USAF X-15 Aircraft: A friend of my retired from the Air Force and always forwarding some interesting links. This is one on the X-15. A good read. Enjoy.

Dogman Loc: Michigan

A friend of my retired from the Air Force and always forwarding some interesting links. This is one on the X-15. A good read. Enjoy.

http://alert5.net/2014/10/02/47-years-ago-today-the-fastest-manned-aircraft-flight-ever/

Dogman

davidrb Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel

Dogman wrote:

A friend of my retired from the Air Force and always forwarding some interesting links. This is one on the X-15. A good read. Enjoy.

http://alert5.net/2014/10/02/47-years-ago-today-the-fastest-manned-aircraft-flight-ever/

Dogman

What an incredible experience that flight must have been.

lightcatcher Loc: Farmington, NM (4 corners)

1959 55 yrs ago

BassmanBruce Loc: Middle of the Mitten

Awesome article! Thanks for posting.

nakkh Loc: San Mateo, Ca

There is a great movie about the X-15
Wish I could find it...

Here's an X-15 promo made in the 1960's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE7pswQoON4

creativ simon Loc: Coulsdon, South London

Dogman wrote:

A friend of my retired from the Air Force and always forwarding some interesting links. This is one on the X-15. A good read. Enjoy.

http://alert5.net/2014/10/02/47-years-ago-today-the-fastest-manned-aircraft-flight-ever/

Dogman

:thumbup: :thumbup:

bluescreek Loc: N.C. Sandhills

Dogman wrote:

A friend of my retired from the Air Force and always forwarding some interesting links. This is one on the X-15. A good read. Enjoy.

http://alert5.net/2014/10/02/47-years-ago-today-the-fastest-manned-aircraft-flight-ever/

Dogman

Great read, appreciate it, funny the part about flying the F-100 later must have felt like "driving a dump truck after driving a dragster". :thumbup:

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Thanks, Dogman, for posting the link. Nowadays we go about our lives, take trips at high altitude in airliners and seldom if ever give thought about how we got there. In reality many people gave their lives testing aircraft and theories that ultimately lead to our safe air travel.

Dennis

Beard43 Loc: End of the Oregon Trail

I remember watching a film about that flight. It is an amazing aircraft. We have a mock-up of one at our air museum in McMinnville, OR.

Ron