TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davies, Peter E.,
AU  - Tooby,Adam
AU  - Holmes,Tony
TI  - X-planes: North American X-15 
SN  - 9781472819918
U1  - 629.133/38 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - United Kingdom
PB  - Osprey
KW  - X-15 (Rocket aircraft)
KW  - Rocket planes
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Beating the heat -- Building the Black Beast -- Three Black Birds -- The envelope expands -- What might have been
N2  - "The revolutionary X-15 remains the fastest manned aircraft ever to fly. Built in the two decades following World War II, it was the most successful of the high-speed X-planes. The only recently broken 'sound barrier' was smashed completely by the X-15, which could hit Mach 6.7 and soar to altitudes above 350,000 ft, beyond the edge of space. Several pilots qualified as astronauts by flying above 50 miles altitude in the X-15, including Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon. The three X-15s made 199 flights, testing new technologies and techniques which greatly eased America's entry into manned space travel, and made the Apollo missions and Space Shuttle viable propositions. With historical photographs and stunning digital artwork, this is the story of arguably the greatest of the X-Planes."--provided by Amazon.com
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