XB-36 first flight on August 8, 1946, at Fort Worth, Texas, with Convair Chief test pilot Beryl Erickson and copilot Gus Green, at the controls. The XB-36 flying over airfield, with landing gear extended. Views from side and below. Views from above, from the side, from below and from the rear, as it flies some distance from the field, with gear still extended. XB-36 on final approach crossing a river, and touching down on first part of runway as it lands.
USAF Sergeant receiving weather information on the radio. He types as he hears it, on a Royal typewriter. When he finishes, a Master Sergeant (Non-commissioned officer in charge) takes the report from him. An airman at a keyboard transmitting a teletype message.The punched paper tape being created is seen at his left hand. An airman annotating a large chart with the weather information. Closeup of Cuba on the chart with wind information marked on it. The hand of an airman writing more data. More weather information being teletyped.
Aviation cadets file into a dining hall. Each one takes a tray (in a military manner) from a stack and proceeds to the serving line. View of one table of cadets who stand at attention until all have arrived and placed their trays at their places. They all seat themselves in unison and begin eating so-called "square meals" (in a military manner). A cadet colonel at the table reminds some of the cadets about this.
The first successful powered flight of the X-15 Rocket Plane. Contrails at high altitude above, are seen, generated by the X-15 Rocket plane, 56-6671, and three chase planes. Scene shifts to view from a camera vehicle speeding across the Rogers Dry Lake bed towards the X-15 already landed on a runway. The three chase planes breaking away in background. Two Piasecki H-21 helicopters hovering low over the runway as the X-15 is obscured by dust it raised during its landing. The X-15 becomes visible as the dust settles. Officials step from a staff car that just arrived. The X-15 silhouetted with sunlight reflected on its top. Officials approach and surround the cockpit. One climbs upon the aircraft nose and helps open the cockpit canopy. Pilot, Scott Crossfield seen in the cockpit. Fire trucks and Air Force officers arrive. Firefighters direct a stream of cooling liquid at the rocket motors and rear of the X-15. Scott Crossfield, still in the cockpit, converses with officers and officials. Closeup of Crossfield in the cockpit. Technicians begin examining the exterior of the aircraft.
Mating of rocket powered aircraft X-15 with B-52 Stratofortress. B-52 with pylon mounted under wing. Weather truck, engineers and technicians gather around aircraft. X-15 sits on ground underneath pylon. X-15 sits underneath pylon and man work on each side. Weather truck and tug in the background. X-15 sits under B-52. Auxiliary power unit (APU) on right side and workmen between APU and X-15. Full view of X-15 sitting under the pylon attached to the B-52 wing. Overall view of X-15 sitting under the pylon. Upper fin turns back and forth. Barking flaps on upper fin open and close. Tail of X-15 sitting under pylon. X-15 sitting under pylon and a man works on cockpit. Two men work under X-15 on landing apparatus. Men work with jack under right wing gear. X-15 under pylon and workmen all around it. Overall view of X-15 on hoist in mating place. Men work all around it. Some men work on ground, some up on the X-15 and some on work stand. Nose of X-15. Men work around cockpit. X-15 mated. Men work off stand. Three men stand in front of camera blocking a lot of good view. Inboard and outboard engines along with the nose of the B-52. Nose of X-15 sticks out between the inboard engine and nose of B-52. X-15 is mated but still on hoist. Right wing of engine and wing gear is suspended in air. B-52 with X-15 mated.
Army Material Command (AMC) logistic support of Air Force X-15 project in United States. X-15 is towed with tug and taken out from a hangar. Insignia of United States. X-15 parked on flight line. Two men stand near X-15. X-15 parked at revetment. A pilot walks in near the nose of X-15. An aircraft in the background. Three officer walk towards the X-15. They stand and talk. One of the officer stands near the nose of X-15 and poses. Two officers stand and talk. The nose of X-15 with a landing gear under the nose. X-15 towed with a tug is taken out from a hangar. The tail of X-15.
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