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.
Rocket powered aircraft X-15 pilots at Edwards Air Force Base in California. X-15 pilots Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson, Neil A Armstrong, Captain Robbert A Rushworth, John B McKay, Major Robert M White and Joseph A Walker stand in front of X-15. A sign reads 'NASA' Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson and John B McKay talk. X-15 in the background. Major Robert M White and Joseph A Walker talk. Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson, Neil A Armstrong, Captain Robbert A Rushworth, John B McKay, Major Robert M White and Joseph A Walker stand together. Major White and Joseph Walker stand beside X-15 and talk. Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson stands beside X-15. Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson stands beside X-15. John B McKay stands beside X-15. Captain Robbert A Rushworth stands beside X-15. Neil Armstrong stands beside X-15. Major Robert M White stands beside X-15. Captain Rushworth, John B McKay, Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson, Joseph A Walker, Neil A Armstrong and Major Robert M White stand around X-15 nose. Lt Commander Peterson, Neil A Armstrong, Capatain Rushworth, John B McKay, Major White and Joseph A Walker re mill around and talk.
X-15,at Edwards Air Force Base in California, immediately after landing from its first high powered flight. Pilot Albert Scott Crossfield in cockpit still wearing flight gear, helmet and oxygen mask. Officials and ground crew surround the cockpit. One helps Crossfield remove his helmet and mask. Yellow vans and red fire truck in the background. A man takes a picture of the pilot. Pilot Albert Scott Crossfield walks with an unlit cigarette in his mouth.
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