This article is about the 1961 movie. For the American experimental hypersonic research aircraft, see North American X-15.
X-15 movie poster.
Movie (1961)
Italian title: Il leggendario X-15
Starring:
David McLean (NASA test pilot Matt Powell)
Charles Bronson (Lt. Col. Lee Brandon)
Ralph Taeger (Maj. Ernest Wilde)
Patricia Owens (Margaret Brandon)
X-15 is a 1961 dramatic aviation film that presents a fictionalized account of the X-15 research rocket plane program during its first two years.
Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress[]
Boeing NB-52B s/n 52-0008.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Lockheed F-104D-5-LO Starfighter[]
Serialed 71315, this Lockheed F-104D-5-LO Starfighter c/n 483-5027 was later sold to Taiwan (serial there : 4161).
Lockheed F-104A Starfighter[]
Built as YF-104A (s/n 55-2964), written off on 2 November 1957.
Lockheed F-104B-1-LO Starfighter[]
Lockheed F-104B-1-LO (c/n 283-5000) s/n FG-719, written off on 27 June 1958.
Lockheed F-104A Starfighter & North American F-100F-15-NA Super Sabre[]
FW-963 is North American F-100F-15-NA Super Sabre s/n 56-3963 (c/n 243-239) sold to Turkish AF in 1974 and crashed the following year.
North American F-100F Super Sabre[]
Seconds before the crash...
North American F-100C-20-NA Super Sabre[]
North American F-100C-20-NA s/n 54-1907.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Piasecki H-21B Workhorse[]
Another one just seen blurred but with a different paint scheme.
Bell X-1E[]
Bell X-1E, AF s/n 46-063, seen in front of the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center headquarters building (Edwards Air Force Base, California).
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Douglas F5D[]
In the right background, one of the four Douglas F5D prototype. Probably Douglas F5D NASA 212 (BuN 139208) with its color paint of the very first 60's. Transferred to Edward in 1961 for use as test aircraft in the Dyna-Soar project but eventually not used as it. He later changed to more red dayglo panels and NASA 708 code.
North American X-15A[]
Seen at every stage of the program, on the ground and in the air.
Backwards camera during the climb towards space frontier.
Seconds before landing, the X-15 jettisoned its lower half fin just before extending its short-legged landing skids.
North American X-15A[]
S/n 56-6670.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
North American X-15A[]
S/n 56-6671.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
North American X-15A[]
S/n 56-6672.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Boeing NB-52A Stratofortress[]
Boeing NB-52A s/n 52-0003.
One of the very few shot of the NB-52 without the X-15.
Various Desk Models[]
All along the movie, we can see lot of models and posters especially at Brandon's office including : X-15, B-58, X-3, F-100, F-104, F-102, F-101.
Here are two examples with Convair F-102 Delta Dagger :
And this one with Convair F-102 Delta Dagger and Convair B-58A Hustler.
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