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Fifty years ago on Oct. 3, 1967, Maj. William J. “Pete” Knight flew the modified X-15A-2 to a speed of Mach 6.72. The aircraft was flown with its full ablative coating and external fuel tanks. A dummy ramjet mounted on the lower ventral stub stabilizer fell away during the flight as a result of severe heat damage to the fairing. The flight marked the highest speed achieved in the X-15 program and remains the highest speed ever reached by a manned airplane. The provided video is from a 1999 production, narrated by then Edwards Air Force Base historian Dr. Jim Young, which describes this historic event.
| Date Taken: | 10.03.1999 |
| Date Posted: | 10.03.2017 12:17 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 555427 |
| VIRIN: | 171003-F-ZZ999-412 |
| Filename: | DOD_104921164 |
| Length: | 00:01:43 |
| Location: | EDWARDS, CA, US |
| Hometown: | EDWARDS, CA, US |
| Downloads: | 33 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 33 |
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