An American Adventure: The Rocket Pilots

Fernsehfilm
1981
1 Std. 30 Min.

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA comprehensive documentary covering the history of aviation high speed innovation and advancement from the first powered flights of the Wright brothers up to and including the X-15 space pl... Alles lesenA comprehensive documentary covering the history of aviation high speed innovation and advancement from the first powered flights of the Wright brothers up to and including the X-15 space plane. An emphasis is placed on the adventures and stories of the test pilots of Edwards Air... Alles lesenA comprehensive documentary covering the history of aviation high speed innovation and advancement from the first powered flights of the Wright brothers up to and including the X-15 space plane. An emphasis is placed on the adventures and stories of the test pilots of Edwards Air Force Base, and how engineers of the era helped to develop the hardware and technical dat... Alles lesen

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Lloyd Dobyns

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Earl Blount

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Robert L. Crippen

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Scott Crossfield

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Pete Knight

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(as William 'Pete' Knight)

Robert Rushworth

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Harrison Storms

Self

Milton Thompson

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(as Milton O. Thompson)

Walt Williams

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Chuck Yeager

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(as Charles E. Yeager)

John Young

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10/10

Great history - Wish it was available for viewing

Over the years, I have pieced together 3 (poor) video tapes from the TV broadcast of this video in 1981-1982 into the "best" full-version I could make, and made a DVD out of it. I've been searching for YEARS for a high quality, complete version of "The Rocket Pilots". It is an excellent documentary on the X plane program from the X-1 to the X-15, and should be staple viewing in high schools - since they spend so much time watching videos these days instead of actually using their brains to learn. I used to show this video to my AFROTC freshmen so they could get a good, working knowledge of the space program and its infancy. I still love to watch the documentary even though I've seen it over and over. If you have forgotten the likes of Chuck Yeager and Scott Crossfield - shame on you - and this video is a MUST for you to see. If ANYONE knows where to find a GOOD copy of this video, I'd sure like to know!