X-15 Hypersonic Research At The Edge Of Space

[@Bormann8-i9]

My Grampa used to work for North American back then and was part of the designing crew for the X-15. He gave me a picture of the X-15 once with an autograph by Scott Crossfield, one of the X-15 pilots. Still keep that picture like a treasure. I love the X-15. :)

[@sitsia3808]

Nice, n lucky

[@racerkingbbs04]

Wow man, preserve that shit like your life, that is a legend and the person who piloted it too

[@speedball1919]

Yes the pilot had quite a reaction to zero-g state.....? 3:35 camera number 5 was a great investment

[@kellyweingart3692]

pilot’s reaction:🤪🤪🤪🤪😂😂😂😂

[@Stigstigster]

@@kellyweingart3692 He looked like he was about to nod off!

[@Wordavee1]

I could see his eyelids were weightless!

[@justforever96]

I think the idea was that he was calm and totally okay. They were worried about how people would react to weightlessness back then, these were some of the first tests to see what would actually happen to a person outside of gravitational pull. So it was very significant at the time.

[@cizzlen07]

The cinematography in this old documentary shits on most films of today. This footage is epically well done

[@danielbrowniel]

"as a result of the aircraft's impressive speed, the pilot was not late for the meeting"

[@Luftek46]

or date

[@E_Rico]

I need this plane to get to my lectures quicker

[@kobedunn465]

The pilots crush messaged him saying she’s home alone but lives on the other side of the country and the parents come home in 40 minutes

[@Agent_3141]

6:00 ha, Chinook doing a wheely

[@Oracle13]

That made me laugh xD

[@Oracle13]

Joshua Bayer Actually, I think that is a Piasecki H-21, aka the "flying banana" :)

[@MaxCruise73]

Oracle13 You are correct Sir. Indeed the helicopter is a Piasecki H-21. I have seen four Piasecki H-21's in various museums. Have seen the two surviving X-15's plus one of the two B-52's that served as lift and launch aircraft.

[@Agent_3141]

Oracle13 your right, my bad, its still funny though X)

[@pinochet3317]

Gangster

[@Alan-in-Bama]

These Men were some of the Damn Bravest pilots....Ever ! They have all been my heroes, since I was a little kid in the 70's.

[@RazorLily]

6:00 lol random chinook xD Chinook: hey i want to join the party waiiiit

[@skylerfox7663]

It’s not a chinook it’s it’s predecessor the CH-21 Piasecki nicknamed the flying Banana for its shape

[@leokimvideo]

cool, it has been years since I have seen this

[@lilAstrid1]

Cool, you have 1.3 million subscribers but here we are.

[@brunitoforrester]

@@lilAstrid1 Hi Astrid, my girlfriend's name is Astrid too

[@saucejohnson9862]

God! I love old time commentary!!

[@Wangan280z]

Jeez, when they show the onboard view, it pulls away so HARD from all the planes following, Beast...

[@chrismawson8935]

That acceleration at 2:54 is insane.

[@justforever96]

I notice the footage taken from the X-15 appears much, much faster than the footage taken from the B-52. I have to wonder if that is the actual speed, or if they sped it up to make it seem more impressive. that would be a LOT of Gee.

[@planegaper]

@@justforever96 I saw an interview with Pete Night, he said she pulled 5 G's sustained, and it was the only aircraft he was relieved when the engine quit.. (btw, first man shows a switch igniting the xlr 99, but it was a throttle detent in reality).. Claimed it was very hard to work the controls with that G loading, so they modified them to work off pressure rather than movements, al la F16, for apogee and re entry phases.. Also, the fuselage would "pop" with a giant bang as it went through heating cycles, scared the half shit out of him every time, never got used to it.. also the service guys burned their hands a lot post flight as inconnel stored heat, and the fuselage was hot to the touch even hours after a flight, she was a crazy ass ship.. They did take some time lapse of her, but this footage seems about right. They said after the xlr was installed the F104's, didn't even bother lighting their burners up to give chase as it served no purpose other than to waste fuel, why bother chasing something that would blow the doors off an SR71, at it's lowest power setting (Mach 4 at 60 percent of max pressure/thrust)..

[@sportmodel9526]

@@justforever96 it's actually time lapse footage. gives the impression of a high G acceleration which would have caused the pilot to pass out

[@julesjackson4855]

It’s not in real time.

[@danilozanata1673]

I love this aircraft so much! This change the way we saw things for me is like pure life! As a commercial pilot i have to say

[@wonderlustre]

This is beautiful, and the wheelie helicopter is epic too!

[@Oracle13]

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! Thanks for posting this!

[@monos70]

Man, the narrator's tone is that of giving zero fu*ks of the danger the pilots faced. 😅

[@k.mirenburg6766]

Yes, the 60s were incredible and I watched these events unfold from the X-15, through Mercury, Gemini, Apollo to the ISS today. I am hoping to see us return to the Moon and/or go to Mars.

[@djp928]

Whoa! That helicopter doing wheelies was awesome!

[@Kikijay2]

10 year old comment 😱

[@djp928]

@@Kikijay2 Ten minute old comment

[@rookie693]

@@djp928 and you responded!

[@julesjackson4855]

@@rookie693so did you

[@Vanzie1988]

That was great. Especially the footage from the X-15 when it leaves the B-52. Wow. Thanks dude.

[@BeLikeWater1000]

chopper wheelie at 6:04 was fuckin BAD ASS

[@XYZ-km9kg]

hahahaha funny part pf the vid ...video bomb from the chopper

[@hckyplyr90]

I worked with an engineer named Denver Linschied who had been at North American and worked on both the X-15 and XB-70 programs. He was a much older guy, but a very sharp engineer.

[@eschewobfuscate]

Anyone else notice how flat the horizon is?

[@ZackWolfMusic]

Yup it's very flat! I guess they forgot the fish eye lens!

[@rogueguineapig]

Ooops! And at the end, the narrator says, "Pilot Joe Walker"...Walker's flights that were closest to 317,000 feet were flights 77, 90, and 91, in January, July and August of 1963, but they were either above or below that stated altitude. It's possible that what you are seeing is a montage of a Joe Walker landing tied to in-flight footage from other missions like the the White/Dana missions I mentioned above. What you are seeing could be 2 or even 3 missions worth of footage.

[@josephs-d8731]

Did anyone see that guy get trolled at 7:58?

[@lepicos]

JoJo4514 how is it possible when the video's lenght is 7:57? Maybe u meant that number.

[@tizoro3]

OmpperI _205 Lol he was talking about you

[@DannyUrbancic]

Lol you just got trolled

[@faskaabdelmajid363]

im fucking dead

[@lios_e7494]

Joseph S-D bruh

[@E_Rico]

6:00 a caterpillar just casually blocks the view of the x15

[@DickJohnson3434]

7:43 "Man's ultimate goal... the conquest of space" Perhaps ambitious to a fault...

[@jonelalexiscaroc7495]

yup, like when your in a subway and see a lady that uses the seats for her shopping bag that could accommodate 3 people, and yet she'll argue that our balls are far more of an interfere to space.

[@taritata]

u always put great vids here ;-) Thanks !

[@TYost92]

It really shows the authenticity of the accelerating while entering space and then re-entry back to earth in the alien attack Neil Armstrong X15 flight video

[@leahtemplar3296]

Notice the horizon is either concave or convex , but flat when central to the lens ...

[@ZackWolfMusic]

Yup the Horizon is flat!

[@ZackWolfMusic]

@@groovebattalion This plane Is at least, and ballons can only up to leo nothing higher. The ballons at leo altitude show no curvature. You're a stupid brainwashed loser..

[@MeDdZ1000]

Notice the same on a lot of other videos that show the opposite when central to the lens 🤷‍♂️

[@k.mirenburg6766]

Nice clear flick of the X-15. You can purchase from Spacecraft Films all X-15 archival footage digitally enhanced and improved in color, but it costs big time.

[@TSideOG]

I hope this footage still exists on film so it can be redigitalized in HD

[@StevenEveral]

Who else is watching this before the Virgin Galactic flight?

[@socialgarbage2]

A manned missile! By far the coolest of the X-planes. Thanks once again for a great video!

[@baronvonfrankenstein2799]

These guys pushed the limits... no-one does it anymore.

[@nutsackmania]

But wittow babies might get hurt!

[@Krisisawake]

Remarkable footage. It's great !

[@happyfox711]

Is that Groom Lake ?

[@PistonDriven]

Masterclass...!. Thanx for posting..!

[@SuperScottCrawford]

I'm surprised the fuselage didn't break every time it landed.

[@laszlokramer949]

It did once.

[@ElementoVolatile]

@marcel911 Weel, that's simply a matter of weight: They had problems to come up with a plane that could lift it and launch it with boosters attached. The Shuttle's main engines didn't have enough thrust to allow him to climb in atmosphere.

[@MrSuperawesome5000]

@fritzski22 I don't know have you ever gone and seen a shuttle launch in person. Its very awe inspiring.

[@zad904100]

No fisheye lens at that time...

[@ryhanen7819]

the camera fov is very low thats why you cant see it idiot

[@williamhendrix3253]

😂

[@ZackWolfMusic]

@Pelihuppu shut yo stupid trolling gate keeping ass up!

[@sbrutcher]

Narrator sounds kinda pissed. Great video, though.

[@brownstonecustomcabinetry5309]

Thats what a loving father sounded like in 1950

[@bzaden]

@4:24 that earth is so flat

[@ZackWolfMusic]

Yup!

[@lopz2557]

Yes you are correct the basic air-frame was flying in 62 /64and was basic model for the SR that flew in the late sixties

[@Apalapse]

Could have gone faster but the pilot's balls were weighing down the plane.

[@alanric72]

Very, very beautiful video... Is the vector a B-52D? No counterweight from the other wing, opposite to the X-15?

[@happyfox711]

Great upload. Saw an old interview with the chief designer on this one, and what they actually designed this space plane to be able to do. Especially when launched from a SR-71. Can't find it again.

[@WizardOfChicamunga]

@migkid One actually did break it's back on landing. I believe Scott Crossfield was flying. He was unable to jettison fuel load before landing, the added weight broke it's back. He walked away unhurt.

[@EssentialXL]

Above the planet on a wing and a prayer My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air Across the clouds I see my shadow fly Out of the corner of my watering eye A dream unthreatened by the morning light Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night There's no sensation to compare with this Suspended animation, a state of bliss Can't keep my mind from the circling skies Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I .

[@ryanmcpoyle2474]

I feel like I'm watching Dragnet

[@RoboTekno]

Wow, didn't know it used attitude control rockets. Very cool. Thanks for the video :D

[@TheDeJureTour]

Wow, nice chopper wheelie stand @ 5:59

[@allgood6760]

Thanks👍

[@StatisticalError82]

Everybody's being very serious while the guy in the helicopter is like "I'M DOING WHEELIES DUDE!"

[@rogueguineapig]

This is just a guess, but with a peak altitude of 60 miles (according to the narrator), I'm going to guess it was flight 62 on July 17 of 1962, piloted by Robert White. It's also possible that it's flight 174, on Nov 1 of 1966 with pilot William Dana. Both of those flights were 58 and 59 miles high respectively, and according to the list of flights on wiki, they were in the top 5 highest flights. Both of those flights most closely match the stated altitude of 317,000 feet.

[@TheMotionStudio]

Great video!

[@ralsdower]

Well said paolo viti, well said.

[@nextsongs4god480]

4:20 to 4:40 shows a super flat horizon at 65 miles up

[@dmac8548]

Why was the horizon level in this video but curved in newer videos like the red bull free fall and nasa videos? Asking for a friend

[@alexm566]

why nobody talks about this? seems as impressive as the BlackBird!

[@justforever96]

Quite a few people talk about it. But it is not a "real" plane, since it cannot take off by itself, and it can only fly for a few minutes before fuel is exhausted. While an SR-71 can maintain top speed for a couple hours. SR-71 also flew in "combat" of sorts, flying over enemy territory. Although I would hardly call the X-15 obscure and unrecognized. it just isn't something that all 13 year old boys know about, probably because it doesn't look like something from Batman.

[@Redacted36257]

Because the earth is flat

[@flatearthprojectsantiagoseijas]

THE EARTH IS FLAT!

[@knutholt3486]

The cool innovations came in the 1950es and 1960es. What we have got since is only refinement of those innovations, and often only new technological fashions propagated as progress.

[@clydeyello]

No. They blackout if vertical or lateral acceleration is too high (thus causing the blood to flow to only part of the body, causing apoxia, or oxygen deprivation). Generally speaking, the problem isn't with speed, but with acceleration.

[@150cameron]

Where can I find the full version of this video? (If it exists)

[@foreignwarren7361]

Helicopter pilot:Can you do this though? X15 pilot:meh

[@NPJGlobal]

GoPro's grandpa...

[@Ramirez83786]

No flat earther but, why don't I see any curvature? 4:20 - 4:40 I mean it's well over 300000 feet. Flat earthers please don't comment, I don't want to create an endless discussion.

[@fehmidonmez7810]

Yeah at 100km no curvature. So there is no curve before NASA.

[@GambuDvipa]

а горизонт-то РОВНЫЙ! и это со 100 км.!

[@salamander5318]

The earth is flatter than a blu-ray disc at 4:20 in the video. This is obviously a wide angle lens so the true horizon is only seen when the horizon goes through the center of the image.

[@MeDdZ1000]

So the numerous videos that show it curved when central to the lens?

[@salamander5318]

@@MeDdZ1000 They "Fixed it in post".

[@Yahuah123]

How high was this?

[@t.me_s_petizioni_2220]

Un altro commentatore ha scritto in cirillico 100 km.

[@ElementoVolatile]

@lopz2557 During the sixties, there already was the First incarnation of the SR-71 around. It was the A-12 Archangel/Oxcart

[@clydeyello]

And yet nobody imagined this. Technological progress is an unpredictable beast.

[@nutsackmania]

We seem to be experimenting techmological differences

[@equinoxproject2284]

Curve - 3:25 Flat - 4:23 Concave - 4:29

[@AnmlPeeweeIsHere]

equinox project Concave where? The thing think that makes it appear concave is the haze of the atmosphere, and even then it's barely noticeable.

[@equinoxproject2284]

Ricardo Martinez I meant to direct this comment at someone that was claiming the horizon was flat. Check out the timestamps. I am pointing out that at different times in the video the horizon looks all three shapes. Relying on this footage to make a definite conclusion about the shape of the earth is not possible.

[@AnmlPeeweeIsHere]

equinox project Ah ok. And I agree that this footage isnt the most reliable to determine if the earth is flat or spheroidal. However, the distortion is extremely limited in this footage. The perceived curvature doesn't seem to be a product of distortion.

[@equinoxproject2284]

Ricardo Martinez 👍

[@hitmann4013]

4:25 is that realy flat-earth behind!? blue flat murble… ?

[@ryhanen7819]

the camera fov is very low thats why you cant see it idiot

[@ryhanen7819]

how can oyu be so gullible to literally believe anything you see

[@ZackWolfMusic]

@Pelihuppu shut yo stupid trolling gate keeping ass up!

[@arslankhanlive]

wah bhai wah... fitty moun.

[@ScoutSniper3124]

6:00 H-21 Shawnee helicopter Photo Bombing the X-15... You just that Helo pilot was grinning ear to ear :-)

[@renatoeckel2011]

And the horizon is tottaly flat as expexted!

[@mikeFlatbird729]

yep!

[@ryhanen7819]

the camera fov is very low thats why you cant see it idiot

[@mikeFlatbird729]

@@groovebattalion let's livestream debate kid! and or come to my Discord so i can pounce on you and your sticking globe. you sleepwalking idiot

[@FiNiTe_weeb]

Was this for ssto / half booster-half plane missions to orbit like the shuttle?

[@justforever96]

No, mostly just to experiment with very high speeds and altitudes, although the data would be useful in the development of the X-20 DynaSoar. In fact, the SSTO/spaceplane concept was the earliest. They were developing a spaceplane at the time when someone came up with the novel concept of just putting a "capsule" on the end of one of our big rockets and launching a man into orbit that way, as a quicker and cheaper way to get a man into space than developing a working space plane system. X-15 pilots were contemptuous of the capsule idea, since it wasn't for "real" pilots, just test subjects. But the capsule was what was eventually adopted....and many still think it was the wrong idea.

[@fedesur7261]

Beatiful space plane like Flash Gordon, and Star Wars !!!!

[@ScoutSniper3124]

Virgin Galactic patting themselves on the back for reaching 55 miles into the atmosphere and Mach 3. X-15's went to 67 miles altitude (space starts at 62 miles) and speeds of Mach 5.5. Back in 1963.

[@ecurb10]

Why were the landing skids so far back on fuselage?

[@trespire]

It was for improved directional stability when touching down. There's a segment where this is described in detail in the X-15 annual progress report. It's really worth watching if this is your cup of tea.

[@MrZmogutis696]

how high it was? Why horizon is horizontal?

[@wildboar7473]

That is the rare truth seen, no need to be FE, at that distance its FLAT. Silly Red Bull ball.

[@ZackWolfMusic]

Horzion is horizontal because there is no curvature

[@MrZmogutis696]

@@ZackWolfMusic That was the point of my Q for this video :) Where is curvature :)

[@ElementoVolatile]

@ShlockenheimerNator Actually, you're right. SR-71 entered service in the late 60s, while his earlier brother, the archangel, was already taking off in 1962. The YF-12 was built in the form of two prototypes during that decade, then the program died off, and they were handed off to NASA for experimental flights.

[@tkzsfen]

i'm sure this dude could have single handedly end the cold war, feed Africa and win and olympic medal in the same day after the mission was over. full respect for people with balls!

[@sutton513]

@coolerwesbox well done

[@ultimatedutchgamer]

yep

[@EyeOnTheTV]

I'll be building this in KSP in honor of Bill Dana. RIP

[@JazzyAnasazi]

who would enjoy to see a sport of this? I don't know, just a thought ^^;

[@conall9415]

There was an idea to have a rocket plane tournament. Also I know I am 4 years late to this.

[@macklenk5326]

Conall lol

[@coolman2693]

notice the helicopter popping a wheelee at 6:00, lmfao!!

[@jmm1233]

i want to try this in ksp

[@JMxVideos]

the touch down is soooo hard

[@MRWIRUPONGSUKARUJI]

จรวดติดลำกล้องดีมากครับ

[@AVIATIONANDTECHNOLOGY]

I like looks of the white version of the X-15

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

Just imagine that. 354,000 feet!! Only a couple minutes before, he was at 45,000 feet which is already pretty high up.

[@ZackWolfMusic]

354,000 feet is impossible to reach.

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

@@ZackWolfMusic what do you mean?

[@ZackWolfMusic]

@@JoeyLovesTrains It's impossible to fly up to 300,000 ft..

[@JoeyLovesTrains]

@@ZackWolfMusic what makes you think it's impossible??

[@ZackWolfMusic]

@@JoeyLovesTrains Because at 300,000 ft the plane would be above the blue horizon, but yet it's not. Ballons can reach to that blue horzion which means this plane around 80k to 100,000 feet high...

[@mattkent2651]

The landing is almost, completely insane.

[@ESTEBANCAM]

Flath

[@CyclonicTuna023]

I'm trying to build this thing in Kerbal Space Program, but its damm hard...

[@gradyseasons8800]

No fisheye lense there

[@ryhanen7819]

the camera fov is very low thats why you cant see it idiot

[@gradyseasons8800]

Pelihuppu what you even on about you dumb fuck! Are your parents brother and sister you dumb mong! 🤦‍♂️

[@ZackWolfMusic]

@Pelihuppu shut yo stupid trolling gate keeping ass up!

[@Darkmanipulatorz]

Discovery channel commercial brought me here:p

[@throughthemandelalookinggl3271]

flat horizon.... proof earth is not a globe

[@ZackWolfMusic]

Indeed!

[@quantumysticlocustar9908]

I have a confession to make... I love to smoke a joint while watching this video with playback speed at 0.5... again & again ... the voice & the visual really suits my calmness... ha... ha.. ha...