3k Knots!!!

[marcoseddi]

http://www.gizmag.com/waverider-fourth-test/27382/

 

[Threefingeredjack]

Isn't that almost as fast as a RV-10????

 

[marcoseddi]

Nothing is as fast as an rv 10

 

[Geico266]

Nothing is as fast as an rv 10

That thing is!

 

[LifeInverted]

That thing looks like business. Now stick a pilot it in and I'll be impressed!

 

[marcoseddi]

I can't imagine the human body can withstand that type of force

 

[35 AoA]

I can't imagine the human body can withstand that type of force

??? The folks on the Shuttle regularly joined the Mach 25 club.....much faster than this anyway.

 

[DavidWhite]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_X-15

 

[Clark1961]

The X-15 served it's purpose. But it wasn't an air-breather like the Waverider.

 

[Geico266]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_X-15

I remember the first flight. Every kid had a model of the X-15 in their room.

 

[X3 Skier]

The X-15 served it's purpose. But it wasn't an air-breather like the Waverider.

One of my first jobs was as USAF junior engineer on the XLR-99 rocket motor from Reaction Motors. It was retired shortly after that.

Cheers

 

[35 AoA]

One of my first jobs was as USAF junior engineer on the XLR-99 rocket motor from Reaction Motors. It was retired shortly after that.

Cheers

Was that the big motor, or the one they flew with on the initial flights? Not that either of them were slouches, just curious

 

[X3 Skier]

Was that the big motor, or the one they flew with on the initial flights? Not that either of them were slouches, just curious

Replaced the XLR-11(?) cluster IIRC. The XLR-99 was a single motor and could be throttled.

Cheers

 

[35 AoA]

Replaced the XLR-11(?) cluster IIRC. The XLR-99 was a single motor and could be throttled.

Cheers

Cool that is the beast I was thinking it was. I bet that was really cool to be a part of!

 

[Jay Honeck]

I remember the first flight. Every kid had a model of the X-15 in their room.

My grandmother worked at Edwards Air Force Base from the late 1940s until her death in 1963. When we visited her, we heard the X-15 break the sound barrier regularly.