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X-15

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The X-15: America's Speedy Rocket Plane Nearly Broke Mach 7

by Caleb Larson

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By NASA - NASA/DFRC, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1978148

Mach 6.7 Monster: How America's X-15 Plane Is Still a Record-Breaker

The X-15: How a Record-Setting Flight Almost Ended in Disaster

Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=704437

X-15: This Is The Fastest Airplane that Ever Flew (As in Mach 6.7)

The Air Force's Hypersonic X-15 Set Several World Records—And Almost Went to Space

Mach 6 and It Nearly Went Into Space: Nothing Beat the Air Force's Hypersonic X-15

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Stories From X-15

By United States Air Force - https://www.flickr.com/photos/tom-margie/1572816152/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17866732

How the X-15 Reached an Incredible Mach 6.7

by Caleb Larson November 22, 2020

The X-15: America's Speedy Rocket Plane Nearly Broke Mach 7

by Caleb Larson July 28, 2020
By NASA - NASA/DFRC, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1978148

Mach 6.7 Monster: How America's X-15 Plane Is Still a Record-Breaker

by Caleb Larson July 3, 2020

The X-15: How a Record-Setting Flight Almost Ended in Disaster

by Caleb Larson June 30, 2020
Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=704437

X-15: This Is The Fastest Airplane that Ever Flew (As in Mach 6.7)

by Caleb Larson June 4, 2020

The Air Force's Hypersonic X-15 Set Several World Records—And Almost Went to Space

by Dario Leone September 1, 2019

Mach 6 and It Nearly Went Into Space: Nothing Beat the Air Force's Hypersonic X-15

by Dario Leone August 11, 2019

The Air Force's Hypersonic X-15s Had a Top Speed of Mach 6.7

by Dario Leone July 20, 2019

The US Military's X-15s Set a Speed Record of Mach 6.7. But It Has an Even Neater Trick.

by Dario Leone June 30, 2019

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