Aerial view from aircraft flying over high hill, and approaching Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California. Aerial views of the Golden Gate Bridge. The Bridge, with the city of San Francisco in the distance. Boats in the bay.
C-5 Galaxy aircraft of the U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command (MAC) are parked on the ramp at McClellan Air Force Base, California, surrounded by vehicles with various cargoes to be loaded. The fuselage of an F-5E Tiger II fighter jet, with wings folded beside it, is being loaded into one C-5. Glimpse of the loading process, from inside the C-5. Nose of an F-5 disappearing into the cargo compartment. (Narrator states that eight F-5s are loaded into this single C-5.) The loaded C-5 taking off toward the camera. View of a C-5 during in-flight refueling. View inside the cockpit, of pilots at the controls and of the refueling probe from the Boeing KC-135 tanker aircraft ahead and above the C-5. A flight engineer at his control station. View of the refueling probe, from the tanker aircraft. View of the aerial refueling from another aircraft, in flight (unseen). Scene shifts to civilian narrator speaking at MAC Headquarters Command Center in Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
Test flight of Rocket Powered Aircraft X-15A at Edwards Air Force Base in California. NB-52B Stratofortress in flight. NB-52B with X-15A. X-15 is attached on the right wing of NB-52B. An insignia of United States. A sign reads 'US Air Force'. Aircraft fly over clouds and mountains. Smoky trail left by NB-52B.
Test flight of Rocket Powered Aircraft X-15A at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Close view of Rocket Powered Aircraft X-15A. X-15A in flight. X-15A is attached with NB-52B Stratofortress. X-15A is attached in right wing of NB-52B. Aircraft fly above clouds and mountains.
X-15 lands after first high powered flight using XLR-99 engine. Chase plane accompanies X-15 as it maneuvers to land at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Parachute seen as lower ventral fin is jettisoned prior to landing. X-15 comes to stop on runway after long ground roll on landing.
X-15 first powered flight on Thursday, 17 September, 1959. (X-15 No. 2, tail number: 56-6671 with LR-11 engines. Scott Crossfield flew this mission at mach 2.11 and altitude 52,341 feet.) Scenes of several other X-15 powered flights are also shown. View of the water tower at Edwards Air Force Base, california. Overhead, NASA NB-52A, No. 003 and an F-100D chase plane, are seen at high altitude, with contrails behind them. The X-15, cradled under the B-52's right wing, drops clear, starts its rocket engines and begins its first independent powered flight, climbing rapidly away from the B-52. NASA camera tracks it, appearing as a moving white dot against the sky. The next sequences show later powered flights. View of NASA B-52 and three chase planes leaving contrails overhead. X-15 drops, its engines are running and falls behind the B-52, before accelerating rapidly, passing to its right, and continuing upward. Another scene shows brief glimpse of NASA B-52 overhead (no contrails). In final scene, X-15 is seen moving rapidly, leaving a long contrail behind it. Cloud then obscures the image somewhat.
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