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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    Title :

    X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    706 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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