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X-15 50th birthday
X-15 lovers will want to check out the following:
http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/x15_interactive/ http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foredu...-15_Poster.html The latter link is to a page with a 2MB downloadable poster.
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I remember when I was a kid in the 60's, the X-15 came to the Astrodome parking lot. I remember that they had it on a flatbed trailer or something like it. I don't remember much about that other than I think it was a cold, gray day. I'll have to ask my parents if they remember when that was.
Last year when we were visiting the nation's capital, we stopped by the NASM and I saw the X-15 again. I think the other one is at Wright-Patterson, at least it was in 1976. A really good book on the subject is Hypersonic: The Story of the North American X-15. Lot's of pictures and documentation on the X-15's history. A great coffee table book. Greg |
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Truly a remarkable and noteworthy flying machine! I didn't realize it was already 50 years!
I've Never seen the real one, probably never will, only a mock up , but that hasn't stopped me from building a few models of it in days gone by, or (maybe-I won't tell till ready for public release) working on a flying paper version of the A2, with the dummy scram jet. Thanks for the posting! Eric |
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Good to see you around again.. The link in your signature doesn't work.
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...Now it should-thanks for telling me.
Eric |
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Reaction Motors povided the motors for the X-15
At some point, I will give you some history about Reaction Motors Inc. (RMI) and their contribution to the X-15 and the Bell X-1.
RMI started out in Pompton Lakes NJ, about `5 minutes from where I use to live. I have visited all of the former sites of RMI. More later. |
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