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The Mach 6.7 X-15 Rocket Plane Has A Message for the U.S. Air Force

America built the X-15 to get flight data in the unknown between airplanes and spacecraft. -The rocket-powered, Inconel-X research plane, air-dropped from a B-52 and driven by a throttleable XLR99, ...
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North American X-15 Flight Record

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Vintage Aviation News on MSN

Today in Aviation History: First Powered Flight of the North American X-15

Discover the story of the North American X-15's first powered flight on September 17, 1959, when Scott Crossfield piloted the ...
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OTD in Space – August 22: X-15 Sets World Altitude Record

On Aug. 22, 1963, U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Walker flew an X-15 space plane higher than any pilot had ever flown before. Walker reached an altitude of over 67 miles (108 kilometers). That's about 5 ...
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration X-15 Transparency Collection

Click to open image viewer. [NASM2006-12828] 70mm glass-mounted slides from the collection North American X-15 Glass-Mounted Color Transparencies (NASA), NASM.2006.0050. Photo by Mark Avino. CC0 Usage ...