X-15 first powered flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California. B-52 Stratofortress with chase planes in flight. Contrails left out by the planes. X-15 in flight and climbs up. Contrails left out by the X-15. A chase plane behind it. The chase plane flies above and over X-15. X-15 flies over mountains. It lands on a dry lake bed and taxis. An unidentified plane taxis in background.
X-15 first powered flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California. X-15 in flight with other chase planes. It flies over the mountains and lands. It taxis on a dry lake bed. Contrails comes out from the engine of X-15. A Piasecki H-21 helicopter hovers over it. Cars and vans approach X-15 after it lands.
North American X-15 rocket powered aircraft first powered flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California. X-15 in flight. A radar in the background. X-15 flies and lands on a dry lake bed. A hangar in the background.
Pilot Scott Crossfield at Edwards Air Force Base in California. A man looks at X-15 with binoculars. The cockpit of the X-15 opens. Pilot Scott Crossfield in the cockpit. Men around him. The pilot removes his helmet and talks to crew men. He comes out of the plane. A fire van in the background. The pilot walks away from the aircraft. He shakes hands with the officers. H-21 helicopter in the background. A weather van and other vans near X-15. Scott Crossfield leaves the base.
A speech by U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in the United States. Vice President Richard Nixon and Mrs. Nixon arrive at a speaker stand at Edwards Air Force Base, California. They are escorted by other dignitaries. A flag of United States. People seated for the speech. Dignitaries on the stage. Vice President Nixon climbs up the steps of the stage and shakes hands with the dignitaries. Men take pictures. People seated on chairs at the base. Mr. Nixon; Mr. Kindelberger, President of North America; Mr. Horner, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research and Development make speechs. The dignitaries stand and applaud. X-15 is towed by a tug and is rolled out of a hangar. Insignia of United States. Dignitaries on either side of the X-15.
D-558-2 Skyrocket with a B-29 Superfortress in flight over Muroc Air Force Base (soon after renamed Edwards Air Force Base). A B-29 Superfortress in flight. A Skyrocket is attached to the belly of B-29. Insignia of United States. A chase plane flies on the left side of the B-29. The posterior part of D-558-2 and B-29. Jet is turned on and the Skyrocket is still attached to B-29. Vapor comes out from the jet line. U.S. Navy Skyrocket emits much vapor while still attached to B-29. The Skyrocket with B-29 in flight. The Skyrocket detaches from B-29 mother ship and is in flight. It flies over the mountains. The Skyrocket makes pass from the landing field. (Note: the Superfortress bomber seen here has the big WASP Major engines. So it is probably a B-50 - perhaps XB-50.)
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