List of X-15 flights
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A list of North American X-15 pilots and flights.
X-15 pilots
| Pilot | Agency | Flights | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Adams | USAF | 7 | 56-6670 (4), 56-6672 (3) |
| Neil Armstrong | NASA | 7 | 56-6670 (3), 56-6672 (4) |
| Scott Crossfield | North American | 14 | 56-6670 (2), 56-6671 (12) |
| Bill Dana | NASA | 16 | 56-6670 (6), 56-6671 (1), 56-6672 (9) |
| Joseph H. Engle | USAF | 16 | 56-6670 (7), 56-6672 (9) |
| Pete Knight | USAF | 16 | 56-6670 (6), 56-6671 (8), 56-6672 (2) |
| John B. McKay | NASA | 29 | 56-6670 (12), 56-6671 (11), 56-6672 (6) |
| Forrest S. Petersen | USN | 5 | 56-6670 (4), 56-6671 (1) |
| Robert A. Rushworth | USAF | 34 | 56-6670 (13), 56-6671 (12), 56-6672 (9) |
| Milt Thompson | NASA | 14 | 56-6670 (5), 56-6672 (9) |
| Joe Walker | NASA | 25 | 56-6670 (13), 56-6671 (3), 56-6672 (9) |
| Robert White | USAF | 16 | 56-6670 (6), 56-6671 (6), 56-6672 (4) |
List of X-15 free flights
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Flight ID(1.) Aircraft Date Pilot Mach Altitude (m) Speed (km/h) 1 1-1-5 56-6670 June 8, 1959 Scott Crossfield 0.79 11,445 840 2 2-1-3 56-6671 September 17, 1959 Scott Crossfield 2.11 15,954 2,242 3 2-2-6 56-6671 October 17, 1959 Scott Crossfield 2.15 18,831 2,284 4 2-3-9 56-6671 November 5, 1959 Scott Crossfield 1.00 13,857 1,062 5 1-2-7 56-6670 January 23, 1960 Scott Crossfield 2.53 20,374 2,686 6 2-4-11 56-6671 February 11, 1960 Scott Crossfield 2.22 26,858 2,359 7 2-5-12 56-6671 February 17, 1960 Scott Crossfield 1.57 16,045 1,667 8 2-6-13 56-6671 March 17, 1960 Scott Crossfield 2.15 16,045 2,284 9 1-3-8 56-6670 March 25, 1960 Joe Walker 2.00 14,822 2,124 10 2-7-15 56-6671 March 29, 1960 Scott Crossfield 1.96 15,235 2,081 11 2-8-16 56-6671 March 31, 1960 Scott Crossfield 2.03 15,653 2,157 12 1-4-9 56-6670 April 13, 1960 Robert M. White 1.90 14,630 2,018 13 1-5-10 56-6670 April 19, 1960 Joe Walker 2.56 18,134 2,718 14 1-6-11 56-6670 May 6, 1960 Robert M. White 2.20 18,574 1,689 15 1-7-12 56-6670 May 12, 1960 Joe Walker 3.19 23,738 3,397 16 1-8-13 56-6670 May 19, 1960 Robert M. White 2.31 33,222 2,559 17 2-9-18 56-6671 May 26, 1960 Scott Crossfield 2.20 15,631 2,337 18 1-9-17 56-6670 August 4, 1960 Joe Walker 3.31 23,809 3,533 19 1-10-19 56-6670 August 12, 1960 Robert M. White 2.52 41,605 2,852 20 1-11-21 56-6670 August 19, 1960 Joe Walker 3.13 23,159 3,196 21 1-12-23 56-6670 September 10, 1960 Robert M. White 3.23 24,343 3,512 22 1-13-25 56-6670 September 23, 1960 Forrest S. Petersen 1.68 16,168 1,783 23 1-14-27 56-6670 October 20, 1960 Forrest S. Petersen 1.94 16,398 2,060 24 1-15-28 56-6670 October 28, 1960 John B. McKay 2.02 15,453 2,145 25 1-16-29 56-6670 November 4, 1960 Robert Rushworth 1.95 14,905 1,287 26 2-10-21 56-6671 November 15, 1960 Scott Crossfield 2.97 24,750 3,154 27 1-17-30 56-6670 November 17, 1960 Robert Rushworth 1.90 16,688 2,018 28 2-11-22 56-6671 November 22, 1960 Scott Crossfield 2.51 18,867 2,665 29 1-18-31 56-6670 November 30, 1960 Neil Armstrong 1.75 14,886 1,859 30 2-12-23 56-6671 December 6, 1960 Scott Crossfield 2.85 16,268 3,027 31 1-19-32 56-6670 December 9, 1960 Neil Armstrong 1.80 15,269 1,912 32 1-20-35 56-6670 February 1, 1961 John B. McKay 1.88 15,173 1,949 33 1-21-36 56-6670 February 7, 1961 Robert M. White 3.50 23,820 3,661 34 2-13-26 56-6671 March 7, 1961 Robert M. White 4.43 23,607 4,675 35 2-14-28 56-6671 March 30, 1961 Joe Walker 3.95 51,694 4,442 36 2-15-29 56-6671 April 21, 1961 Robert M. White 4.62 32,004 4,947 37 2-16-31 56-6671 May 25, 1961 Joe Walker 4.95 32,766 5,322 38 2-17-33 56-6671 June 23, 1961 Robert M. White 5.27 32,827 5,798 39 1-22-37 56-6670 August 10, 1961 Forrest S. Petersen 4.11 23,835 4,402 40 2-18-34 56-6671 September 12, 1961 Joe Walker 5.21 34,839 5,823 41 2-19-35 56-6671 September 28, 1961 Forrest S. Petersen 5.30 31,029 5,794 42 1-23-39 56-6670 October 4, 1961 Robert Rushworth 4.30 23,774 4,554 43 2-20-36 56-6671 October 11, 1961 Robert M. White 5.21 66,142 5,869 44 1-24-40 56-6670 October 17, 1961 Joe Walker 5.74 33,101 6,276 45 2-21-37 56-6671 November 9, 1961 Robert M. White 6.04 30,968 6,587 46 3-1-2 56-6672 December 20, 1961 Neil Armstrong 3.76 24,689 4,027 47 1-25-44 56-6670 January 10, 1962 Forrest S. Petersen 0.97 13,640 1,038 48 3-2-3 56-6672 January 17, 1962 Neil Armstrong 5.51 40,691 6,059 49 3-3-7 56-6672 April 5, 1962 Neil Armstrong 4.12 54,864 4,587 50 1-26-46 56-6670 April 19, 1962 Joe Walker 5.69 46,939 6,222 51 3-4-8 56-6672 April 20, 1962 Neil Armstrong 5.31 63,246 6,098 52 1-27-48 56-6670 April 30, 1962 Joe Walker 4.94 75,194 5,615 53 2-22-40 56-6671 May 8, 1962 Robert Rushworth 5.34 21,458 5,671 54 1-28-49 56-6670 May 22, 1962 Robert Rushworth 5.03 30,602 5,552 55 2-23-43 56-6671 June 1, 1962 Robert M. White 5.42 40,416 5,914 56 1-29-50 56-6670 June 7, 1962 Joe Walker 5.39 31,577 5,910 57 3-5-9 56-6672 June 12, 1962 Robert M. White 5.02 56,266 5,660 58 3-6-10 56-6672 June 21, 1962 Robert M. White 5.08 75,194 5,860 59 1-30-51 56-6670 June 27, 1962 Joe Walker 5.92 37,704 6,605 60 2-24-44 56-6671 June 29, 1962 John B. McKay 4.95 25,359 5,279 61 1-31-52 56-6670 July 16, 1962 Joe Walker 5.57 32,675 5,913 62 3-7-14 56-6672 July 17, 1962 Robert M. White 5.45 95,936 6,167 63 2-25-45 56-6671 July 19, 1962 John B. McKay 5.18 25,984 5,591 64 1-32-53 56-6670 July 26, 1962 Neil Armstrong 5.74 30,145 6,420 65 3-8-16 56-6672 August 2, 1962 Joe Walker 5.07 44,044 5,533 66 2-26-46 56-6671 August 8, 1962 Robert Rushworth 4.40 27,699 4,736 67 3-9-18 56-6672 August 14, 1962 Joe Walker 5.25 59,009 6,030 68 2-27-47 56-6671 August 20, 1962 Robert Rushworth 5.24 27,097 5,687 69 2-28-48 56-6671 August 29, 1962 Robert Rushworth 5.12 29,627 5,547 70 2-29-50 56-6671 September 28, 1962 John B. McKay 4.22 20,787 4,450 71 3-10-19 56-6672 October 4, 1962 Robert Rushworth 5.17 34,199 5,621 72 2-30-51 56-6671 October 9, 1962 John B. McKay 5.46 39,685 5,980 73 3-11-20 56-6672 October 23, 1962 Robert Rushworth 5.47 40,996 5,980 74 2-31-52 56-6671 November 9, 1962 John B. McKay 1.49 16,444 1,640 75 3-12-22 56-6672 December 14, 1962 Robert M. White 5.65 43,099 6,022 76 3-13-23 56-6672 December 20, 1962 Joe Walker 5.73 48,890 6,104 77 3-14-24 56-6672 January 17, 1963 Joe Walker 5.47 82,814 5,918 78 1-33-54 56-6670 April 11, 1963 Robert Rushworth 4.25 22,677 4,609 79 3-15-25 56-6672 April 18, 1963 Joe Walker 5.51 28,194 6,067 80 1-34-55 56-6670 April 25, 1963 John B. McKay 5.32 32,156 5,881 81 3-16-26 56-6672 May 2, 1963 Joe Walker 4.73 63,825 5,613 82 3-17-28 56-6672 May 14, 1963 Robert Rushworth 5.20 29,139 5,794 83 1-35-56 56-6670 May 15, 1963 John B. McKay 5.57 37,856 6,206 84 3-18-29 56-6672 May 29, 1963 Joe Walker 5.52 28,042 6,209 85 3-19-30 56-6672 June 18, 1963 Robert Rushworth 4.97 68,184 5,695 86 1-36-57 56-6670 June 25, 1963 Joe Walker 5.51 34,077 6,294 87 3-20-31 56-6672 June 27, 1963 Robert Rushworth 4.89 86,868 5,512 88 1-37-59 56-6670 July 9, 1963 Joe Walker 5.07 69,007 5,844 89 1-38-61 56-6670 July 18, 1963 Robert Rushworth 5.63 31,943 6,317 90 3-21-32 56-6672 July 19, 1963 Joe Walker 5.50 106,009 5,971 91 3-22-36 56-6672 August 22, 1963 Joe Walker 5.58 107,960 6,106 92 1-39-63 56-6670 October 7, 1963 Joseph H. Engle 4.21 23,713 4,561 93 1-40-64 56-6670 October 29, 1963 Milt Thompson 4.10 22,677 4,365 94 3-23-39 56-6672 November 7, 1963 Robert Rushworth 4.40 25,085 4,707 95 1-41-65 56-6670 November 14, 1963 Joseph H. Engle 4.75 27,676 5,288 96 3-24-41 56-6672 November 27, 1963 Milt Thompson 4.94 27,371 5,327 97 1-42-67 56-6670 December 5, 1963 Robert Rushworth 6.06 30,785 6,466 98 1-43-69 56-6670 January 8, 1964 Joseph H. Engle 5.32 42,642 5,819 99 3-25-42 56-6672 January 16, 1964 Milt Thompson 4.92 21,641 5,217 100 1-44-70 56-6670 January 28, 1964 Robert Rushworth 5.34 32,736 5,823 101 3-26-43 56-6672 February 19, 1964 Milt Thompson 5.29 23,957 5,663 102 3-27-44 56-6672 March 13, 1964 John B. McKay 5.11 23,165 5,459 103 1-45-72 56-6670 March 27, 1964 Robert Rushworth 5.63 30,937 6,159 104 1-46-73 56-6670 April 8, 1964 Joseph H. Engle 5.01 53,340 5,581 105 1-47-74 56-6670 April 29, 1964 Robert Rushworth 5.72 30,968 6,286 106 3-28-47 56-6672 May 12, 1964 John B. McKay 4.66 22,189 4,963 107 1-48-75 56-6670 May 19, 1964 Joseph H. Engle 5.02 59,680 5,623 108 3-29-48 56-6672 May 21, 1964 Milt Thompson 2.90 19,568 3,001 109 2-32-55 56-6671 June 25, 1964 Robert Rushworth 4.59 25,390 4,995 110 1-49-77 56-6670 June 30, 1964 John B. McKay 4.96 30,358 5,366 111 3-30-50 56-6672 July 8, 1964 Joseph H. Engle 5.05 51,938 5,665 112 3-31-52 56-6672 July 29, 1964 Joseph H. Engle 5.38 23,774 5,831 113 3-32-53 56-6672 August 12, 1964 Milt Thompson 5.24 23,774 5,831 114 2-33-56 56-6671 August 14, 1964 Robert Rushworth 5.23 31,486 5,778 115 3-33-54 56-6672 August 26, 1964 John B. McKay 5.65 27,737 6,217 116 3-34-55 56-6672 September 3, 1964 Milt Thompson 5.35 23,957 5,818 117 3-35-57 56-6672 September 28, 1964 Joseph H. Engle 5.59 29,566 6,257 118 2-34-57 56-6671 September 29, 1964 Robert Rushworth 5.20 29,809 5,700 119 1-50-79 56-6670 October 15, 1964 John B. McKay 4.56 25,878 4,905 120 3-36-59 56-6672 October 30, 1964 Milt Thompson 4.66 25,786 5,010 121 2-35-60 56-6671 November 30, 1964 John B. McKay 4.66 26,579 4,971 122 3-37-60 56-6672 December 9, 1964 Milt Thompson 5.42 28,164 5,992 123 1-51-81 56-6670 December 10, 1964 Joseph H. Engle 5.35 34,503 5,914 124 3-38-61 56-6672 December 22, 1964 Robert Rushworth 5.55 24,750 5,782 125 3-39-62 56-6672 January 13, 1965 Milt Thompson 5.48 30,297 5,974 126 3-40-63 56-6672 February 2, 1965 Joseph H. Engle 5.71 29,931 6,252 127 2-36-63 56-6671 February 17, 1965 Robert Rushworth 5.27 28,986 5,695 128 1-52-85 56-6670 February 26, 1965 John B. McKay 5.40 46,817 5,958 129 1-53-86 56-6670 March 26, 1965 Robert Rushworth 5.17 31,059 5,761 130 3-41-64 56-6672 April 23, 1965 Joseph H. Engle 5.48 24,293 5,885 131 2-37-64 56-6671 April 28, 1965 John B. McKay 4.80 28,224 5,246 132 2-38-66 56-6671 May 18, 1965 John B. McKay 5.17 31,120 5,699 133 1-54-88 56-6670 May 25, 1965 Milt Thompson 4.87 54,803 5,501 134 3-42-65 56-6672 May 28, 1965 Joseph H. Engle 5.17 63,886 6,041 135 3-43-66 56-6672 June 16, 1965 Joseph H. Engle 4.69 74,585 5,478 136 1-55-89 56-6670 June 17, 1965 Milt Thompson 5.14 33,071 5,699 137 2-39-70 56-6671 June 22, 1965 John B. McKay 5.64 47,518 6,338 138 3-44-67 56-6672 June 29, 1965 Joseph H. Engle 4.94 85,527 5,523 139 2-40-72 56-6671 July 8, 1965 John B. McKay 5.19 64,800 5,889 140 3-45-69 56-6672 July 20, 1965 Robert Rushworth 5.40 32,126 6,051 141 2-41-73 56-6671 August 3, 1965 Robert Rushworth 5.16 63,612 5,797 142 1-56-93 56-6670 August 6, 1965 Milt Thompson 5.15 31,455 5,687 143 3-46-70 56-6672 August 10, 1965 Joseph H. Engle 5.20 82,601 5,713 144 1-57-96 56-6670 August 25, 1965 Milt Thompson 5.11 65,258 5,800 145 3-47-71 56-6672 August 26, 1965 Robert Rushworth 4.79 73,030 5,427 146 2-42-74 56-6671 September 2, 1965 John B. McKay 5.16 73,091 5,745 147 1-58-97 56-6670 September 9, 1965 Robert Rushworth 5.16 29,627 5,687 148 3-48-72 56-6672 September 14, 1965 John B. McKay 5.03 72,847 5,663 149 1-59-98 56-6670 September 22, 1965 Robert Rushworth 5.18 30,571 5,713 150 3-49-73 56-6672 September 28, 1965 John B. McKay 5.33 90,099 6,006 151 1-60-99 56-6670 September 30, 1965 Pete Knight 4.06 23,348 4,374 152 3-50-74 56-6672 October 12, 1965 Pete Knight 4.62 28,773 5,002 153 1-61-101 56-6670 October 14, 1965 Joseph H. Engle 5.08 81,229 5,720 154 3-51-75 56-6672 October 27, 1965 John B. McKay 5.06 72,207 5,663 155 2-43-75 56-6671 November 3, 1965 Robert Rushworth 2.31 21,519 2,414 156 1-62-103 56-6670 November 4, 1965 Bill Dana 4.22 24,445 4,450 157 1-63-104 56-6670 May 6, 1966 John B. McKay 2.21 20,848 2,308 158 2-44-79 56-6671 May 18, 1966 Robert Rushworth 5.43 30,175 5,937 159 2-45-81 56-6671 July 1, 1966 Robert Rushworth 1.70 13,655 1,708 160 1-64-107 56-6670 July 12, 1966 Pete Knight 5.34 39,624 5,892 161 3-52-78 56-6672 July 18, 1966 Bill Dana 4.71 29,291 5,177 162 2-46-83 56-6671 July 21, 1966 Pete Knight 5.12 58,613 5,742 163 1-65-108 56-6670 July 28, 1966 John B. McKay 5.19 73,701 5,958 164 2-47-84 56-6671 August 3, 1966 Pete Knight 5.03 75,895 5,536 165 3-53-79 56-6672 August 4, 1966 Bill Dana 5.34 40,447 5,943 166 1-66-111 56-6670 August 11, 1966 John B. McKay 5.21 76,505 5,778 167 2-48-85 56-6671 August 12, 1966 Pete Knight 5.02 70,439 5,588 168 3-54-80 56-6672 August 19, 1966 Bill Dana 5.20 54,254 5,805 169 1-67-112 56-6670 August 25, 1966 John B. McKay 5.11 78,486 5,702 170 2-49-86 56-6671 August 30, 1966 William H. Knight 5.21 30,541 5,702 171 1-68-113 56-6670 September 8, 1966 John B. McKay 2.44 22,311 2,578 172 3-55-82 56-6672 September 14, 1966 Bill Dana 5.12 77,480 5,771 173 1-69-116 56-6670 October 6, 1966 Mike Adams 3.00 22,982 3,182 174 3-56-83 56-6672 November 1, 1966 Bill Dana 5.46 93,543 6,035 175 2-50-89 56-6671 November 18, 1966 Pete Knight 6.33 30,145 6,840 176 3-57-86 56-6672 November 29, 1966 Mike Adams 4.65 28,042 5,021 177 1-70-119 56-6670 March 22, 1967 Mike Adams 5.59 40,569 6,151 178 3-58-87 56-6672 April 26, 1967 Bill Dana 1.80 16,276 1,872 179 1-71-121 56-6670 April 28, 1967 Mike Adams 5.44 50,963 5,987 180 2-51-92 56-6671 May 8, 1967 Pete Knight 4.75 29,748 5,139 181 3-59-89 56-6671 May 17, 1967 Bill Dana 4.80 21,671 5,113 182 1-72-125 56-6670 June 15, 1967 Mike Adams 5.14 69,891 5,803 183 3-60-90 56-6672 June 22, 1967 Bill Dana 5.34 25,055 5,811 184 1-73-126 56-6670 June 29, 1967 Pete Knight 4.17 52,730 4,619 185 3-61-91 56-6672 July 20, 1967 Bill Dana 5.44 25,695 5,943 186 2-52-96 56-6671 August 21, 1967 Pete Knight 4.94 27,737 5,420 187 3-62-92 56-6672 August 25, 1967 Mike Adams 4.63 25,725 5,013 188 2-53-97 56-6671 October 3, 1967 Pete Knight 6.70 31,120 7,274 189 3-63-94 56-6672 October 4, 1967 Bill Dana 5.53 76,535 6,272 190 3-64-95 56-6672 October 17, 1967 Pete Knight 5.53 85,496 6,227 191 3-65-97 56-6672 November 15, 1967 Mike Adams 5.20 81,077 5,821 192 1-74-130 56-6670 March 1, 1968 Bill Dana 4.36 31,852 4,632 193 1-75-133 56-6670 April 4, 1968 Bill Dana 5.27 57,150 5,810 194 1-76-134 56-6670 April 26, 1968 Pete Knight 5.05 63,886 5,705 195 1-77-136 56-6670 June 12, 1968 Bill Dana 5.15 67,086 5,734 196 1-78-138 56-6670 July 16, 1968 Pete Knight 4.79 67,513 5,443 197 1-79-139 56-6670 August 21, 1968 Bill Dana 4.79 81,534 5,541 198 1-80-140 56-6670 September 13, 1968 Pete Knight 5.37 77,450 5,992 199 1-81-141 56-6670 October 24, 1968 Bill Dana 5.38 77,724 5,980
- (1.) ID - The X-15 program used a 3-digit ID code to record information.
- The first digit represents the specific X-15 flown. 1 = X-15-1, 2 = X-15-2 or X-15-2A, 3 = X-15-3.
- The second digit represents the number of the specific X-15. This is for free flights only. Captive flights used a "C" in the second position. If a free flight resulted in an aborted launch, the second digit was represented by an "A".
- The third digit represents the total number of times that specific X-15 had been carried aloft by either NB-52. This number incremented for each captive-carry, abort, and actual release.
Only X-15 free flights are shown on the above list.
