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• ASIN: B000W739NG
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This 57 minute - mostly silent - DVD explores a variety of flight experiments conducted at Dryden on the various X planes that have been developed over the past several decades. The "X" designation, originally "XS" for eXperimental Supersonic, applied to a family of experimental aircraft not intended for production beyond a limited number built solely for flight research. This dvd contains fascinating flight and experiment footage of the following aircraft. X-1 - Launching from B-29 and B-50 mothership, flight and landings; X-2 Starbuster - Launches from B-50 mothership; X-3 Stiletto - Supersonic flight research and landing; X-5 - Schnes of the X-5 in flight; X-15 - Air launches from B-52 mothership, landings, pilots, rocket ignition, damage sustained after a Mach 6.7 flight and more; X-24A - High altitude ascents and landings at Edwards Air Force Base and Rogers Dry Lake; X-24B - Air drop from B-52 mothership, flight and landing at Edwards; X-29 - Attack flight maneuvers, test with spin chute deployed, takeoff and flight; X-31A - Performing a Double Reverse Maneuver, Herbst Turn Maneuver, Mongoose Maneuver, Post Stall Maneuver and more; X-33 - Test firing of Linear Aerospike engine, a variety of flight and docking computer animations; X-38 - Drop flight tests from B-52 mothershipand a variety of computer animations; X-40A - A series of free flight tests; X-43A/Hyper-X - A series of flight and B-52 mothership drop tests leading up a Mach 10 flight; X-45A - Take off, flight and landings at Edwards Air FOrce Base; XB-70A Valkyrie - Startup, taxi and takeoff, flight and a landing at Edwards; XV-15 Tilt Rotor Aircraft - Flight, takeoff and maneuvering

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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't Bother!!!!, April 2, 2011

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This review is from: The X Plane Flight Collection - Featuring the X-1, X2, X-3, X-5, X-15, X-24A, A-29, A31A, X-33, A-38, A-40A, X-43A/Hyper-X, X-45A, XB-70A and XV-15 Aircraft (DVD)

I was very disappointed with this product. In a nutshell these are movie clips that are available free on the NASA Dryden film archive website. This DVD is made-up of clips obviously ripped from the internet and it looks like it was made in someones bedroom. The video quality is what you would expect from a disc of material taken from low-res internet clips. AVOID!!!!!!