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.
" X-15 Research Airplane Request for Bids" issued by the U.S. Air Force Air Materiel Command, Washington, DC. Documents labeled 'Confidential Information'. Cover of another document reads: "North American Aviation Inc." View of North American aircraft design engineers at work designing and drawing sketches of landing gear, fuel system, hydraulics, surface control and study it. A sketch of X-15. Wind tunnel tests. Sketches of various aircraft designs. Vehicles outside North American Aviation Inc. A sign reads 'SABRE JET'. A sign reads 'Unauthorized personnel Keep Out' and 'Closed Area Admittance by Authorization Only'. Engine testing. Airframe fabrication. More wind tunnel tests.
Aircraft fabrication. Rocket sled experience. Zero-gravity maneuvers in F-104 aircraft. Zero-gravity maneuvers in large aircraft.
Technician operates X-15 Flight simulator. Technician in cockpit of partial aircraft testing pump drain.Pilot enters large simulator mounted on moving apparatus, outdoors. Test pilot Scott Crossfield, in pressure flight suit, closes visor of his helmet and undergoes testing in low pressure chamber altitude simulator. Dummy testing of cockpit escape mechanism on rocket sled.
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