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.
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.
View of a North American X-15 landing on a Rogers dry lake bed runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The camera follows the X-15 as it approaches in nose-high attitude and shows ground contact of its main skids and of its nose gear as it is lowered. The camera continues tracking the X-15 along the runway until it comes to a stop.
Two chase planes break off from escorting an X-15 as it commences final approach to runway at Rogers Dry Lake, Edwards Air Force Base, California. The X-15 descends between surrounding hills, in a nose-high attitude and touches down on its skids, raising a trail of dust. Its nose gear contacts the ground immediately after its main gear skids. The X-15 continues a long way, leaving a trail of dust, until it finally comes to rest on the runway. AN H-21B helicopter flies over the stationary rocket plane.
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.