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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 meters). This new space was designed for a liquid hydrogen fuel tank. The liquid hydrogen ...
X-15-2 crash at Mud Lake, Nevada. The second plane, X-15-2, was rebuilt [20] after a landing accident on 9 November 1962 which damaged the craft and injured its pilot, John McKay. [21] The new plane renamed X-15A-2, had a new 28 -in. fuselage extension to carry liquid hydrogen. [1]
The result was a new, distinct airframe known as the X-15A-2 which returned to flight in June 1964, first on a scheduled captive check-out flight (15 June, 2-C-53) and an abort (23 June, 2-A-54) before finally making its return free flight on 25 June (flight 109, 2-32-55), all piloted by Robert Rushworth.
The flight was made in the X-15A-2, the second of three planes in the X-15 fleet. Two weeks later on October 17, Knight flew X-15 Flight 190 , reaching a maximum altitude above 50 miles. This qualified him as an astronaut according to the United States definition of the boundary of space.
X-15A-2: North American USAF, NASA 1964 Hypersonic, high-altitude flight Major Pete Knight flew the X-15A-2 to a Mach 6.70, making it the fastest piloted flight of the X-plane program. X-16: Bell USAF 1954 High-altitude reconnaissance [26] "X-16" designation used to hide true purpose. [27] Canceled and never flew. X-17: Lockheed USAF, USN 1956
Robert Michael White (July 6, 1924 – March 17, 2010) (Maj Gen, USAF) [2] was an American electrical engineer, test pilot, fighter pilot, and astronaut. [3] [4] He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA.
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On 9 November 1962, McKay undertook Flight 74 of the X-15 program on the X-15 56-6671 which was the Number-Two X-15 on its 31st flight. The X-15 was attached to its mothership the Boeing NB-52B Stratofortress 53-008, nicknamed Balls 8. McKay's mission was to reach an altitude of 125,000 feet (38,000 m) at Mach 5.5 and to fly the aircraft ...