The North American X-15 was an experimental Air Force and NASA Hypersonic Rocket powered aircraft that was used to ...

The North American X-15 is one of the most groundbreaking aircraft ever created in the history of aviation and space exploration. Developed in the late 1950s and flown throughout the 1960s ...

Still the fastest airplane ever flown, the North American X-15 earned its title 40 years ago, when on October 3, 1967 Air Force Major William “Pete” Knight flew the rocket-powered aircraft to ...

but the X-2 program ended over two years ago and the aircraft does not exist any longer. The X-15 is now of great interest to the public and will probably be engaged in the contractor ...

At the height of the Cold War during the 1960s the U.S. Air Force and NASA tested an experimental rocket-powered research aircraft code-named X-15.The X-15 experiments were conducted at Edwards ...