force recruiting station today. Wear the silver wings of your United States Air Force. You are listening to proudly we hail and now we present the second act of The Flight of the Aerobie. Hey, John. Oh, yeah, what is it?  Stop trying to look like a young doctor till there. I want you to take a ride with me. Oh, wait a second. I'm just finishing something up here. Okay. Where are we going? I have to go out and check some things at the launching site. I want you to see our baby. A guided missile we'll be using to finish some of our experiments. You mean the aerobie? Mm-hmm. And as much as we'll be firing next week, I'd like you to have a look at the platform and all that. Oh, I'm anxious to see it. Just let me put Pat and Mike away. How are they doing? Okay. They're doing fine. Just fine. Hey, what's that tower over there? Well, that's it. The launching tower. Our leaning tower of Holloman Air Force Base. And the slight angle at which it leans, I presume that must be to direct the course of the aerobie in its flight, huh? Exactly. Now, this looks like good place to park. I still can't get over what an ideal place this is geographically for testing missiles. Well, that's just why it was chosen. At the time Holloman was picked, there were several other Air Force bombing ranges considered, but they all had disadvantages. It's a perfect natural setting. The long desert corridor, the mountains on three sides. Mm-hmm. And desert sand makes spotting the missiles after they land much easier. But with the orange shoots, it'll bring them down contrasting against that white background. What's that white concrete building over there? Oh, that's the blockhouse. That's where we'll be next week when the firing takes place. And this trench leading to the tower? Come on. Communications cables go in there between the blockhouse and the launching platform. The firing mechanism is all contained in the blockhouse. Terrific blast that propels the rocket makes it necessary that everyone be sheltered during the takeoff. Of course, all the recording instruments are located in the blockhouse, too. Just how fast do these missiles travel? Well, the initial acceleration is 14 Gs. Yeah. The missiles clear the tower in a split second. We're closer now. You can see the three legs of the tower. You notice two of them are on a direct north-south line. The third and back there is mounted on a hydraulic cylinder. Oh, then the tilt can be adjusted. Why is that? It's a compensate for wind drift and the earth rotation. It can be adjusted between two degrees east and one degree west. Except for that, there's no means of guidance or control once the missile leaves the tower. Nope. Not at all. We'll go through this gimp here. Sir, may I see your clearance? Sure. Here you are. Okay, sir. Lieutenant? Yeah, right here. Yes, sir. Now, the initial thrust is provided by the booster. Well, for how long? Oh, just a few seconds. When that's burned up, the sustainer rocket and the air bay itself is fired. The booster and the vehicle are separated. Then what? About 33 seconds after firing, the sustainer engine has exhausted its propellants. By then, the air bay is ripping long to 4,600 feet per second. And it's past 75,000 feet. And it starts to fall? No, not yet. Coast to zenith, which depends on the payload and the operation of the engine. They have gone as high as 81 miles. Over 400,000 feet. Right. At about 200,000, the tail cone is blown off automatically. Well, that would make the rocket unstable. Yeah, it begins to tumble around. It's ideal from our standpoint because that's exactly what an ejection capsule would do. Anyhow, then the rocket starts to slow up considerably. So it reaches zenith and begins the return trip still tumbling. Mm-hmm. It free falls until it reaches 20,000 feet.  Containing the instruments and whatever else are values inside. Right. And a parachute opens. One of those orange deals I was telling you about. Mm-hmm. And it falls gently to earth. Well, sometimes we use several shoots to slow it gradually before the main one bites in. Well, as you say, it's certainly an ideal thing from the standpoint of what we're doing, studying the problems of ejection capsules. Hey, what's over there? Oh, come on, I'll show you. That's our particular baby. All covered up and ready to go. There she is. Looks very similar to some of the V2 rockets I've seen pictures of. Yeah, that's her grandpa. She's quite a bit smaller. How long is she? 26 feet. Oh. Well, she's about 1,000 pounds. Most of that, of course, is propellant, piping and power plant. Oh, this here, this is the nose section. Uh, where are the instruments and the passengers right now? Passengers. Pat and Mike. Yeah. Well, I guess it won't be long until something like this, perhaps a little larger, will be carrying human passengers. Longer distances and higher altitudes. It's kind of fun to think about, huh? Well, I think I'll put in my reservation now for the moon. Say, I don't think you're a minute too soon. Over here, John. Hey, someone I want you to meet. Hi there. It's just on my way upstairs to get some chow. This is Lieutenant Forrest. John, do you? John, I want you to meet our bird dog, Jim Young. Hello. You say bird dog? That's right. I guess you must be new around there. Well, new and completely at sea. I've seen so many things around here the last few weeks that I thought existed only in Buck Rogers. I'm a bit confused. What do you do? Listen, I'm the most important guy on the base, to put it modestly. Okay, okay. Let me in on it. Well, you may recall, I think he's old enough. Back in the old days, people used to fly around in something... Let me see, I think they called it... Oh, I got it, a helicopter. Not a helicopter. Yeah, yeah. Of course, you have to go back quite a ways. I'm something of a curiosity around here. Sort of like seeing a Bronson in a zoo, you might say. Raise an airplane pilot anyhow. Of course, that brings us to what the heck a helicopter is doing around high-pressure stratosphere explorers. But believe me, you couldn't get along without me. You know we couldn't at that?  I find it for you. You're one of the third-sex aircraft people, huh? That's right. Hey, gee, what fame. He's heard of me, huh? Sure. As a matter of fact, very good things.   Enough of this shop talk. Hey, waiter. Waiter, another round here. Good morning, Miss Andrews. Got another letter for you from New Mexico. Oh, thank you very much. Ah, these are the ones I like to bring. Well, gotta get going. Salon. Bye. Dear Jean, things here are curiouser and curiouser, as Alice said. And sometimes I think I'm in a supersonic... I'll tell you about my new girl and she has a brother, Mike.  I've already written you about the launching site in the Arabi, so just visualize us out here. It's five o'clock in the morning and Chuck and I unload Pat and Mike from the crates in which their nestles still half asleep. Well, you aren't going to remember this very well, Mike, old man. After that slight Mickey we've given you. Boy, your uncle John and I sure will. I think they're in good shape. Yeah, I seem so.  Yeah, right here. Okay, Mike. There you go. There. Now we'll lay you down. Snugging your foam rubber crash bed? That's already two. Now to take you out to the buggy for your little ride. What time do you have, John? Five after six. Blood pressure readings coming in fine. Dido, the electrocriograph from Miss Pat. They're both safely ensconced in the passenger compartment of the Arabi. Well, I guess this is it. Right. I'll give the word to the firing officer. Okay for sound, Joe. Ride. And then something happened that reminded me of what a rocket technician told me the day I arrived. In this business, you either just had troubles or having troubles, you're about to have troubles. The simple igniter for the booster, which isn't so simple but I won't go into it here, fell for the first time in dozens of firings. It took three hours and three false starts before the trouble was tracked down. And there was nothing we could do about it but sit there in that concrete blockhouse with the temperature steadily rising somewhere else. In addition, hey. Hey, John, look here. What is it? I don't like this blood pressure reading. What do you think? It's certainly deteriorated. Boy, is it hot. Well, what do you think? Well, I don't know what to say. I'd like to... Captain Breswick. Yeah. Captain Ford says if you're ready to go, he is. Gee, I'd like to take a look at Mike before we fire up. I don't like the looks of this pressure. Captain Ford told me to tell you we'd better get the show on the road. Right now, the prediction for the next couple of days is it'll get worse. And so reluctantly Chuck gave his OK on the firing order. The loudspeakers started the countdown for the fourth time today. And everyone had his fingers crossed. Eight. Seven. Six. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Pat and Mike. Though they weigh only six pounds a piece, press down with that first takeoff boost the mattresses is the weighing 80 pounds. Three quarters of a minute later. Well, they must be hitting about 64,000 feet right now. And traveling, if I remember correctly, at about 2,000 miles per hour. Well, the blood pressure looks OK now. Oh, Stephen. Registering just fine. At least the takeoff didn't jar anything loose. I'm going to check with the upper-range receiving station on the rest of the instruments. Site one. Site one. Come in. Site one. Site one here. This is Main Street for a checkout. Right, sir. Temperature gauge. OK, sir. Pressure. Normal. Acceleration. As scheduled. Centrifugal forces. OK, sir. Roger. OK, boy. Keep your fingers crossed. I think everything's going too good. How's the pulse? Perfect. And look here. Mike's blood pressure is beginning to weaken again. Yeah. Yeah, so it is. Well, there's nothing we can do. And that was so true. We had no idea what had caused it, and of course, no way of finding out until a capsule returned to Earth. But steadily and surely, Mike's blood pressure grew lower. Three minutes after takeoff. Site four calling Main Street. Site four here. Come in, please, Main Street. Main Street here. First parachute open, Main Street. Altitude reading. 211,483 feet. Roger. Let's take a look at that pressure again. Contrast to the proceeding two-minute weightless freefall state that had followed exhaustion of the fuel, Pat and Mike's weight began to build up. As the first parachute bit into the atmosphere, the two monkeys were pressed more and more firmly into their harnesses until they weighed about 30 pounds apiece. This eased off as they reached a steady falling speed. Finally, a mere four miles above the desert. Site four calling Main Street. Come in, please, Main Street. Main Street here. Main parachute just opened, sir. Roger. How's Mike's pressure, John? Not so good. Lower all the time. I just can't understand it. But again, there was nothing we could do. 16 minutes after launching, and I know it seemed like 16 hours to chuck in me, the capsule landed on the desert floor, and now the job was up to our bird dog, Jim Young. Chuck and I had a jeep standing by so we could hurry out as soon as we got the word from Jim and the chopper. Get that capsule open. Why, he's all right. What a story he could tell, huh? What happened? Just a minute. It's only a clot in the catheter. His blood pressure's perfect. Well, Mike, one of these days there'll be a human riding in a contraption, something like this one. When it comes, it'll be thanks to you, young man. We've been almost a week now compiling the results, and of course, even now, they're only partial, but we think they look pretty good. The oxygen and dehumidifying apparatus maintain sea level conditions throughout the flight. The opening of the parachutes impose no undue shocks that we could observe, and best of all, Pat and Mike appear to be much the same as before, both physically and psychologically. The aims for the future? Among them, a robot rocket that can be fired into a stratosphere and orbit it around the Earth. With it, we can learn even more of the hazards awaiting man in space. When Jane, speaking for the future, Christmas is such a long time away, how about it? Chuck tells me he's an expert, best man, and we need lab technicians down here in the worst sort of way. How about next week? I'm almost sure I can wangle a couple of days for a honeymoon. What do you think? For the young man looking to his future, be one of the best trained, best equipped young men in the world, a pilot in your United States Air Force. If you're between 19 and 26 and a half, single, and can meet the other high standards, check at your local Air Force Recruiting Station and get all the details right away. This has been another program on Proudly We Hail, presented transcribed in cooperation with the United States Air Force. Proudly We Hail is produced by the Recruiting Publicity Center for the United States Air Force Recruiting Service. This is Mark Hamilton speaking, inviting you to tune in this same station next week for another interesting story on Proudly We Hail.