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Experimental Aircraft: X15A-2 Flight, POV & from B-52 & Chase Plane 250202-03 | Footage Farm

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[1960s - Color, Experimental Aircraft:  X15A-2 Flight, POV & from B-52 & Chase Plane of Launching] 
POV to rear above clouds w/ contrail, chase plane alongside quickly falling behind.  GOOD
00:37:08  POV w/ scattered clouds & deep blue sky, earth below as plane climbs.  Black sky.
00:39:12  View from behind plane under B-52 wing, engines start, plane drops away & seen moving fast far ahead, climbing leaving contrail.  
00:41:05  B-52 on ground w/ X-15A mounted, taxiis away followed by fire trucks & helicopter.  Takes off over camera, heavy black exhaust smoke.
00:45:53  Aerial from alongside B-52 & beneath X-15A.  Landing w/ X-15A under wing.
00:50:15  Leader.
00:50:23  Slate:  25Aug65.  Camera:  Montgomery.   X-15A-1, No. 66670 (?) landing, on dry lake bed w/ people around plane, pilot out & walking,  MLS shaking hands w/ military beside van.
00:51:27  Black
00:51:33  X-15A mounted beneath B-52 wing; pilot in pressure suit to plane & helped into X-15A.
00:51:58  LS B-52 w/ X-15A-1 taking off.
00:52:28  Black
00:52:35  B-52 from chase plane below; alongside & X-15A-1 firing engine, dropping down & quickly taking off w/ contrail & climbing out of sight against black sky.  GOOD.
00:54:31  CU of rear of X-15A-1 under wing from B-52.  Suddenly falls away & contrail seen going out of sight.
00:56:04  Slate:  X-15 #760 (Chase I) 24Oct68.  Camera Baskin (?).  B-52 w/ X-15A-1 under wing from alongside & beneath.
00:58:57  CU engine firing; X-15A climbing away seen from cockpit of chase plane.
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NOTE:  X-15A first flight was 08Jun59, retired Dec70.  It was a rocket-powered aircraft flown by 8 pilots, setting speed & altitude records in early 1960s. It holds record for fastest speed by manned aircraft.  Maximum was 4,520 mph; it exceeded 50 mile altitude.  Pilots were Michael J. Adams; Neil Armstrong; Scott Crossfield; William Dana; Joe Engle; William / Pete Knight; John McKay; Forrest Petersen; Robert Rushworth; Milt Thompson; Joseph Walker; & Robert White.
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