Aerospace Research Pilot School in United Sates. Brigadier General James Stewart with a researcher at a laboratory. A microscope on table. General Stewart looks through microscope. He talks to the researcher and looks again in microscope. They continue conversing and Stewart looks into the microscope several times. Closeup of Stewart looking into the microscope.
Start of first high-powered flight mission of X-15. Pilot Scott Crossfield mounts steps aside B-52 and enters cockpit of X-15 fastened under its wing. Others help him to strap in and fasten his helmet.
Static test number 1041 of XLR-11 engine for X-15. Edwards Air Force Base, January 23, 1959. Heavy plumes of white smoke emerge as test is begun. Only one jet of gas appears from upper exhaust.
Static test number 1043of XLR-11 engine for X-15 at Edwards Air Force Base on January12, 1959. Technician dressed in white protective gear, standing beside white truck at test stand. Heavy smoke and fumes are seen before engine develops power on test stand.
Static test number 1044 of XLR-11 engine for X-15. Edwards Air Force Base, January 13, 1959.
Static test number 1051 of XLR-11 engine at Edwards Air Force Base, on February 2, 1959. A technician walks past the engine just before it is fired up on the test stand. A jet flame comes out the engine.
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