Click the links below to view Quicktime VR. (You will need to have Apple Quicktime 3.0 or higher to view these links.

  • X-15 full size Mockup on display at Dryden Flight Research Centre
  • X-15 pilot watches the Space Shuttle land at Edwards Air Force Base October 2000. Also in view SR-71 Blackbird.
  • X-15 full size mockup on display at USAF museum Edwards Air Force Base. This model was used by North American Aviation when accurate measurements were needed to make alterations to the flight vehicles.
  • X-15A-2 desk model.

    • Other related issues:-

    In order to provide the best possible sound and picture quality the interview movie has been created using MPEG 1 compression.

    If the video clips will not run from your browser double click on any of the following files in Windows Explorer to run them in Quicktime Movie Player.

  • dryden.mov,Edwards.mov, USAF.mov, a2model.mov

    • The movies run in both Netscape Navigator (with an appropriate Plug-In or by selecting Media Player as the target application) and Microsoft Internet Explorer but will load faster if you run them directly from Quicktime Movie Player.

    It is recommended that you have at least a Pentium computer with an 8X CDROM drive. Slower CDROM drives may exhibit playback problems in the form of dropped frames and an erratic play rate. This can often be avoided by copying the mpg file to your hard drive and running it from there.

    If you have a very fast machine you should be able to maximize the movie image to full screen but due to space restrictions and in order to include almost three and a half hours of video the image appears best at no more than 200% magnification.