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The North American X-15 was a single seat aero-space plane developed to investigate flight at hypersonic speeds.

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  • North American X-15
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  • The North American X-15 was a single seat aero-space plane developed to investigate flight at hypersonic speeds.
  • The X-planes were and stillare are a series of experimental United States aircraft and rockets, used to test and evaluate new technologies and aerodynamic concepts. They have an X designator, which indicates the research mission within the US system of aircraft designations. Most of the X-planes have been operated by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) or, later, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), often in conjunction with the United States Air Force. The majority of X-plane testing has occurred at Edwards Air Force Base.
  • 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. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever recorded by a manned, powered aircraft. It could reach a top speed of mile per hour (km/h), or Mach 6.72.
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max takeoff weight alt
  • 15420.0
loaded weight main
  • 34000.0
climb rate main
  • 60000.0
length alt
  • 15.45 m
span main
  • 680.72
lists
  • *List of rocket aircraft *List of X-15 flights *List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents
thrust alt
  • 313 kN
height alt
  • 4.12 m
Introduced
  • 1959-09-17(xsd:date)
Name
  • History of the Air Force, 1954-1964: From Missile Development to Space
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  • United States Air Force
Type
  • Experimental high-speed rocket-powered research aircraft
loading main
  • 170(xsd:integer)
range alt
  • 450.0
length main
  • 1546.86
area main
  • 200.0
height main
  • 411.48
span alt
  • 6.8 m
range main
  • 280.0
Manufacturer
  • North American Aviation
max speed main
  • 4520.0
thrust/weight
  • 2(xsd:double)
climb rate alt
  • 18288(xsd:integer)
ceiling main
  • 67.0
empty weight main
  • 14600.0
Description
  • "X-15 Space Record: Plane Flown To 59-mile Mark"
  • "Nuclear Navy: First Polaris A-Sub Sails On Ocean Patrol"
  • "Space Triumph: Discoverer Capsule Recovered From Orbit"
  • "X-15 Aloft: First Free Flight Of Manned Space Plane"
type of jet
  • liquid propellant rocket engine
loaded weight alt
  • 15420.0
area alt
  • 18.6
First Flight
  • 1959-06-08(xsd:date)
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  • Reaction Motors XLR99-RM-2
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  • 7274.0
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  • jet
loading alt
  • 829(xsd:integer)
ID
  • 1959-06-11(xsd:date)
  • 1960-08-15(xsd:date)
  • 1960-11-17(xsd:date)
  • 1962-07-19(xsd:date)
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empty weight alt
  • 6620.0
thrust main
  • 70400(xsd:integer)
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