A rocket plane reaches the highest altitude in California, United States. Jeeps and other vehicles on a street. United States Air Force Major General Robert M. White pilots the X-15 rocket plane to the highest altitude. He flies the plane nearly 25 miles over Edwards Air Force Base, California. The plane is parked on an airfield. Men gather near the plane and meet the pilot.
People gather at the California coast. The Grey Whale makes its annual migration from the Bering sea to the breeding grounds off lower California. People in observation boats as they watch the activities of the whale through binoculars.
Airplanes during test flights at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The airplanes can fly at an enormous speed. U.S. Navy Douglas Skyrocket parked at an air base. Test pilot Scott Crossfield (Albert Scott Crossfield) inspects the needle nose of a D-558-2 Douglas Skyrocket aircraft. Aerial views of the D-558-2 Skyrocket airplane in flight. Scene changes to an airfield in Inglewood California. A new light pusher airplane with an X-shape tail, the Acme Aircraft Co S-1 Sierra, is being rolled out of a hangar. A man stands nearby and looks at the airplane. A pilot in the cockpit. The airplane takes off from the air base for a test flight.
Speed and altitude tests being conducted by X-15 at Edwards Air Force Base, California. X-15 begins a solo flight into the stratosphere. Pilot Scott Crossfield seated in the cockpit of X-15. Mach meter indicator passes Mach two. Radar dish antenna recording the course of flight. Chase planes F-100F and F-104D in flight. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) officials take recordings on graph and look at radar screens. Pilot converses with the ground crew members. X-15 lands on Rogers Dry Lake in California. Vehicles parked next to the aircraft after its landing in ground.
United States Air Force NB-52A aircraft with X-15 under its wing at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States preparing for its third flight. Vehicles and ground crew next to the aircraft. Pilot Albert Scott Crossfield in space suit. Final tests conducted before the take off. Engineers work on X-15 aircraft. Pilot Crossfield gets into the X-15 cockpit. Boeing NB-52A takes off from the runway with X-15 under its wing for its 3rd flight. Chase planes F-100F and F-104B fly along NB-52A. X-15 release from the mother aircraft and goes upward. Pilot speaks with ground crew members. Fire emergency is noted. Pilot in NB-52A looks from the cockpit window. X-15 heads for an emergency landing at Rosamond lake due to an ignition failure. X-15 lands but suffers a structural break failure on landing at Rosamond Dry Lake in California. Engineers and technicians inspect the aircraft and begin to repair the damage.
United States Air Force NB-52A aircraft with X-15 under its wing takes off for a test flight in California, United States. Boeing NB-52A in flight with X-15 under its wing. X-15 piloted by Scott Crossfield releases from the mother aircraft and goes upward. Pilot speaks with ground crew members. X-15 pilot in the cockpit, wearing an oxygen mask . X-15A (56-6670) achieves Mach 2.5 at 67,000 feet. X-15 lands at Rogers Dry Lake in California.
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