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The story of the pilot who flew the north american x15. View notes configaerohypersonics from aoe 4124 at virginia tech. Buy north american x15 manual by david baker online from the works. Configaerohypersonics 11 hypersonic aerodynamics 11.

Nobody was seriously hurt and north american subsequently. After completing its initial test flights in 1959, the x15 became the first winged aircraft to attain velocities of mach 4, 5, and 6. The hardcover of the north american x15 owners workshop manual. Flight experience with shock impingement and interference heating on the x152 research airplane pdf.

Those of us in the program at flight 190 thought that the x15 would continue indefinitely. A concise history of the x15 research airplane by dennis r. Still the fastest airplane ever flown, the north american x15 earned its title 40 years ago, when on october 3, 1967 air force major william pete knight flew. Visit now to browse our huge range of products at great prices. Air force and nasa as part of the xplane series of experimental aircraft. Navy meeting on july 9, 1954, firmed up requirements. Investigating the basics of flight with a model of the first supersonic aircraft. Hypersonics before the shuttle nasa human space flight. National archives and records administration arc 45005, li 255hq79 research project x15 the development of the x. Nasa history office, transmitting a copy of the setp paper for the file. December 1954, in the files of the nasa history office, washington, dc.

The north american x15 was a rocketpowered, missileshaped manned aircraft operated by the u. X15 contributions to aerospace x15tale of the tape. This is a comprehensive history of nasas aviation programs, starting with naca research in the 1940s and 1950s through the space race to current times. The story of the north american x15 specialty press by dennis r. Stay up to date on the latest stories and events with our newsletter learn more. Headquarters films relating to aeronautics, compiled 1962 1981. The north american x15 was a hypersonic rocketpowered aircraft operated by the united. The north american x15 rocketpowered research aircraft bridged the gap between manned.