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50 Years Ago Today...
#1
Flight of the X-15



"A technician straps legendary test pilot Scott Crossfield into the cockpit of the X-15 rocket plane before an early test flight. The X-15's maiden flight occurred on June 8, 1959, during which Crossfield was carried aloft in his sleek, black rocket plane beneath the wing of a B-52 from NASA's Flight Research Center (now NASA Dryden). This was the beginning of nearly a decade of flight research that probed the hypersonic speed realm and altitudes at the edge of space.

Image Credit: NASA/North American Aviation "

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegall..._1382.html
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#2
and we still don't have flying cars! :X
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#3
Scott Crossfield was quite a pilot and designer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXpEPZ6ZZIs

This a a video of the second static test of the newer X-15 engine (burning anhydrous ammonia instead of alcohol).
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#4
What an amazing aircraft. It was by far the most successful of all the X-planes.
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