1960s - Color, Experimental Aircraft: X15A-2 Construction & Cockpit Training

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1960s - Color, Experimental Aircraft: X15A-2 Construction & Cockpit Training Men w/ X-15A-2, polishing surface & measuring smoothness; CU pulling off covering rivets . MS man polishing. 00:08:01 00:37:46 Slate: X-15A-2 Full Scale Ablation (removing material from surface) Flt. 52 Camera: R.M. Rhine. 22Jun67 CU man cleaning edges of seams w/ putty knife. Sweeping tail w/ brush. 00:09:31 00:39:16 Slate: same except 21Jun67. High angle / HA tractor pulling out of paint shop or small building. Towed on small road, parked on tarmac. 00:13:39 00:43:24 Civilians pose in front of X-15-2. High angle shots of plane from crane. 00:16:08 00:45:53 Slate: Same except 23Jun67 Roll 13. Paint mixed, sprayed on plane. CU men brushing paint on section covers. 00:20:21 00:50:06 Man w/ on table , cleaning & brushing. Laying out pliable skin sections on table, cutting & fitting to cover rivet holes. Gluing covers over edges. Holding w/ clothes pins; peeling edge w/ knife. Opening holes. Fitting copper tubes & ?? CUs. 00:28:19 00:58:03 Covered front window, CUs. Surface of plane (overexposed?) 00:28:50 00:58:35 Black 00:29:04 00:58:49 Men working on construction below edge of cockpit, painting canopy instructions. 00:29:55 00:59:40 Slate: X-15-2 Ablation completed. Camera R.M. Rhine. Ground shot pulling X-15-2 out of small paint shop . Overhead shots of white X-15 on tarmac painted black. 00:32:36 Black or not useful. 00:32:50 01:02:35 View over shoulder of man in cockpit looking at dials & gauges. Brief slate. Man moving joy stick and dials & needles moving. Supersonic Experimental Aircraft Construction; Astronaut Training; USAF Space Flight; NASA; Technology; Synthetics; NOTE: Entire card sold at per reel rate. 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. FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk