A history of the design and achievements of the high-speed, 1950s-era X-15 airplane is presented. The following chapters are included: A New Science; A Hypersonic Research Airplane; Conflict and Innovation; The Million-Horsepower Engine; High Range and Dry Lakes; Preparations; The Flight Program; and the Research Program. Selected biographies, flight logs and physical characteristics of the X-15 Airplane are included in the appendices.


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    Titel :

    X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight


    Beteiligte:
    D. R. Jenkins (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2007


    Format / Umfang :

    706 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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