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.
Test flight of Rocket Powered Aircraft X-15A at Edwards Air Force Base in California. NB-52B Stratofortress with Rocket Powered Aircraft X-15A taxis on dry lake bed. It takes off after few minutes. A wheel of NB-52B.
Test flight of rocket powered aircraft X-15A at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Rocket Powered Aircraft X-15A on dry lake bed. A close view of X-15A. A hangar in the background. A man walks towards the aircraft with a can. Three men come and stand next to X-15A. Pilot talks to a person and remaining fuel expended. A red van and a fire engine on the port. People around X-15A. People get off the van. Red van and fire engine approaches X-15A. Pilot in cockpit. The cockpit is open. A ground crew man with a ladder. An officer and ground crew man talks to the pilot inside cockpit.
Test flight of rocket powered aircraft X-15A at Edwards Air Force Base in California. A helicopter in flight. X -15A in flight. X-15A in a position to land. X-15A leaves a smoky trail. X-15A lands and taxis.
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.
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