Test flight of rocket powered aircraft X-15A at Edwards Air Force Base in California. A jet engine of NB-52B Stratofortress. Men inside a van. Speakers on van. Vans and cars on airport. Newsmen take picture of a pilot Major William J Knight and other officers. A pilot wears a helmet inside a cockpit. NASA officer and ground crew man talk to him. A hangar in the background. The back portion of X-15A with NB-52B Stratofortress. An officer talks to the pilot in the cockpit. A note pad on the lap of a pilot. Officers make him read few things from a book. A ground crew man looks at the engine. Insignia of United States. A wheel of X-15A. A red van crosses NB-52B. Clear view of NB-52B with X-15A. NB-52B with X-15A taxis.
Test flight of rocket powered aircraft X-15A at Edwards Air Force Base in California. X-15A taxis. Major Williams J Knight inside a cockpit of X-15A. Pilot comes out. Pilot with other NASA officers. Smoky trail left by X-15A. Men stand around X-15A. Pilot with officer. Newsman takes interview of pilot. A man at the back refuels X-15A. Landing of X-15A. Ground men near the cockpit. Pilot comes out. A ladder next to the cockpit. Officers and other people around X-15A. X-15A leaves a smoky trail. Officers and other people near a van. X-15A in flight.
Test flight of rocket powered aircraft X-15A at Edwards Air Force Base in California. A jet engine of NB-52B Stratofortress. A sign reads 'NASA 9 Mobile'. Aerovane kept on the top of a van. Pilot climbs up a ladder. He sits inside a cockpit. NASA officers help him. Jet engine of NB-52B. A sign reads 'FOD'. Inner view of the X-15A. NB-52B Stratofortress with X-15A. United States insignia on NB-52B. NB-52B with X-15A taxis and takes off. It leaves a smoky trail.
Test flight of rocket powered aircraft X-15A at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Insignia of X-15A with different names like Pete, Eagle and Jack. A jet engine of NB-52B Stratofortress. Major William J Knight inside a cockpit. NASA officer and a man talk to him. X-15A attached on right wing of NB-52B. A man with headphones gives signal. NB-52B with X-15A taxis. United States insignia on NB-52B. NB-52B with X-15A takes off. A smoky trail left by the plane. NB-52B with X-15A in flight. X-15A in landing position. People in a red van. X-15A lands and leaves a smoky trail. A hospital van.
Test flight of rocket powered aircraft X-15A at Edwards Air Force Base in California. NB-52B Stratofortress with Rocket Powered Aircraft X-15A in flight. Insignia of United States. It leaves a smoky trail. X-15A detaches from NB-52B and in flight. It leaves a smoky trail and flies into a distance.
The high frontier of X-15 in United States. Rocket powered aircraft X-15 is towed and taken out from a hangar. Various symbols on X-15. A sign reads 'North American Aviation Inc'. Models of aircraft from earliest to most recent are shown. B-29 launching Bell X-1 rocket plane on October 14, 1947. View inside cabin of B-29. Airspeed indicator in the X-1 shows Mach 1 plus. View of X-1D rocket plane landing in Mojave desert, July 24, 1951, as nose wheel collapses and the plane sends up plumes of sand as it spins around before coming to rest, facing backwards. Test pilot Jean Ziegler is seen afterwards in the cockpit, breathing a sigh of relief. Jet fighter seen exceeding mach 2 airspeed. Animation of B-52B Stratofortress launching X-15. and its landing on desert.
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