X-15 Aloft. First Free Flight Of Manned Space Plane (1959)
1959 · Newsreel
Synopsis
Edwards AFB B-52 takes X-15 aloft under its wing, is "cut loose over Mojave Desert" landed by Scott Crossfield (2) Connecticut - Groton CT launch of USS George Washington Polaris sub (partial newsreel)
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★★★★★ · Space Shuttle practice · Andrew Brodie · 2005-09-12
A must for anyone who has read anything at all about Chuck Yaeger and the USAF test pilots at Muroc. Note the landing technique -- still used by the shuttle in 2005.