U.S. Air Force X-15A rocket powered aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. USAF Major William J. Knight in flight gear walks towards an X-15A aircraft. He gets into the cockpit of the aircraft. A technician talks to Major Knight as he points towards a note pad. A wind vane at the air base indicates wind direction. A sign on a vehicle reads 'NASA9'. A silhouetted technician in a control room in the foreground. USAF NB-52B Stratofortress aircraft in the background. Technicians close the canopy of the X-15A aircraft. The NB-52B aircraft with the X-15A under its wing at the air base. The NB-52B aircraft taxis and takes off.
A U.S. Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion aircraft lands on U.S. Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, United States during a long range navigational test. The earth in red horizon as the sun comes up. Commander Donald H. Lilienthal at the controls relaxes with a cigarette. The copilot in position.A heavy cloud layer. An opening in the clouds and ground seen. A crew man hands the pilot a cup of coffee. A runway underneath the aircraft as it touches the ground. A building at U.S. Naval Air Station Patuxent River. A firehouse and a control tower. The aircraft taxis to a parking area. People walk over to the parking area to welcome the crew.
X-15 rocket-powered aircraft piloted by Joseph Albert Walker setting a new altitude record of 169,600 feet in California, United States. The X-15 rocket-powered aircraft lands on a dry lake bed. The aircraft taxis. Smoke trails out of the aircraft.
X-15 rocket-powered aircraft piloted by Joseph Albert Walker setting a new altitude record of 169,600 feet in California, United States. The X-15 rocket-powered aircraft with the Bomber NB-52A in flight. The X-15 rocket-powered aircraft lands at the Edwards Air Force Base. The aircraft taxis along the runway. Smoke trails out of the aircraft.
X-15 rocket-powered aircraft piloted by Joseph Albert Walker setting a new altitude record of 169,600 feet in California, United States. The Bomber NB-52A Stratofortress taxis and takes off with X-15 rocket-powered aircraft under the wing. Smoke trails out of the aircraft. View of the runway at the Edwards Air Force Base.
X-15 rocket-powered aircraft piloted by Joseph Albert Walker setting a new altitude record of 169,600 feet in California, United States. Bomber NB-52A Stratofortress lands and taxis. Aircraft deploys its drogue parachute for landing. View of the barren land.
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