Vintage shots from days gone by!

You are thinking of Scott Crossfield, Yeager didn't fly the X-15. The X-15 still holds the all out speed record for manned aircraft at 4092 mph. Neil Armstrong and a bunch of other guys.

 

Yikes! A better X-15 pic!

 

And also there was Jack Davis:

 

The X-15 program pilots, the organization they came from and the number of flights they each flew.

A. Scott Crossfield, North American Aviation-14 flights
Joseph A. Walker, NASA-25 flights
Robert M. White, United States Air Force (USAF)-16 flights
Forrest S. Petersen, United States Navy-5 flights
John B. McKay, NASA-29 flights
Robert A. Rushworth, USAF-34 flights
Neil A. Armstrong, NASA-7 flights
Joe H. Engle, USAF-16 flights
Milton O. Thompson, NASA-14 flights
William J. Knight, USAF-16 flights
William H. Dana, NASA -16 flights
Michael J. Adams, USAF-7 flights


I have a complete copy of the X-15 flight manual shown above. A guy I worked with at North American Rockwell way back when had saved it from the trash years before and gave it, and a bunch of other stuff, to me because I was an airplane nut.

Kurt O.

 

Gary & BeachBum, great input! That's a tremendous number of flights, hopefully without any crashes? Who was da man at the controls on that record 4,000+-mph run???

Also, if the program started about 1960, when did it wrap up? And, I'd assume something useful was gained in info and tech??? THANKS!



(Damn, THOSE were go-fast guys!)

 

Thanks, Gary. I had to delete & repost 'cause of an error I had.

So, you're saying test #32 crashed, I take it.

 

Bennington Vt 1946

 

Fastest flights<TABLE id=sortable_table_id_1 class="wikitable sortable"><CAPTION>X-15 10 fastest flights</CAPTION><TBODY><TR bgColor=#efefef><TH>Flight</TH><TH>Date</TH><TH>Top Speed</TH><TH>Altitude</TH><TH>Pilot</TH></TR><TR><TD>Flight 45</TD><TD>9 November 1961</TD><TD align=right>4,092 mph (6,585 km/h)</TD><TD align=right>19.2 miles (30.9 km)</TD><TD>Robert M. White</TD></TR><TR><TD>Flight 59</TD><TD>27 June 1962</TD><TD align=right>4,104 mph (6,605 km/h)</TD><TD align=right>23.4 miles (37.7 km)</TD><TD>Joe Walker</TD></TR><TR><TD>Flight 64</TD><TD>26 July 1962</TD><TD align=right>3,989 mph (6,420 km/h)</TD><TD align=right>18.7 miles (30.1 km)</TD><TD>Neil Armstrong</TD></TR><TR><TD>Flight 86</TD><TD>25 June 1963</TD><TD align=right>3,910 mph (6,290 km/h)</TD><TD align=right>21.7 miles (34.9 km)</TD><TD>Joe Walker</TD></TR><TR><TD>Flight 89</TD><TD>18 July 1963</TD><TD align=right>3,925 mph (6,317 km/h)</TD><TD align=right>19.8 miles (31.9 km)</TD><TD>Robert Rushworth</TD></TR><TR><TD>Flight 97</TD><TD>5 December 1963</TD><TD align=right>4,017 mph (6,465 km/h)</TD><TD align=right>19.1 miles (30.7 km)</TD><TD>Robert Rushworth</TD></TR><TR><TD>Flight 105</TD><TD>29 April 1964</TD><TD align=right>3,905 mph (6,284 km/h)</TD><TD align=right>19.2 miles (30.9 km)</TD><TD>Robert Rushworth</TD></TR><TR><TD>Flight 137</TD><TD>22 June 1965</TD><TD align=right>3,938 mph (6,338 km/h)</TD><TD align=right>29.5 miles (47.5 km)</TD><TD>John B. McKay</TD></TR><TR><TD>Flight 175</TD><TD>18 November 1966</TD><TD align=right>4,250 mph (6,840 km/h)</TD><TD align=right>18.7 miles (30.1 km)</TD><TD>Pete Knight</TD></TR><TR><TD>Flight 188</TD><TD>3 October 1967</TD><TD align=right>4,519 mph (7,273 km/h)</TD><TD align=right>36.3 miles (58.4 km)</TD><TD>Pete Knight</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

 

Just Google X-15. Thw Wikipedia article is good, there is a wealth of info on the X-15. Before we go too OT!

 

A few a friend sent me of old Detroit...........

 

Few more.........