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X-15 is a 1961 American aviation drama film that presents a fictionalized account of the X-15 research rocket aircraft program, the test pilots who flew the aircraft, and the associated NASA community that supported the program. X-15 starred David McLean, Charles Bronson, [Note 1] James Gregory and Mary Tyler Moore (in her first feature film ...
X-15 attached to its B-52 mother ship with a T-38 flying nearby. The X-15 had a thick wedge tail to enable it to fly in a steady manner at hypersonic speeds. [16] This produced a significant amount of base drag at lower speeds; [16] the blunt end at the rear of the X-15 could produce as much drag as an entire F-104 Starfighter. [16]
Twelve pilots flew the X-15 over the course of its career. Scott Crossfield and William Dana flew the X-15 on its first and last free flights, respectively. Joseph Walker set the program's top two altitude records on its 90th and 91st free flights (347,800 and 354,200 feet, respectively), becoming the only pilot to fly past the Kármán line, the 100 kilometer, FAI-recognized boundary of outer ...
The North American X-15 is an American experimental hypersonic research aircraft. X15 or X-15 may also refer to: X-15 (band), an American rock band; X-15, a 1961 American drama; X15 (New York City bus) BeagleBoard X15, a single board computer; Bingo-Akasaka Station, in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan; Cummins X15, a diesel engine
X-15 Flight 3-65-97, also known as X-15 Flight 191 (being the 191st free flight of the X-15), was a sub-orbital spaceflight of the North American X-15 experimental spaceplane, carrying seven experiments to a peak altitude of 266,000 feet (50.4 mi; 81 km; 43.8 nmi), above NASA's definition of the start of space at 50 miles (80 km) but below the Kármán line definition at 62 miles (100 km).
Flight 188 used North American Aviation X-15 Number 2 aircraft, number 56-6671, 2A-F12. The X-15, model X-15A-2 had many modifications from the original X-15A. The X-15 number 2 on, flight 74, was damaged during landing on November 9, 1962, and was repaired and updated to become the X-15A-2. The X-15A-2 fuselage was lengthened 28 inches (0.71 ...
A fact from X-15 (film) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 November 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival: A beszélő köntös: Tamás Fejér: István Iglódi, Antal Páger: Agitátorok : Dezső Magyar: Gábor Bódy, Tamás Szentjóby, György Cserhalmi: Banned after release Fényes szelek: Miklós Jancsó: Hosszú futásodra mindig számíthatunk: Gyula Gazdag: Isten hozta, őrnagy úr: Zoltán ...