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The X-15 Makes an Emergency Landing

November 5, 1959 — after dropping from its B-52 (52-0003) mothership, now housed at the museum, the X-15 sustained a small engine fire forcing test pilot Scott Crossfield to make an emergency landing. However, not all the propellant was jettisoned and because the X-15 wasn't designed to land with such a heavy payload, it broke the plane's back. Grounded for repair, it returned to the skies three months later. It suffered a second crash landing in 1962 but would return as the modified X-15A-2 that would eventually set the rocket-plane speed record of Mach 6.7 in 1967. See our aircraft, our exhibits, and plan your visit: https://pimaair.org/ Follow us on social media for more aviation history, what’s new in the workshop, and more: https://x.com/pimaair   / pimaairandspace     / pimaair     / pimaair   Visit our gift shop: https://pimaairstore.company.site/pro...