X-Pilot

1961, 25 mins

Credits

Robert Drew

Executive Producer

Howard Sochurek

Producer - Correspondent

Terence Macartney-Filgate

Filmmaker

Albert Maysles

Filmmaker

Gregory Shuker

Reporter

Gerald Feil

Sound Supervision

Robert Farren

Editor

Dick Bergman

Editor

Anita Posner

Editor

North American Aviation

Technical Assistance

U.S. Air Force

Technical Assistance

Reaction Motors

Technical Assistance

Time, Inc.

Co-Producer

ABC News

Co-Producer

Drew Associates

Co-Producer

Reviews/Media

"It would be hard to beat the the thrill of watching test pilot Scott Crossfield actually zoom off into space and return the first space rocket ship successfully to Earth"

New York Journal-American

"So much more courage than the wildest and wooliest shooter"

Bob Considine, New York Journal-American

"Dramatic and fascinating story of the trail-blazing craft and the smiling man at the controls"

Richard F. Shepard, The New York Times

A pilot risks his life in the final test flight of the X-15 rocket-powered plane.

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