First Free Flight Of X-15.
First Free Flight Of X-15.
Clip: 356282_1_1
Year Shot: 1959
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1660
Original Film: 032-047-01
HD: N/A
Location: USA
Timecode: 00:38:55 - 00:39:52
First Free Flight Of X-15. The X-15 rocket plane that may be the first to carry a man into outer space and return goes aloft under the wing of its giant mother plane for its first free flight, gliding 7 miles to earth. Large U.S. Air Force airplane (VO says B-52) takes off, with a little plane under its wing. Newsreel cameramen and people with binoculars, etc., look upward. The little plane drops away and glides down for what looks like a bumpy landing.