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North American Aviation engineers. X-15 research design and testing
" X-15 Research Airplane Request for Bids" issued by the U.S. Air Force Air Materiel Command, Washington, DC. Documents labeled 'Confidential Information'. Cover of another document reads: "North American Aviation Inc." View of North American aircraft design engineers at work designing and drawing sketches of landing gear, fuel system, hydraulics, surface control and study it. A sketch of X-15. Wind tunnel tests. Sketches of various aircraft designs. Vehicles outside North American Aviation Inc. A sign reads 'SABRE JET'. A sign reads 'Unauthorized personnel Keep Out' and 'Closed Area Admittance by Authorization Only'. Engine testing. Airframe fabrication. More wind tunnel tests.
Preparing test pilots for X-15. Rocket sled. Zero-gravity maneuvers.
Aircraft fabrication. Two technicians working on a new jet aircraft. Rocket sled experience shown with a human test subject strapped on a rocket sled. View of the airman during the test as his body encounters g-forces. Next scene shows zero-gravity maneuvers in F-104 aircraft with pilot opening a drink container and liquid rising out upward and seen loose in the cockpit. Zero-gravity maneuvers in a zero gravity chamber, with two astronauts or pilots conducting weighlessness experiments while a technician observes.
Preparing for X-15 flight. Flight Simulators. Pressure suit testing. Rocket sled test of cockpit escape mechanism
Technician operates X-15 Flight simulator. Technician in cockpit of partial aircraft testing pump drain.Pilot enters large simulator mounted on moving apparatus, outdoors. Test pilot Scott Crossfield, in pressure flight suit, closes visor of his helmet and undergoes testing in low pressure chamber altitude simulator. Dummy testing of cockpit escape mechanism on rocket sled.
Subjecting pilot to high G forces in centrifuge.
Pilot wearing flight suit enters and sits down in centrifuge capsule.Technicians and engineers inside control room. A technician seated at an operating position. One man holds microphone and turns dial to start up the centrifuge Views of pilot wearing oxygen mask and helmet, inside centrifuge capsule, as it revolves at higher speeds.
Step to step mating procedure of rocket powered aircraft with B-52 Stratofortress at Edwards Air Force Base in United States.
Mating of rocket powered aircraft X-15 with B-52 Stratofortress. Right inboard wings pylon and inboard engines of B-52 on ground. Technicians around B-52. A tug tows the X-15 underneath the wing of B-52. X-15 sitting under B-52 with large group of technicians around the nose of X-15. Ground support crew push X-15 back and line up with pylon. X-15 sitting on ground in place under pylon. Support crew works under nose of X-15. A man works on the top of X-15 and under pylon, a man works on tail assembly, three men work under nose of X-15, a man jacking up X-15 and two men work under nose of X-15. The majority of the men on right side of B-52 sitting on ground. A man works on top of X-15 under pylon. Support crew gathers around the X-15 and discuss. X-15 under the pylon and a part of B-52. Crew stands against the X-15. Three men stand in front of X-15. A man wears earphones. X -15 in neutral position. Support man on crew stands one on each side and work on X-15. A man stands in front of X-15 with a wrench in his hand. Support crew works on X-15. Two men work on X-15. X -15 is attached to pylon on right wing. Support crew work on X-15.
A man adjust hoist unit for final adjustment of X-15 while mating to pylon at Edwards Air Force Base in United States.
Mating of rocket powered aircraft X-15 with B-52 Stratofortress. Support crew work on X-15 under wing. A man adjust hoist unit for final adjustment of X-15 while mating to pylon. Three men on work stand. Men work on X-15 and pylon. Hoist holds X-15 in place while men work on both sides of X-15 making adjustments. A man with headphones on walks in. Air Force officer discusses about control box with civilian. Air Force officer stands beside civilian with control box. A man makes adjustment on the nose gear of X-15. Man watches other men on work and makes adjustments on X-15. A man stands on ground with headphones on. Two men work on pylon. View of center and tail section of B-52. Insignia of United States. A man stands by a camera that is mounted on rear side. Two men stand and work on pylon. Two men work on camera on rare side of B-52. Two men stand and work on camera mounted on. Right front side of B-52. X-15 held in place on B-52 by hoist support. Two men check hoist.