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Scott Crossfield gets into X-15 prior take off for its first high powered flight, at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Start of first high-powered flight mission of X-15. Pilot Scott Crossfield mounts steps aside B-52 and enters cockpit of X-15 fastened under its wing. Others help him to strap in and fasten his helmet.
Images recorded from chase plane during the first powered flight of an X-15 Rocket Plane, at Edwards Air Force Base, California
Photograpy from an airborne chase plane, on the occasion of the first powered flight of an X-15 rocket plane. A Lockheed F-104 Starfighter chase plane seen flying in the contrails of the NASA B-52 mothership (NB-52A,52-003) flown by pilots Bock and Allovie, An F-100D fighter flies slightly ahead of the B-52. The X-15, 56-6671, with Scott Crossfield, in the cockpit, is cradled under the B-52's right wing. View from the photo chase plane, as it pulls closer to the B-52. The X-15 and leading F-100 chase plane are clearly visible. The camera plane has dropped back and the X-15 releases, from the B-52 mothership, as its rocket engines simultaneously ignite. It drops and accelerates below and in front of the B-52. It stays below momentarily, without leaving a contrail. Then it accelerates and climbs rapidly out of sight. Sunlight glares as two chase planes are seen.
Step to step mating procedure of rocket powered aircraft with B-52 Stratofortress at Edwards Air Force Base in United States.
Mating of rocket powered aircraft X-15 with B-52 Stratofortress. Right inboard wings pylon and inboard engines of B-52 on ground. Technicians around B-52. A tug tows the X-15 underneath the wing of B-52. X-15 sitting under B-52 with large group of technicians around the nose of X-15. Ground support crew push X-15 back and line up with pylon. X-15 sitting on ground in place under pylon. Support crew works under nose of X-15. A man works on the top of X-15 and under pylon, a man works on tail assembly, three men work under nose of X-15, a man jacking up X-15 and two men work under nose of X-15. The majority of the men on right side of B-52 sitting on ground. A man works on top of X-15 under pylon. Support crew gathers around the X-15 and discuss. X-15 under the pylon and a part of B-52. Crew stands against the X-15. Three men stand in front of X-15. A man wears earphones. X -15 in neutral position. Support man on crew stands one on each side and work on X-15. A man stands in front of X-15 with a wrench in his hand. Support crew works on X-15. Two men work on X-15. X -15 is attached to pylon on right wing. Support crew work on X-15.
X-15 mated with B-52 at Edwards Air Force Base in United States.
Mating of rocket powered aircraft X-15 with B-52 Stratofortress. Inboard and outboard engine on right wing of B-52 with part of the X-15 nose extended out beyond the inboard engine. X-15 under B-52 wing up on jacks as the support crew works at various places on X-15. One of the support crew man works on the camera mount on side of B-52. General area of crew men work around X-15 and one man installs camera mount. Support crew stands and works on X-15 around the cockpit. Three crew men work on cockpit of X-15. X-15 sits on jacks under B-52. Crew men stand and work on both sides of X-15. X-15 nose gear above auxiliary jack shows the distance between the two. X-15 mated with B-52 wing, with one work stand on each side of X-15. X-15 mated to the B-52. Two men work on the nose wheel gear. A van with aero vane on top of it. The right side of B-52 wing is mated with X-15. The view of B-52 attached with X-15.
Crewmen, technicians and engineers work on X-15 at Edwards Air Force Base in United States.
Mating of rocket powered aircraft X-15 with B-52 Stratofortress. A crewman kneels down and works on top of X-15. Crewman stands and works. He closes the canopy of X-15 cockpit. Three men near X-15. One has a check list of North American Aviation in his hand. A group of engineers or technicians gathers around an unidentified object on ground. Canopy is opened by one of the technician. Tail assembly shows some of the controls. One of the crewmen stands by the nose of X-15. X-15 nose wheel sits on hoist. X-15 nose wheel sitting on hoist as one of the inspectors gets up and walks out. A nose wheel after being raised but still sits on the hoist before hoist is lowered. A tail gear of X-15 sits on hoist and men work around it.
Technicians and engineers work on X-15 for mating it up with B-52 Superfortress at Edwards Air Force Base in United States.
Mating of rocket powered aircraft X-15 with B-52 Stratofortress. Overall view of X-15 mated with B-52. Outboard engines jacked up, workmen on work stand. Workmen work on cockpit. X-15 nose. Hoist in raised position under nose wheel. Three men on work stand work on X-15 cockpit. Engineers or technicians stand at the foot of workstand and looks upward as though they are watching and discussing the men working at the top of the stand. Nose of B-52. Insignia of 'ARDC' on the nose of B-52. Auxiliary power unit under the nose. Nose and cockpit of X-15. Three men work on X-15 mating in to B-52. Nose wheel is on hoist and is in raised position. X-15 mated to B-52 before hoist is lowered. Workstands not been removed from X-15. Man stand at the foot of workstand. The man who was standing on workstand is now working with another man on X-15. Two men on top of workstand turn to descend the ladder of the stand. Overall scene of X-15 mated to B-52. Hoists are in lowered position Workstands are by X-15 with one man standing on top and works on X-15.
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