Static test number 1044, of XLR-11 engine for X-15, January 13, 1959 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Heavy fumes fill area at startup of test and are dispelled as hot gases are generated by engine.
Static test number 1044 of XLR-11 engine for X-15. Edwards Air Force Base, January 13, 1959.
Static test number 1045 of XLR-11 engine at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Intense flame from engine in test stand highlighted against darkness of evening.
Static test number 1051 of XLR-11 engine at Edwards Air Force Base, on February 2, 1959. A technician walks past the engine just before it is fired up on the test stand. A jet flame comes out the engine.
Piasecki H-21 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Piasecki H-21 helicopter hovers over runway.
Technicians look at remains of X-15-3 and its XLR-99 engine after explosion on test stand at Edwards Air Force Base. Various equipment kept on a ground. A cockpit of X-15. Ladder on either side of X-15. Technicians look at XLR-99 engine which looks completely destroyed. Front part of X-15 fuselage still intact.
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