The X-15 was a key bridge between conventional atmospheric flight and spaceflight. The North American X-15 is one of the most groundbreaking aircraft ever created in the history of aviation and ...

The X-15 was a groundbreaking rocket-powered aircraft that set records still unbeaten today—including the fastest crewed flight at Mach 6.7. Designed to gather data for NASA’s space ambitions ...

In 199 research flights, the X-15 provided that information and more. The program has been acknowledged as the most successful flight research program in history, and it helped make human ...

Adams died when his X-15 rocket plane disintegrated during atmospheric re-entry at Mach 5. X-15 Flight 191—also designated X-15 Flight 3-65-97—was a high-risk test flight of the hypersonic ...

Obviously, no one in the Air Force Flight Test Center has exact knowledge of the X-15, but the stick travel on most airplanes to pull up is very slight and never back as far as it will go.