Il Leggendario X-15
Italy, 196155 x 78 in (140 x 198 cm)
ID #ITLFY-J-010
Director - Richard Donner
Starring - Charles Bronson, Brad Dexter, Mary Tyler Moore, David McLean, Patricia Owens, James Gregory, Ralph Taeger, Kenneth Tobey
Artist - Rodolofo G.
Italian film poster.
X-15 | |
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Role | Experimental high-speed rocket-powered research aircraft |
Manufacturer | North American Aviation |
First flight | 8 June 1959 |
Introduction | 17 September 1959 |
Retired | December 1968 |
Primary users |
United States Air Force NASA |
Number built | 3 |
The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. The X-15's official world record for the highest speed ever recorded by a manned, powered aircraft, set in October 1967 when William J. Knight flew Mach 6.72 at 102,100 feet (31,120 m), a speed of 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h; 2,021 m/s), has remained unchallenged as of April 2018
Re: Wikipedia.org