Remember, the design of the X-15 started when front line fighter aircraft were still subsonic.
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XBradTC's thoughts… deep thoughts.
Remember, the design of the X-15 started when front line fighter aircraft were still subsonic.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfUnD1rxA4E]
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Damn, that is impressive. What an achievement.
Three things to notice.
1) It appears that the USAF used to be a military organization. A LtCol in a sharp-looking pressed khaki uniform.
2) Never heard the phrase “Muslim outreach”.
3) You know you are serious when Jack Webb does your narration.
And they did it all with slide rules.
Yep. It used to be military. When my father was in the AAF influence was still strong.
Thanks, that was very enjoyable.
Paul
When I was a youngster, the X-15 was in it’s heyday, and I read and re-read every bit of material on the X series that I found. The pilots were my heroes when I was growing up. Thanks for the retrospective on the days when even the sky was not a limit to our dreams or our engineering abilities.
Fantastic!
The b-52 carrier had morse-code on its fuselage, I cannot read very fast, what did it say?
This aircraft really caught my imagination when I was young. This might be the main reason I work in aerospace today. There was just something special about it. And I love they got Jack Webb to narrate.