X-15 (1959) Pt. 3 of 3

X-15 (1959) Pt. 3 of 3 Edwards Air Force Base, California (17Sep59) 00:17:28 Second airplane of series readied w/ engine testing. CU of switches turned on, gases out exhaust. 00:18:32 Pilot Scott Crossfield out of plane after first flight. Contrails of 2nd test flight seen from ground 00:19:00 B-52 in hanger w/ X-15 beneath wing as fueling begun for first powered flight. CU of technicians & engineers; boarding planes. B-52 onto strip w/ X-15 past camera & flyover. Aerial of plane w/ chase planes during third flight of X-15; dropping & quick shut down of engine and view return to Rogers dry lake bed. 00:22:42 X-15 touching down and collapsing front landing gear. Technicians around broken fuselage. 00:23:48 Airplane’s airframe back in original jig at factory and rebuilt w/ stronger landing gear, etc. Plane returned to Edwards Air Force Base. 00:24:28 No. 1 X-15 under B-52 in flight, modified & improved. 00:25:08 Dropped free and engine fired; flown to 1660 mph at 67,000 ft. 00:26:00 Landing. NASA; Air Force; Experimental Test Flights