Ratings
Rated: 2 times. Average rating 5
Description
- The X-15 is the only vehicle so far that has been flown by a pilot (rather than a computer) into space and back. It routinely survived re-entry temperatures over 2,000 degrees Farenheit.- The X-15 is the fastest airplane ever built-over twice as fast as the SR-71 Blackbird! It was also the highest-flying aircraft ever bui
If you liked this, you'll probably like:
- The Accidental Empire by Gershom Gorenberg (2006)
- The E-bomb by Doug Beason (2005)
- Don't Flinch by Barry Alvarez (2006)
- Guests of the Ayatollah by Mark Bowden (2006)
- Grant and Sherman by Charles Bracelen Flood (2005)
- A Place in the Choir by John Jacobson (2006)
- Skin by Nina G. Jablonski (2006)
- Murach's ASP.NET 2.0 Web Programming with C# 2005 by Joel Murach (2006)
- Princess Masako by Ben Hills (2006)
- Tamerlane by Justin Marozzi (2006)
Books by Dennis R. Jenkins:
- Grumman A-6 Intruder (2002)
- Hypersonic (2003)
