Test flight of rocket powered aircraft X-15A at Edwards Air Force Base in California. X-15A taxis. Major Williams J Knight inside a cockpit of X-15A. Pilot comes out. Pilot with other NASA officers. Smoky trail left by X-15A. Men stand around X-15A. Pilot with officer. Newsman takes interview of pilot. A man at the back refuels X-15A. Landing of X-15A. Ground men near the cockpit. Pilot comes out. A ladder next to the cockpit. Officers and other people around X-15A. X-15A leaves a smoky trail. Officers and other people near a van. X-15A in flight.
Test Pilot Scott Crossfield climbs into cockpit of X-15 rocket powered aircraft, as spectators are assembled to witness its first free flight. B-52B Stratofortress aircraft taxis and takes off with the rocket powered X-15 under its wing. X-15 detaches from the B-52, and drops towards the earth as Crossfield tests its behavior in flight. View of X-15 nose wheel turning during landing. 'North American Aviation Inc' stenciled on fuselage. The X-15 exhibits an extreme high pitch angle as it comes in for a successful landing on the Rogers Dry Lake Bed in the Mojave Desert.
Rocket powered aircraft X-15 pilots at Edwards Air Force Base in California. X-15 pilots Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson, Neil A Armstrong, Captain Robbert A Rushworth, John B McKay, Major Robert M White and Joseph A Walker stand in front of X-15. A sign reads 'NASA' Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson and John B McKay talk. X-15 in the background. Major Robert M White and Joseph A Walker talk. Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson, Neil A Armstrong, Captain Robbert A Rushworth, John B McKay, Major Robert M White and Joseph A Walker stand together. Major White and Joseph Walker stand beside X-15 and talk. Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson stands beside X-15. Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson stands beside X-15. John B McKay stands beside X-15. Captain Robbert A Rushworth stands beside X-15. Neil Armstrong stands beside X-15. Major Robert M White stands beside X-15. Captain Rushworth, John B McKay, Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson, Joseph A Walker, Neil A Armstrong and Major Robert M White stand around X-15 nose. Lt Commander Peterson, Neil A Armstrong, Capatain Rushworth, John B McKay, Major White and Joseph A Walker re mill around and talk.
First high powered flight of X-15 with XLR-99 engine. X-15 released from B-51 and soars aloft. Contrails from B-52 and X-15 are visible. Chase plane briefly visible as X-15 jettisons lower ventral fin prior to landing. X-15 lands.
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 lands at Edwards Air Force Base following first high powered rocket flight. Chase plane escorts on final approach. A hangar in the background. Fire truck, cars and van drive up to X-15 after landing. A man approaches X-15. A helicopter in flight above X-15. Pilot Scott Crossfield climbs out of cockpit.
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