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  2. X-15 (film) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. North American X-15 - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. X-15 Flight 35 - Wikipedia

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    Flight 35 of the North American X-15 was a test flight conducted by NASA and the US Air Force on March 30, 1961. [1] The X-15 was piloted by Joseph A. Walker to an altitude of 169,600 feet (51.7 km; 32.12 mi) surpassing the stratopause. [2] Thus Walker became the first human to reach the mesosphere. [3]

  5. List of X-15 flights - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. X15 (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    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

  7. William J. Knight - Wikipedia

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    On October 3, 1967, Knight piloted X-15 Flight 188, the program's fastest flight. Flying at a maximum Mach of 6.7 and a maximum speed of 4,520 mph (7,274 km/h), he set a speed record for flight in a winged, powered aircraft. [1] The flight was made in the X-15A-2, the second of three planes in the X-15 fleet.

  8. Talk:X-15 (film) - Wikipedia

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    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: The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know ... that Mary Tyler Moore made her feature film debut in X-15 , which was also the first film to be directed by Richard Donner ?

  9. X-15 Flight 90 - Wikipedia

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    Flight 90 of the North American X-15 was a research flight conducted by NASA and the US Air Force on July 19, 1963. It was the first of two X-15 missions that passed the 100-km high Kármán line, the FAI definition of space, along with Flight 91 the next month. The X-15 was flown by Joseph A. Walker, who flew both X-15 spaceflights over the ...