X-15: The Fastest Winged Plane EVER! (Mach 6.7!) - Engineering Marvels, the X-Planes Series

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[@leokimvideo]

Oh well, Space Shuttle is so easily forgotten

[@MaydayMayday2024]

The X-15 was truly ahead of its time-an engineering marvel that pushed the boundaries of what's possible in aviation!

[@x15galmichelleevans]

It is just a very sad thing that in the more nearly 56 years since the last X-15 flight, that no aircraft has come close to what this amazing vehicle accomplished.

[@Bubbagump871]

Pilot / engineer / astronaut Neil Armstrong called the X-15 the most successful research aircraft ever built.

[@RampAgentX]

X-Planes , only aviation enthusiasts will appreciate....

[@djpalindrome]

My favorite project when I was a kid

[@criticalcoreshock]

What your favorite now?

[@Alan-in-Bama]

I'm proud to say - I managed to get an autographed photo of three of the X-15 pilots before they passed away... Scott Crossfield (First to fly the X-15, plus the first man to break Mach 2 - worked on the design & project mgt of the X-15) Pete Knight (holder of the absolute speed record in the X-15....winged flight) Bill Dana (the last to fly the X-15 and awarded Astronaut wings for his flights well over 300k + feet altitude) * These guys were my heroes as a kid in the 70's.

[@erikwigelandiestad2270]

X marks the spot

[@cybcx404]

I’m trying to tell ya 🫡

[@perfectlyundonecustoms]

My grandfather flew on the mother ship "High And Mighty One" identifiable by the bald eagle on the nose. He was the crew chief, and used to flip the bird to the X-15 pilot as he hit the drop button.😂 I miss his stories. If you would like more behind the scenes info, let me know!

[@x15galmichelleevans]

Would love to know the name of your grandfather. Curious if I might have interviewed him during my research for writing my book on the X-15 rocket plane.

[@perfectlyundonecustoms]

@@x15galmichelleevans SMSGT (Ret.) Bruce C. Byington

[@perfectlyundonecustoms]

SMSGT (RET.) Bruce C. Byington. Also retired from Lockheed Skunkworks.

[@x15galmichelleevans]

@@perfectlyundonecustoms Thank you for the name. Unfortunately it is not one I am familiar with from my research. How wonderful that he had the opportunity to work on the B-52 during the X-15 program. All the people I spoke with talked about how it was all one big family there at Edwards working on this program.

[@ioanbota9397]

Realy I like this powerful fastest planes

[@terrymichael5821]

Very informative video compilation.

[@collinmccallum]

wow!

[@kevinwolfe5448]

Is that Charlton Heston narrating?

[@x15galmichelleevans]

No, most definitely not Heston.

[@djpalindrome]

Those blurry edges or whatever they are are extremely distracting. If the aspect ratios don’t match black would be preferable

[@ahuman9864]

crazy to think training tools were made by…

[@DavidKruc-w4p]

It's not a plane. It's a rocket. It doesn't have an air breathing engine. It had solid fuel.

[@bengonzales1182]

More like a rocket engine with a cockpit attached.

[@JulioMenendez-r8u]

I bet thats really a bomb,goes to show US haf hypersonic bombs in 1960,imagine now=china russia,iran s korea😊

[@perfectlyundonecustoms]

Never was a bomb. Americans do not put humans on bombs. We are not Japan. 😢

[@x15galmichelleevans]

No, the X-15 was not a bomb! It was a manned research aircraft that flew between 1959 and 1968. It was flown by 12 pilots from North American Aviation, NASA, the US Air Force, and the US Navy. It's altitude record stood until 2004 and its speed record of Mach 6.70 (4,520 mph) has never been surpassed.

[@JulioMenendez-r8u]

@x15galmichelleevans thanks for the lesson

[@Bramon83]

wild lol i said... well gas is explosive too... lolololol

[@x15galmichelleevans]

The X-15 used anhydrous ammonia for fuel.

[@Coyote27981]

Last time i checked the space shuttle had wings, and was quite faster.

[@robertarnold9815]

"X-15: The Fastest Winged Plane EVER!" WRONG, since the Space Shuttle is winged and becomes aerodynamically controllable at above mach 20, that would make it the fastest.