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 Dryden Home > Collections > Movie Home > X-15 > Movie # EM-0033-13 |
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X-15A flight movie from onboard camera #1 |
| Movie Number |
EM-0033-13
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| Movie Date |
1963
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| Formats | 160x120 Quicktime movie (1.5 MB) 320x240 Quicktime movie (2.9 MB) 480x360 Quicktime movie (4.4 MB) 640x480 Quicktime movie (7.4 MB) |
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Still photos of this aircraft are available in several resolutions at http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/X-15/index.html |
| Description |
This 32 second movie clip shows an X-15 flight movie from onboard camera #1. The aircraft is shown being dropped from the B-52, igniting its rocket engine, then going into a climb. As the X-15 peaks, the curved horizon can be seen at the top of the frame. The flaps that appear near the end of the movie are speed brakes. The X-15 had its share of emergency landings and accidents, but only two produced serious injuries or death. On Nov. 9, 1962, Jack Mc Kay experienced an engine failure and landed at Mud Lake, Nev. The landing gear collapsed, flipping him and the aircraft on its back. Although he recovered from his injuries sufficiently to fly again, he eventually had to retire because of them. On Nov. 15, 1967, on Michael Adams seventh flight, he entered a spin from which he was able to recover but could not bring it out of an inverted dive because of a technical problem with the adaptive flight control system. He died in the resultant crash of the X-15 number three. |
| Keywords | X-15; external; fuel tanks; rocket powered research aircraft; North American Aviation; XLR-99 rocket engine; Thiokol Chemical Corp.; high-speed & high-altitude flight; B-52 air launch; 4520 mph; Mach 6.70; 354200 ft (altitude); 67 miles (altitude); full-scale ablation X-15; XLR-99; XLR-11; North American Aviation; Reaction Motors; Thiokol; reaction control system; B-52; Space Shuttle; Edwards Air Force Base; Dryden Flight Research Center; John Becker; U.S. Air Force; U.S. Navy; NASA; A. Scott Crossfield; Joseph A. Walker; Robert M. White; Forrest S. Petersen; John B. McKay; Robert A. Rushworth; Neil A. Armstrong; Joe H. Engle; Milton O. Thompson; William J. Knight; William H. Dana; Michael J. Adams |
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