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North American X-15
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The X-15
was designed to explore high-speed and high-altitude flight.
This aircraft flew as fast as 4,500 mph (7300 kph) and as high as 67
miles (108 km).
The X-15 was carried aloft by a B-52
and released. A rocket engine boosted the aircraft up to a
record 354,200 ft. The pilot then flew the X-15 without power
to a gliding landing.
First flown in 1959, three X-15s flew 199 test
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Book:
Hypersonic: The Story of the North American X-15
Jenkins & Landis |
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Print:
First Re-Entry
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page updated 02 November 2008
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