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The X-15 is one of the most successful aircraft of the X-Plane series of experimental aircraft. Designed in the late 1950s to explore high altitudes and high speeds the X-15 would fly 199 times and set both altitude and speed records. Eventually the X-15 flew high enough to win its pilots Astronaut wings. It also set the world's absolute speed record by flying over six times the speed of sound.
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| Wingspan |
22 ft 4 in |
| Length |
50 ft |
| Height |
13 ft |
| Weight |
56,130 lbs (loaded) |
| Maximum Speed |
4,520 mph |
| Service Ceiling |
354,200 ft |
| Range |
275 miles |
| Engines |
1 Thiokol XLR99-RM-2 rocket engine 57,850 lbs thrust |
| Crew |
1 |
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