Dryden's 60 Years of Flight Research: The X-15 Era

This 2 minute 23 second movie clip shows the X-15 era of flight research at Dryden as it marked its 60th anniversary as the nation's premier high-speed, high-altitude flight test and aerospace research facility during September 2006.

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[xlr99]

x-15 was the grandfather of the shuttle. neil armstrong flew it and joe engle flew both

[samopdrift]

mach 6,75 to be precise...

[jetpoweredgriffin]

"We'll be dropping you off a B-52. There's no brakes... The nosewheel can"t steer... and the lower tail falls off. You will only have one shot at the landing. We're shooting for 4,500mph and the edge of Space. We need volunteers." "Yes- I see that hand- any questions?" "Yes,Sir. When do we go?"

[jetpoweredgriffin]

"Heading for the Northeastern corner of Nevada..."

How ironic!

BONNEVILLE!

Right on the state line.

Most everybody stays in Wendover,NV during meets&events there.

I never knew that-

it is cool to know that the fastest car and aircraft both ran in the same general area...

I know that the X-15 event covered a HUGE area but it was cool that t

The Salt Flats area was the point of embarkation for the X-15....

[1MtnBoy]

@MaverickOnTheMoon lmao, thank you for being so polite ! I am not an expert, just a very avid enthusiast and a huge fan of "North American Aviation". now Rockwell / Boeing. they designed and built some real sweethearts ! the P-51 Mustang, B-25 Mitchell, the F-86 Sabre, XB-70, the X-15, as well as Apollo Command and Service Module, the second stage of the Saturn V, the Space Shuttle and the B-1. would love to be a little older and have worked there !! but I guess 50 is old enough for now ! LMAO.

[1MtnBoy]

@MaverickOnTheMoon F-104 was extreme to be sure( missle with a man in it). that J79 is still one of the most powerful jet engines ever produced ! problem was it was very unstable approaching mach 2. in the days of slide rules and primitive wind tunnels nobody had any solid design data. F-104 was deliberately long with the wing root set way back on the Cg and they were razor thin. she had a tendancy to pitch up and spin in high angles of attack. hence that HUGE vertical stabilizer on the X-15.

[MaverickOnTheMoon]

@1MtnBoy Absolute privilege to be talking to someone like you. Youtube is not full of 14y/os after all. Would you say the F-104 is probably one of the most 'extreme' / 'whacky' airframe designs of it's era for an operational fighter jet? From my knowledge I'm guessing it's because of the need to intercept high altitude bombers that gave rise to planes like the F-104 and the Mig-25

[1MtnBoy]

@MaverickOnTheMoon lol, no Im afraid not. I am very familiar with the X-15. and I think I can say quite confidently that the NACA & North American Aviation design proposal was made from scratch. alot of X-1D & E and X-2 data was used. there was a study of the F-104 wing and the X-15 wing although similar eliminated the weak points of the shape. the airframe is similar to the X-1. the nose is profiled after a .50cal bullet. wind tunnel data favored this shape over a needle point like the 104 & X2

[MaverickOnTheMoon]

@1MtnBoy ahaan, I just realised that. they both look quite similar so we can agree the X-15 wasn't an entirely new design?

[1MtnBoy]

@samopdrift Oct 3, 1967 4,519 mph / 7,273 km/h USAF Maj. William "Pete" Knight ( Balls of steel ) !

[1MtnBoy]

@MaverickOnTheMoon ?? F-104 was already flying in 1955. before the X-15 was designed.

[757Watson]

This video is BS! The X-15 flew in space.