“TOWARD THE UNEXPLORED“ BELL X-2 ROCKET PLANE EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE X-PLANES 92184

McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. presents Toward the Unexplored, a short 1967 documentary film. The documentary shows viewers the deadly flight of the Bell X-2 rocket aircraft piloted by Milburn G. Apt in 1956. The film opens with footage of the X-2 flying attached to a B-50 Superfortress on 27 September 1956. The film shows viewers the flight test center at Edwards Air Force Base (03:05), shots of the X-2, and a wind tunnel building where airflow is recorded (04:42). Men work on a missile used to measure aerodynamic effect (06:17); instruments on the ground measure the data from the rocket, which takes off and then parachutes to the ground. Rockets loaded with research instruments sit on launch sites ready to take off and collect data (07:25). Various wing designs are tested on rocket sleds (08:12); one such sled races along a track. Footage shows viewers the Bell X-1 dropping from its mothership (09:09), as well as footage of the Bell X-1A, Douglas X-3, Northrup X-4, Bell X-5, and Bell X-2. Men prepare for a