The X-15 Era 1956 to 1966
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Published 2010-04-29
Dryden marked its 60th anniversary as the nation's premier high-speed, high-altitude flight test and aerospace research facility during September 2006.
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All Comments (21)
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Gotta love aircraft, especially these of the golden years of aviation!
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As a kid, I was more impressed with the X-15 than I was with the Mercury and Gemini flights.
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Amazing video ! Thanks for posting.
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I read about all this as a teenager. To have this footage to hand at 43 is remarkable.
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Wow, never knew you could land a bathtub!
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This video doesn't mention the day Neil Armstrong lost the LLRV and ejected (safely)... and spent the afternoon back at the office detailing in writing what had happened.
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What a beauty
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This plane is considered by some specialists as the ancestor of Space Shuttles. It is said that data collected during flights was used to design the Orbiters.
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So lovely
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7:27 VTEC just kicked in, yo
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Those 90’s guitar riffs tho.
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Thought I would mention Mike Crossley the North American test pilot who set the airplane.
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This B-52 that launched the X-15 is parked at Beale Air Force near Marysville in northern California. Many mission marks on this airframe.
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X-15 pilots all were exemplary in their field, but the pilot who flew the first mission?....My hat is off to you!
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General Joe Engle is the last x15 pilot left alive..
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1960,nevada: "look marla it's another one of dem alien flyin things" "well we better go talk to the media"
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Classic
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M2f1,el del accidente en la pelicula de tv el hombre nuclear....
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Check out this cool blog that discusses the history of the X-15. Google "Vintage Space X-15". Enjoy!!
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truley the right stuff
