X-15 Movie, and Special Presentation "My Adventures with the X-15 Rocket Plane"
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AIAA Los Angeles Section Town Hall Meeting 3/14
(Movie Saturday event with a special presentation)
(In-person attendance)
Saturday, March 14, 2026, 11 AM PDT (GMT -0700) (10am doors open)
Mar 14
(3/14) X-15 Movie, and Presentation "My Adventures with the X-15 Rocket Plane"
Presenter / Speaker:
Michelle Evans
AIAA Distinguished Speaker
Founder of Mach 25 Media (www.Mach25Media.com)
Writer, photographer, and communications specialist in aerospace.
Author, bestselling book “The X-15 Rocket Plane, Flying the First Wings into Space”
(The speaker will present in person.)
(X-15 movie viewing is for the In-Person attendees only, it's not broadcast online.)
Angelo M. Iacoboni Library (Meeting Room)
4990 Clark Ave., Lakewood, CA 90712
(Near JetZero, Boeing Long Beach, Ampaire, VAST Space, Rocket Lab USA, SpinLaunch, Relativity Space, Gulfstream Aerospace, Cal State Univ Long Beach, Long Beach Airport (LGB), and (future) Anduril Long Beach/Lakewood site,)
Disclaimer: The views of the speakers do not represent the views of AIAA or the AIAA Los Angeles Section.
(This event is not sponsored by the Angelo M. Iacoboni Library.)
Tentative Agenda: (All Times PDT (GMT -0700))
10:00 am: Doors Open
11:00 am: Presentation of "My Adventures with the X-15 Rocket Plane" by Michelle Evans
12:15 pm: Break
01:00 pm: "X-15" restored movie presentation
03:00 pm: Discussion
03:30 pm: End of event
Please join the Los Angeles Section of AIAA on this day for a special personal presentation on the X-15 and enjoy a wonderful classic movie about this legendary experimental aircraft on a relaxing Saturday!
X-15 Movie, and Special Presentation:
"My Adventures with the X-15 Rocket Plane"
Presenter / Speaker:
Michelle Evans
AIAA Distinguished Speaker
Founder of Mach 25 Media (www.Mach25Media.com)
Writer, photographer, and communications specialist in aerospace.
Author, bestselling book “The X-15 Rocket Plane, Flying the First Wings into Space”
Michelle Evans is the founder of Mach 25 Media (www.Mach25Media.com) and is a writer, photographer, and communications specialist in aerospace. She has written the bestselling book “The X-15 Rocket Plane, Flying the First Wings into Space” which was published by the University of Nebraska Press as part of their “Outward Odyssey, People's History of Spaceflight” series.
Michelle's background in aerospace engineering includes serving in the US Air Force working on missile systems, and later in private industry accomplishing environmental testing for systems used in airliners and spacecraft. She has accomplished extensive outreach activities on space exploration at science centers, museums, and other venues. This has often involved working closely with astronauts and others involved with the space program. Her current work primarily involves exciting audiences about the X-15 research aircraft at locations across the country, as well as overseas.
Michelle is a Distinguished Speaker with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and her book on the X-15 was a finalist for the Eugene M. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature. Michelle received the Diverse Community Leader Award from Orange County Human Relations, and was recognized on the Orange County Register’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in Orange County. She has appeared in numerous publications, including Air & Space Smithsonian, Ad Astra, Orange County Register, Los Angeles Times, and New York Times.
Michelle had feature stories about her life in both Time and Newsweek magazines. She was a technical consultant on the Neil Armstrong biopic “First Man,” and has consulted with National Geographic television for their documentary “The Real Right Stuff.”
[AIAA Los Angeles Section], [contact@aiaa-lalv.org], [https://www.aiaa-lalv.org]
