X-15- Record Breaker

[rigamortis1066]

Wicked, great vid man!

[F16V1PER]

The Air Force should make it into a warhead...

[monkeyfishninja]

First plane to reach space.

[elite055]

deathtrap

[tajayfoot1]

do u knw how much fucking damage that would make it were to reach full speed and hit a city in warfare? let me just a fucking lot!!!!

[doggolives]

Was that last landing the one that Armstrong made with the nose gear not locked? I read a description of it, which said the fuselage touched the ground at one point. That last video looked like the description.

[TheBobbiebob]

A man strapped to a freaking missile.

[MrGilliam22]

its not everyday that you see this . plus1500.

[whoisthatguy1000]

Is that shot at 1:20 sped up at all?

If not, holy shit.

[TheNewCW]

@whoisthatguy1000 that is actual film

the flights only lasted about 20 seconds then they glided back to their landing zones

[coreyagraph]

highest altitude?

[heathirving]

@coreyagraph

350,000 ft by joe walker

highest speed 4500 mph at 110,000 ft

[spoiledkidmusic]

wow..respect to those pilots.

being able to land those monsters...whew...not bad..lol

[taterfamine]

the song's called "poor boy" by r.l. burnside. it's cool.

[phybr0s]

these guys were nutters

[hhrock456]

one of the purposes of this plane/(rocket with a cockpit) was to achieve flight inside and outside the earth's atmosphere. the pilots of this plane were technically astronauts considering theu were actually in space at one point

[koczovnik85]

wow! how fast that rocket go???

[ThankYouWhiteKnights]

mach 6 about 6300 km/hr at 100,000feet

[Christian9872]

Speaking technically it went Mach 6.72 at 354,200 feet high. That was it's record at least. Mach 6.72 is just like saying 2286.7488 miles in a second. That would be very fun :P.

[mashamorgan]

I always wondered if the X-15 could have been configured with the required amount of power and a heatshield to reach Earth orbit.

[navymexican]

Well if I remeber correctly a few of the guys that flew this thing were given astronaut wings after the fact so maybe it could have, it did make it out of the atmosphere.

[dj17q]

Geez, the song is really cool, Just perfect to go with this video. Good job....

[LechuCzechu]

I love the 1:51 when you can see the curvature of Earth :D

[spazz959]

I've always been fascinated with the X-15, and idolized the men like Crossfield who strapped it to their backs. Awesome video!

[slowascharlie]

Its a missile with a cockpit.

[thejordan01]

I was about to say the exact same thing

[cantu2007]

Maluco;

Qual é o nome desse som doido?

O video é 10, o som é 100!

Fale mano!

Valeu!

Portugues - Braziliam

[cantu2007]

hello boy!

what name music?

Obrigado

[bry3500]

RL Burnside - Poor Boy

[MIDNIGHTCLUB2FAN]

@cantu2007 tuga?

[Membrane556]

The XLR99 was the first large throttable rocket engine.

Engines such as the J2 and later SSME benefited from the design.

[aidan5555]

awesome song, who is this, i blasted this at my party, it rocked

[bry3500]

R.L.Burnside

[holycraptheskyisred]

X-15 > all the stupid fighters meant for war

thrill for flying > thrill for blood.

[Kabelbeistasse5]

just moved new area

looking for friends 8Q

[martinljung]

so oldschool...

[dunskie]

I'd like to see the footage of flying disks that pilot Joseph Walker filmed during his x-15 flight. NASA has never released it.

[Keskin1975]

Looked like the second one bent while landing.

[dredddlokk]

Awesome plane/rocket. For Ace Combat 7, I want a mission solely for the X-15. With this music. And a landing sequence. :D

[curtisw2007]

hey im naughty too

[gaypplreadthis]

that thing can climb 62 miles up! and reach speeds upto mach 6.7

[kylerock101]

that was way cool

[Doc40]

R.L. Burnside rocks..

[khashy87]

what is it?

[carbons4]

When you look at this and how advanced it was for the day , the shutles replacement looks like one giant leap backwards for mankind.

[DrWiseGuy1]

thats one kick ass jet

[ryanspeed]

Way too cool!

Is that Muddy Waters singing?

[bry3500]

R.L. Burnside

[DrWiseGuy1]

you wouldnt happen to know the track name dude?

[bry3500]

Poor Boy Long Ways From Home

[DrWiseGuy1]

yeah I dig that, great video and most appropriate track, thanks again bry3500

[bry3500]

cheers

[InsanelyViolent]

the last part scared me a bit. I thought the landing was gonna result in a complete fracture of the plane body then an explosion follows..

[CTUKeyes]

imagine how fast this thing would go without wind resistance. like in space!

[wasabij]

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Space shuttles re-enter the earth's atmosphere at around four and a half times as fast.

[CTUKeyes]

ya I know but space shuttles are going to be replaced by smaller more plane like ships like this later...well bigger than this but yknow. They are trying to phase out the modern space shuttle so

[morisganga]

whats the top speed on this thing

[bry3500]

It got to Mach 6.72 (4,534mph)

[morisganga]

ouffff WOW wtf now thats some fast shit

[pagani43]

About 7500 km/h

[atlantisindividual]

It's quite funny though, from an outside point of view - a man sitting in his little rocket, going six times the speed of sound and leaving a trail of smoke behind :)

[rob3rats]

Fantastic footage! Whats the name of backing music?

[bry3500]

Poor Boy long way from home- R.L. Burnside

[atlantisindividual]

Nice music, fits the video perfectly *thumbs up*

[garybooker]

Love the combination. The X-15 is one of my favorite aircraft and R.L. Burnside is one of my favorite blues artists.

[Membrane556]

Much of the work done on the X15 paved the way for the space shuttle.

[sparklieboy]

it is not a plane, it is a rocket the men who rode this had balls. armstrong is my hero.

[kratosthemaniac]

thats not the fastest plain because it didn`t start from the ground

the fastest plain is the SR 71 Blackbird

butt the x15 has the record for the vehicle with the highest speed on earth and

the x 15 was very damaged after the record

[F22RaptorFF]

the shooting star (short stuby wings) could fly mach 3 because of the wings and the F-22a raptor can go faster than mach 3 so the SR-71 is not the fastest. they just don't say that it goes that fast because other countries will do it

[blackout2240]

i love this airplane. it can go so fast

[betyerdid]

They don't make them like they used to.

[Asdre12344]

the plane goes so fast that with enough fuel it could go over the atlantic in less than 50 mintutes

[Miffmoff123]

that looks like it could make you younger than you originally were

[coldwar2008]

risk is part of the fun

[tropicalian]

That just looks sooo risky! Wild times.

[basekilla3125]

how fast is this plane

[Pensinspace]

mach 3

[EvenTheOdd]

It can actually reach mach 6.7 at over 300 thousand feet.

[hyattandy]

4500 mph +

[captainpegs07]

sometimes...When I'm flying my piper tomahawk...close my eyes and immagine real hard . . .

[captainpegs07]

what song is this?

[bry3500]

Poor Boy long way from home - R.L Burnside

[dmgeltigre]

Just got a model X-15 today!

[wotanderwilde]

*cough* A9-Amerika Rakete *cough*

[yomamma228]

what what...!!!?

[wotanderwilde]

The X-15 is based on a script from German Scientists from 1944-45. They tried to build a Rocket which is able to reach the USA.

They called the Rocket "A9 Amerika Rakete"..

The Allies took over all scripts after the surrender of Germany. Not only the V-Weapons Programm but a lot of other stuff like the Onewing Plane from the Brothers Horten, the "Horten 9". Btw the B2 is based on this!

They called it Operation "Paperclip".

[BergerKing064]

nasas built a human dart!

[VargTheSecond]

LOL i seen one of those in america.

Lmao @ robinoi

[e4e5d4]

What a BEAST...

[drnumlock]

The cost to weight ratio of this thing is higher than gold. And its a heavy piece of machinery.

In one, on ground, engine test the rocket blew up. The cockpit, with a casually dressed pilot, survived due to extra armouring.

[wanttobeelected]

The pilot who died was Mike Adams

[tocamadera]

some people like thoose pilots makes stupid all what I made in my life

[robinoi]

Flight attendant service on X15s is SHIT

[smoth007]

lol. They serve cold coffee

[com85]

j'adore la music! superbe video, pilote ... geniaux.

[Perranporth]

That is my kind of transport!

[PC3900]

Everybody knows this was just another NASA hoax (I'm Joking).

[bry3500]

LOL

[daltonagre]

X-15 remains among the the most modern aircraft of history.And this after 50 years!

[jappiexl]

The Right Stuff!

[noreg2]

That's not an aircraft, that's a missile with a pilot!

I'm not complaining, I find it amazing! I love engineering and aircrafts...

[daltonagre]

X-15 won't never fly again, but it remains a remarkable aircraft.

[MadShadowBand]

The X-15 DOES have landing skids. THey DO land

[pyrokid33]

actually wait, what am i talking about that one lands...i think i was possibly thinking about another thing called the X-43A? so sorry ignore that haha

[pyrokid33]

it doesnt land it's designed to crash into the ocean

[peeeete]

what's the landing speed of that thing?!

[MetalMilitiaXV]

i love the onboard view

[kimmer6]

My dad got me into Edwards AFB when I was a little kid, I don't know how. I saw and touched the X-15 and it made my hair stand on end. It was black and sinister looking. My dad introduced me to a guy named Joe who flew it and I recall the perfect ball the plane had for a nose. My brother and I often heard its sonic booms from our back yard. The ol man also took us to Rocketdyne in Santa Suzana when they test fired a rocket engine. We didn't know how lucky we were.

[eatingpoo]

how fast did it go?

[Kicker2514]

The highest speed it reached was Mach 6.72(4,534 mph), at a peak altitude of 354,200 ft (67 miles high)

[guitargod90210]

wasnt the x-15 unmanned? or was there somebody in there?

[bry3500]

Manned - Read video description

The X-15 pilots in order of date of first flight and number of flights were:

* Scott Crossfield, North American Aviation, 14 * Joseph A. Walker, NASA, 25 * Robert M. White, USAF, 16 * Forrest S. Petersen, USN, 5 * John B. McKay, NASA, 29 * Robert A. Rushworth, USAF, 34 * Neil A. Armstrong, NASA, 7 * Joe H. Engle, USAF, 16 * Milton O. Thompson, NASA, 14 * William J. Knight, USAF, 16 * William H. Dana, NASA, 16 * Michael J. Adams, USAF, 7

[tracyterry]

Yes, it was manned. 8 of the 12 X-15 pilots flew the plane into space. Bob White was the first (he took it over 60 miles above Earth), Joe Engle did it 3 times, and ironically, Neil Armstrong didn't enter space once in the X-15.

[rec1971]

looked for RL Burnside and found Poor Boy but cannot find this version?

[bry3500]

RL has recorded a few different versions of this song -message me and i'll give you my email . I'll send an mp3

[mtxinu2]

can you send me a copy?

[bry3500]

A DVD Copy?

[mtxinu2]

The song playing in the video (RL Burnside - Poor Boy)in MP3.

[bry3500]

Send me a private message with your email - can do

[tracyterry]

Excellent. My favorite pilot of all time is Robert M. White, the first man to fly a fixed-wing aircraft (the X-15) into space (and back).

[bry3500]

I agree - An unsung NASA hero

[pauloxaxb]

thanks man

[pauloxaxb]

love this song!!!!!!!! whose is it?

[bry3500]

RL Burnside - Poor Boy ( long ways from home)

[macnation]

It almost a rocket with a seat. These were the good old days with all manned flights and no computers.

[Hoshimaru57]

Man that's the first actual video I've ever seen of the X-15, yep all of the Mercury guys wanted somethin like that if I recall. In the Right Stuff they call Mercury a tin can with a monkey in it I believe.

[minutemanjs]

You assume that the only thing we have is combustion engines to make things fly fast.... Think about it. This movie was made 40 years ago, technology changes fast whether you know it or not.

[MisterChandu]

Your also looking at the oldest B 52 still flying!

[neep28]

The second and last x-15 "mothership" the NB52B was retired in 2004, having first flown in 1955.

[icecreamfreshh]

lol this shit reminds me of dragon ball z, dunno why its just fastt

[captainpegs07]

AWESOME VIDEO!!

[gothic0gazaneo]

myfirstnameisross is in right. The X-43 was unmanned.

[joshs088008]

And for good readon LOL Mach 9

[minutemanjs]

That technology is extinct, there are wayyyy faster ways now.

[myfirstnameisross]

Not true. The X-15 still holds the piloted world speed record of mach 6.7

[dirtballdan1000]

the x-43 broke it's record doing mach 9.8

[myfirstnameisross]

Not true again. Read the post s-l-o-w-l-y.

The X-15 still holds the world record for PILOTED flight.

The X-43 is UNmanned

[WwYourCaptainwW]

ur a freakin' retard! the ONLY plane faster than the X-15 was the UNMANNED X-43...do everyone a favor and don't comment on shit you know NOTHING about!

[tomterahedrob]

uber cool. i should play this in a nightclub or a place like what Pancho Barnes had.

[tomterahedrob]

addictive, I just love this vid.

[patate12345678910]

what is the song.

[bry3500]

poor boy -rl burnside

[tomterahedrob]

Perfect how the music & footage seem perfectly sync & made for each other. A perfect vid!

[tomterahedrob]

hey!the music thefootage this isa great vid!thanksfor posting!great info too.

[HVAC25000]

is your spacebar broken? or are you special ed?

[PrankerDemon]

Why NASA and Joseph Walker? Why the US's interest in developing planes just to defeat a record? Well a very interesting piece of information is, Walker had fancified interests in filming possible UFOs. When he actually did film some, the film was debunked, as many often are. The Roswell crash, the 7,500 mph craft shaped like a German YB49. Be a cynic. Go ahead. Research it yourself.

[bry3500]

Didnt know the Walker/UFO connection - Thanks

[WwYourCaptainwW]

Just to break records? Another retard here - without the X-15, our space program woulda fell apart. By flying Mach 6 at 350,000 feet, the X-15 was able to get a better picture of what experiences a spacecraft re-entering the atmosphere would have! Please - stick to what you know, and not your whack-job conspiracy theories. FYI - I've done my research:

Crossfield, A. Scott, Jr. "Always another Dawn: The Story of a Rocket Test Pilot."

Godwin, Robert. "X-15: The NASA Mission Reports."

[daflotsam]

As Capt W said, these were research air/spacecraft, not merely record breaking craft. As well, the YB49 was a product of Jack Northrop. I'm not aware of a German YB49, but if there is one please someone share it with me.

[dummypuller]

Damn that landing seems rough! Must be an awesome experience to fly this...

[wulff707]

I saw the X-15 on a flatbed trailer in Ohio when I was a kid, it was awesome even then!

[timma00002]

if that was me piloting I would have had extreme fun and wet pants a the same time

[bry3500]

LOL

[sonora32]

Thanks for the video. I loved building models of these when I was a kid in the 60's. The X-15 pilots were not very well known, even though they flew high enough on occasion to earn astronaut wings. One of the regular pilots was Neil Armstrong,the first moonwalker.

[bry3500]

The X-15 pilots in order of date of first flight and number of flights were:

* Scott Crossfield, North American Aviation, 14 * Joseph A. Walker, NASA, 25 * Robert M. White, USAF, 16 * Forrest S. Petersen, USN, 5 * John B. McKay, NASA, 29 * Robert A. Rushworth, USAF, 34 * Neil A. Armstrong, NASA, 7 * Joe H. Engle, USAF, 16 * Milton O. Thompson, NASA, 14 * William J. Knight, USAF, 16 * William H. Dana, NASA, 16 * Michael J. Adams, USAF, 7

[WwYourCaptainwW]

the X-15 had 199 total flights, and Armstrong only flew 7 of them... definitely NOT a "regular pilot"

[acorn308]

only one pilot was killed out of 199 flights, pretty impressive, i forget his name though.

[ihaveipgtech]

beautiful sight

[talibanfanofsaddam]

Thats one cool video, if you want to know more about these aircraft I recommend reading Milton O. Thompsons book "at the edge of space the x-15 flight program"

[bry3500]

Thanks - I'll hunt it down

[vine139]

what speeed did he hit?

[bry3500]

over mach 6

[WwYourCaptainwW]

the basic X-15 hit Mach 6.06 (4104 mph)... the X-15 w/ the modified fuel tanks hit Mach 6.70 (4520 mph)

[astrorider]

Great footage. Even better if you didn't paste a whole article.lol

[SlowZombie]

no one said you had to read it! eee!

[gillesbertacco]

Yeah! It was Capt. Joe Walker who did that record...

[RaySesshomaru]

NICE. i want one! thanx for the upload.

[FogerRox]

IIRC set a record of 115,000 ft in altitude.

[WwYourCaptainwW]

LMAO!!! wtf are you talking about?  the X-15 hit 354,200' !!!

[Chuckjagermeister]

Awsome footage AND cool music.