We continue our conversation with X-15 historian, Michelle Evans, authors of the book, “The X-15 Rocket Plane, Flying the First Wings into Space”.

We start out part 3 of our interview with a discussion of Mike Adams, the only pilot fatality in the X-15 program—and the creation of a memorial to him that sits adjacent to the site of the X-15 #3 crash site north of Edwards AFB in the high desert of southern CA. We turn our attention to the legacy of the X-15 program, and round out this episode with a discussion of the how the X-15 was capable of atmospheric and spaceflight… which naturally led to another story of that badass X-15 and Space Shuttle pilot, Joe Engle.

Michelle Evans is the founder and president of Mach 25 Media (www.Mach25Media.com) and is a writer, photographer, and communications specialist in aerospace.