The Plane That Was So Fast It Ended up in Space

Now it shows up.

I remember seeing this on Discovery channel. But before that saw it live on tv when it flew. The media heard about it. And aired it live. Including when the X15 that broke in half as it touched down. Why doesn't anyone show that anymore. The pilot was unharmed.

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Coolest channel ever!!

Why doesn't anyone show the X15 breaking in half on touch down anymore?
The pilot was unharmed. I know I saw it when I was a kid in the 60s. I was already hooked on aviation.

Thank you. What a beast!

There is mention of a huge force needed to travel at hypersonic speeds. If the atmosphere is a hundred times thinner, one might suspect that it takes a lot less force to push through the atmosphere regardless of mysterious supersonic effects. They need a lot of force to accelerate the plane to high velocity to get enough lift in such thin air. They need to do it quickly. If they used solar energy to heat up the air in a ram jet, they might be able to gradually increase the velocity and altitudwith a much less powerful engine. If there is no fuel weight and a ram jet weighs so much less than a regular jet or rocket engine, the lift drag would be much less. A solar powered ram jet plane might fly into space.

Good video bud'

These pilots are men among men
They had custom air suits just to hold their giant gonads

What a beast!

Love this space plane.

Last pilot died last week of x15. Program......JOE ENGLE YRUE PIONEERS

Yep, the US has pilots who flew at hypersonic speeds since the 1960s.

Looking at the X-15(1), doesn't modern 5th generation fighters look very close to it.

Blame it on Trump.

X15 was no were near the first AC to transmit telemetry in real time. It was SOP for Flight Test. My father was first Test Engineer to do Radio Telemetered flight testing. He invented the techniques, methods and procedures to use the sensory system he had invented in 1941. Dad ran Grumman Aircraft's, later Grumman Aerospace's, Flight Test Department.

SR_71 did also.

USA is such an amazing country.

More proof USA got the best Germans after the war.

Still can not figure out why these were maned. Why risk mens lives?

I had a model of this as a grade school kid. I also had a Saturn V. What fun. Childhood bliss without recognizing all of the details

It's the Dark Knight lol 👩🏻‍🚀🤘🏻🛩️🛰️🌌🕍🛸

Vote blue save democracy

the engine is the same engine that put Alan Sheperd into space.

This airplane from the 50s went higher than some 'space' companies in 2024 have gone! 🤣🤣🤣

Mach 6.7, that’s FAST! Then, the aircraft was made of Inconel!!

Mayor Pete! He was a really good person.

It wasn't a plane, it was a ROCKET!!!! Planes don't need no steenkin' B-52's to get off the ground.

In the days when America had real vision.

It was made to skip across the atmosphere. Wise up.

Vote red and save the Republic!