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