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North American Aviation created numerous ads for its role in the development and flight testing of the X-15. |
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B.F. Goodrich supplied the nose wheel tires for the X-15. |
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Collins Radio CN-1 provided X-15 communications. Illustration by aviation artist Chuck Kodurna. |
A second B.F. Goodrich X-15 tire ad. |
An ad from Schick razors. Purchasers received a free Space Digest magazine with this special offer. |
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A Thiokol ad which ran in Space Digest in February 1960. |
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Corning Glass Works provided the high-temperature glass panels used in the X-15 cockpit windows. |
Kodak's innovative way of advertising their Instamatic X-15. Yes, there is a camera in this photo if you look close enough! |
H&N provided the instrumented track for the X-15 rocket sled tests of the aircraft's ejection system |
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NAA talks of the role of the test pilot in the development and testing of the X-15. |
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Sperry provided inertial guidance to the X-15. |
Garrett AiResearch and the X-15 environmental system. |
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An ad from North American Aviation which projected the hopes and dreams of the space program from the early 1960s. Reality has unfortunately fallen short. |
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High temp and pressure hoses from Resistoflex. |
RTV touts its ability to seal in pressure on the X-15. |
TI roof prism aids photo mapping for the X-15. |
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North American merged with Rockwell to become North American Rockwell. Later North American was dropped entirely and the company became simply Rockwell International. |
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The X-15 was one of Mattel's transportation options. See more on the Toys page. |
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The Mattel V-RROOM! X-15. |
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Bendix provide the ignition system for the X-15's XLR-99 rocket engine. |
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An X-15 ballpoint pen! |
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— Breitling Watches — all photos this section courtesy Breitling |
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Breitling watches created an ad campaign in 2015 with actor John Travolta that featured the X-15 no. 3 mockup. The ad was filmed at Mojave Air & Space Port. The X-15 mockup was trucked overland from Edwards for the shooting. |
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Moving "66672" out of the storage hangar at Edwards AFB. |
Lifting the X-15 onto the flatbed truck for transport to Mojave, CA. |
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North to Mojave on Highway 14. |
Arrival at the Mojave Air & Space Port. Note the windmills in the background. |
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Setting the scene on Mojave's runway 17. |
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John Travolta, who is an accomplished pilot himself, does a walk around of the X-15. |
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Tearing down the shoot as the sun sets. |
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Twilight. |
Travolta, his watch, and the X-15 no. 3 mockup. |
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