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This educational video explains how the Experimental X-15 Space Program Project designed and engineered the worlds fastest aircraft, first flight test by piloted Scott Crossfield at mach 6.7. The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the USAF and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever recorded by a manned, powered aircraft. It would ultimately reach a top speed of 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72.
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"It was the ultimate flying machine, No airplane can live up to what the X-15 did." That’s what retired test pilot and astronaut Joe Engle said of the first real space plane and 50 years after its record-breaking flight of 3rd October 1967 when USAF test pilot William J. Knight achieved a top speed of MACH 6.72, 4519 mph or 7273 km/h, It’s still the fastest manned powered aircraft.
And if you thought the SR71 blackbird was the fastest jet, then you absolutely correct because the X-15 wasn’t a jet, it was rocket powered single seater aircraft which looked a bit like an oversized dart and had to launched from the underside of a modified B-52 at 45,000 feet, because the XLR-99 rocket engine would burn through all of it’s fuel in just 2 minutes.
Not only did the X-15 set speed records it also went past the point of where space officially starts at 100km, 62.1 miles on two occasions, both times piloted by Joseph A Walker at 105.9km, 347,000 feet and 107.8km 353,000 feet.
Although in the 1960’s the USAF considered space to start at 80km or 50 miles. Any crew that flew over the 50-mile limit where given Astronaut badges, 13 of the X-15 flights went higher than this and two of the pilots, Neil Armstrong and Joe Engle went on the become fully fledged Astronauts in the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs.
But apart from being a record-breaking aircraft, Research from the X-15 program lead to things like the first full pressure suit that would work in space, the first use of reaction controls, those are the little jets that position a spacecraft in space, the first use of superalloys in the planes structure that could withstand the heat of hypersonic re-entry and the Development of the first large restartable throttleable rocket engine, the XLR99.
These are a small selection of the developments and discoveries that would go on to contribute to later space programs including Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle.
In the early 1950’s, research which had started with the Bell X-1, the 1st supersonic plane, began looking in to the problems that would be encountered by spaceflight.
At the time it was still unknown as to what would happen to the stability as well as other issues of the craft, when travelling at hypersonic speeds, that’s between Mach 5 to Mach 10, or between about 3800 and 7,700 mph ( 6,200 to 12,400 km/h). This would be the type of speed that would be required to get to the edge of space and the re-entry.
In 1952 the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (N.A.C.A), NASA’s predecessor started looking into the problems and by 1954 they had contacted both the US Navy and Airforce to propose building a research aircraft which would become the X-15.
By 1956 the contract for the airframe had gone to North American Aviation and the rocket engine was to be built by Reaction Motors.
After the contract had been awarded to North American and before the launch of Sputnik in Oct 1957, North American had considered making an X-15B orbital space plane that could carry a crew of two by launching it in to a low earth orbit on top of a pair of SM-64 Navaho missile boosters.
If this had been done, it could have predated the Space shuttle by over 20 years.
However after Sputnik, the X-15B orbital space plane idea was shelved and revived several times until it was overtaken by the Mercury space program as the NACA became NASA in 1958.
In 1960 NASA considered using the B-52 and X-15 as a launch system for a Blue scout rocket to carry small satellites into orbit. The B-52 would be the first stage, with the X-15 being the second stage carrying the Blue scout, the third stage to 180,000 ft, before it was launched carrying the payload to orbit.
This is an idea using high-performance aircraft as launch platforms is now gaining interest once more as a method for launching the new generation of nanosatellites.
Three X-15’s were built and performed 199 missions over a 9 year period from 1959 to 1968. Due to delays in the engine development the first 24 flights used two smaller XLR-11 engines but in 1960 the XLR-99 engines were fitted, over tripling the thrust to 57,000 lbs and this would be used throughout the remainder of the flights.
The X-15 generally performed two types of research flight paths, level high speed runs at around 100,000 feet and altitude runs where it would fly as high as possible.
Because of the speeds that the X-15 could reach, the temperature on exposed areas like the leading edges of the wings and the nose could reach 1200 degree Fahrenheit or 650 degree Celsius at Mach 6.
The fuselage was made from titanium covered in Inconel X, a nickel-chromium-based superalloy......
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This aviation video shows the United States built North American X-15, a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the USAF and NASA as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The aeronautical company known as North American designed and build this amazing aircraft which set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever reached by a manned, powered aircraft. Its maximum speed was 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72.
PERFORMANCE:
Maximum speed: 4,520 mph (7,274 km/h)
Range: 280 mi (450 km)
Service ceiling: 67 mi (108 km, 354,330 ft)
Rate of climb: 60,000 ft/min (18,288 m/min)
Wing loading: 170 lb/ft2 (829 kg/m2)
Thrust/weight: 2.07
SPECIFICATIONS:
Crew: one
Length: 50 ft 9 in (15.45 m)
Wingspan: 22 ft 4 in (6.8 m)
Height: 13 ft 6 in (4.12 m)
Wing area: 200 ft2 (18.6 m2)
Empty weight: 14,600 lb (6,620 kg)
Loaded weight: 34,000 lb (15,420 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 34,000 lb (15,420 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Reaction Motors XLR99-RM-2 liquid propellant rocket engine, 70,400 lbf at 30 km (313 kN)
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The X-15 is the fastest and highest-flying manned aircraft.
The North American X-15 rocket plane was perhaps the most important of the USAF/USN X-series of experimental aircraft. Although not as famous as the Bell X-1, the X-15 set numerous speed and altitude records in the early 1960s, reaching the edge of space and bringing back valuable data that was used in the design of later aircraft and spacecraft.
In 1952, the NACA established a goal of conducting research on aircraft capable of flying at speeds between Mach 4 and Mach 10 and at altitudes between 12 and 50 miles (19 and 80 kilometers). This speed range was called "hypersonic." On September 30, 1955, North American Aviation was awarded a contract to develop an aircraft to conduct this research. The aircraft was designated the X-15. The X-15 developed numerous technologies associated with high-speed flight.
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X-15 1961
Before Top Gun, Apollo 13 or The Right Stuff, this breathtaking, jet-fueled journey of high-altitude filmmaking blasted audiences from zero-G to 4,000 miles per hour with its thrilling tale of America's victory in the space race. Starring David McLean, Charles Bronson and Mary Tyler Moore, X-15 sets the sky as the limitfor excitement! The courageous pilots of the Air Force's X-15 program are determined to take an experimental rocket 100 miles above the earth at four times the speed of sound! At stake is American air supremacy and proof that space travelis possible. But also at stake are their lives and the lives of the terrified wives they've left behind!
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This joint program by NASA, the Air Force, the Navy, and North American operated the most remarkable of all the rocket research aircraft. Composed of an internal structure of titanium and a skin surface of a chrome-nickel alloy known as Inconel X, the X-15 had its first, unpowered glide flight on June 8, 1959, while the first powered flight took place on September 17, 1959. Because of the large fuel consumption of its rocket engine, the X-15 was air launched from a B-52 aircraft at about 45,000 ft and speeds upward of 500 mph. The airplane first set speed records in the Mach 4-6 range with Mach 4.43 on March 7, 1961; Mach 5.27 on June 23, 1961; Mach 6.04 on November 9, 1961; and Mach 6.7 on October 3, 1967. It also set an altitude record of 354,200 feet (67 miles) on August 22, 1963, and provided an enormous wealth of data on hypersonic air flow, aerodynamic heating, control and stability at hypersonic speeds, reaction controls for flight above the atmosphere, piloting techniques for reentry, human factors, and flight instrumentation. The highly successful program contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo piloted spaceflight programs as well as the Space Shuttle program. The program's final flight was performed on October 24, 1968.
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The US Air Force X-15 is the worlds fastest aircraft in History. The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever reached by a manned, powered aircraft. Its maximum speed was 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72.[1][2]
During the X-15 program, 13 flights by eight pilots met the Air Force spaceflight criterion by exceeding the altitude of 50 miles (80 km), thus qualifying the pilots for astronaut status. The Air Force pilots qualified for astronaut wings immediately, while the civilian pilots were awarded NASA astronaut wings in 2005, 35 years after the last X-15 flight. The sole Navy pilot in the X-15 program never took the aircraft above the requisite 50 mile altitude.[3][4]
Of the 199 X-15 missions, two flights (by the same pilot) qualified as space flights per the international (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) definition of a spaceflight by exceeding 100 kilometers (62.1 mi) in altitude.
Design and development[edit]
X-15 after igniting rocket engine
X-15A2, with sealed ablative coating, external fuel tanks, and ramjet dummy test
The X-15 was based on a concept study from Walter Dornberger for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) for a hypersonic research aircraft.[5] The requests for proposal were published on 30 December 1954 for the airframe and on 4 February 1955 for the rocket engine. The X-15 was built by two manufacturers: North American Aviation was contracted for the airframe in November 1955, and Reaction Motors was contracted for building the engines in 1956.
Like many X-series aircraft, the X-15 was designed to be carried aloft and drop launched from under the wing of a NASA B-52 mother ship. Air Force NB-52A, "The High and Mighty One" (serial 52-0003, AKA Balls Three), and NB-52B, "The Challenger" (serial 52-0008, AKA Balls 8) served as carrier planes for all X-15 flights. Release took place at an altitude of about 8.5 miles (13.7 km) and a speed of about 500 miles per hour (805 km/h).[6] The X-15 fuselage was long and cylindrical, with rear fairings that flattened its appearance, and thick, dorsal and ventral wedge-fin stabilizers. Parts of the fuselage were heat-resistant nickel alloy (Inconel-X 750).[5] The retractable landing gear comprised a nose-wheel carriage and two rear skids. The skids did not extend beyond the ventral fin, which required the pilot to jettison the lower fin (fitted with a parachute) just before landing.
Cockpit and pilot systems[edit]
The X-15 was a research program and changes were made to various systems over the course of the program and between the different models. The X-15 was operated under several different scenarios including attachment to a launch aircraft, drop, main engine start and acceleration, a ballistic flight into thin air/space, re-entry into thicker air, and an unpowered glide to landing. Alternatively, if the main engine was not started the pilot went directly to a landing. The main rocket engine operated only for a relatively short part of the flight, but was capable of boosting the X-15 to its high speeds and altitudes. Without main engine thrust, the X-15's instruments and control surfaces remained functional, but the aircraft could not maintain altitude.
Because the X-15 also had to be controlled in an environment where there was too little air for aerodynamic flight control surfaces, it had a reaction control system (RCS) that used rocket thrusters.[7] There were two different X-15 pilot control setups: one used three joysticks; the other, one joystick.[8]
The X-15 type with multiple control sticks for the pilot included a traditional rudder and stick, and another joystick on the left which sent commands to the reaction control system.[9] A third joystick on the right side was used during high-G maneuvers to augment the center stick.[9] In addition to pilot input, the X-15 "Stability Augmentation System" (SAS) sent inputs to the aerodynamic controls to help the pilot maintain attitude control.[9] The reaction control system could be operated in two modes, manual and automatic.[8] The automatic mode used a feature called "Reaction Augmentation System" (RAS) that helped stabilize the vehicle at high altitude.[8] The RAS was typically used for approximately three minutes of an X-15 flight before automatic power off.[8]
The second setup used the MH-96 flight control system which allowed one joystick in place of three and simplified pilot input.[10]
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On November 15, 1967, Mike Adams became the X-15s first and only fatality. For more details on the flight and all the experiments that were on board the rocket plane that day, check out the latest post on Vintage Space: http://www.popsci.com/sometimes-rocket-plane-wins
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- published: 16 Jan 2015
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The X-15 rocket-powered research aircraft could fly faster than 4,000 miles an hour and reached the edge of space in the 1960s. Edited footage from onboard time-lapse motion picture cameras looking aft and pointing toward the nose make a quick flight seem even faster as the X-15 launches from its B-52 mother ship, accelerates and climbs, and descends to a fast landing on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB, Calif.
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North America
North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere. It can also be considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean, and to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea.
North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), about 16.5% of the earth's land area and about 4.8% of its total surface. North America is the third largest continent by area, following Asia and Africa, and the fourth by population after Asia, Africa, and Europe.
In 2013, its population was estimated at nearly 565 million people in 23 independent states, or about 7.5% of the world's population, if nearby islands (most notably the Caribbean) are included.
North America was reached by its first human populations during the last glacial period, via crossing the Bering land bridge. The so-called Paleo-Indian period is taken to have lasted until about 10,000 years ago (the beginning of the Archaic or Meso-Indian period). The Classic stage spans roughly the 6th to 13th centuries. The Pre-Columbian era ended with the arrival of European settlers during the Age of Discovery and the Early Modern period. Present-day cultural and ethnic patterns reflect different kind of interactions between European colonists, indigenous peoples, African slaves and their descendants. European influences are strongest in the northern parts of the continent while indigenous and African influences are relatively stronger in the south. Because of the history of colonialism, most North Americans speak English, Spanish or French and societies and states commonly reflect Western traditions.
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United States military aircraft designation systems
The United States Military Aircraft Designation System was first designed in 1919 when the US Army's Aeronautical Division became the United States Army Air Service. Before this aircraft were put into service under their manufacturers' designations.
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United States Army Air Service 1919 to 1924
During this period Type Designations used by the United States Army Air Service were allotted, using two or three letters, which were an abbreviation of the aircraft's purpose. Examples include GA for Ground Attack aircraft; NO for Night Observation aircraft and NBS for Night Bombardment, Short Distance aircraft.
Army aviation 1924 to 1962
From 1924 to 1947 the Air Service, United States Army Air Corps, United States Army Air Forces and United States Air Force used a designation system based on mission category, with each model in a category numbered sequentially. In 1947, the designation system was extensively overhauled, with several categories being dispensed with, and others renamed For instance, the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star (Pursuit) was redesignated as F-80 (Fighter), while the A-26 medium bomber/attack aircraft was redesignated as the B-26, reusing the designation, the Martin B-26 having retired in the meantime.
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North American X-15
The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever reached by a manned, powered aircraft. Its maximum speed was 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72.
During the X-15 program, 13 flights by eight pilots met the Air Force spaceflight criterion by exceeding the altitude of 50 miles (80 km), thus qualifying the pilots for astronaut status. The Air Force pilots qualified for astronaut wings immediately, while the civilian pilots were awarded NASA astronaut wings in 2005, 35 years after the last X-15 flight. The sole Navy pilot in the X-15 program never took the aircraft above the requisite 50 mile altitude.
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Air force
An air force, also known in some countries as an air army, is in the broadest sense, the national military organization that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an army, navy, or a marine corps. Typically, air forces are responsible for gaining control of the air, carrying out strategic and tactical bombing missions, and providing support to land and naval forces.
The term "air force" may also refer to a tactical air force or numbered air force, which is an operational formation either within a national air force or comprising several air components from allied nations. Air forces typically consist of a combination of fighters, bombers, helicopters, transport planes and other aircraft.
Many air forces are also responsible for operations of the military space, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), and communications equipment. Some air forces may command and control other air defence assets such as anti-aircraft artillery, surface-to-air missiles, or anti-ballistic missile warning networks and defensive systems. Some nations, principally Russia, the former Soviet Union and countries who modelled their militaries along Soviet lines, have an air defence force which is organizationally separate from their air force.
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22:24Engineering Marvels - The Mach 7 North American X-15 - Fastest X-Plane - Full Documentary (720p HD)
Engineering Marvels - The Mach 7 North American X-15 - Fastest X-Plane - Full Documentary (720p HD)Engineering Marvels - The Mach 7 North American X-15 - Fastest X-Plane - Full Documentary (720p HD)
This educational video explains how the Experimental X-15 Space Program Project designed and engineered the worlds fastest aircraft, first flight test by piloted Scott Crossfield at mach 6.7. The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the USAF and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever recorded by a manned, powered aircraft. It would ultimately reach a top speed of 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72. FOLLOW on: https://www.facebook.com/documentarytube.net https://twitter.com/DocArchive Engineering Marvels Full Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfnXs03FA5s&list;=PLCIsViWU6sLkfBjjgQwP3dg3yeYbq5GQ- -
9:52X-15 The Ultimate Flying Machine
X-15 The Ultimate Flying MachineX-15 The Ultimate Flying Machine
"It was the ultimate flying machine, No airplane can live up to what the X-15 did." That’s what retired test pilot and astronaut Joe Engle said of the first real space plane and 50 years after its record-breaking flight of 3rd October 1967 when USAF test pilot William J. Knight achieved a top speed of MACH 6.72, 4519 mph or 7273 km/h, It’s still the fastest manned powered aircraft. And if you thought the SR71 blackbird was the fastest jet, then you absolutely correct because the X-15 wasn’t a jet, it was rocket powered single seater aircraft which looked a bit like an oversized dart and had to launched from the underside of a modified B-52 at 45,000 feet, because the XLR-99 rocket engine would burn through all of it’s fuel in just 2 minutes. Not only did the X-15 set speed records it also went past the point of where space officially starts at 100km, 62.1 miles on two occasions, both times piloted by Joseph A Walker at 105.9km, 347,000 feet and 107.8km 353,000 feet. Although in the 1960’s the USAF considered space to start at 80km or 50 miles. Any crew that flew over the 50-mile limit where given Astronaut badges, 13 of the X-15 flights went higher than this and two of the pilots, Neil Armstrong and Joe Engle went on the become fully fledged Astronauts in the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs. But apart from being a record-breaking aircraft, Research from the X-15 program lead to things like the first full pressure suit that would work in space, the first use of reaction controls, those are the little jets that position a spacecraft in space, the first use of superalloys in the planes structure that could withstand the heat of hypersonic re-entry and the Development of the first large restartable throttleable rocket engine, the XLR99. These are a small selection of the developments and discoveries that would go on to contribute to later space programs including Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle. In the early 1950’s, research which had started with the Bell X-1, the 1st supersonic plane, began looking in to the problems that would be encountered by spaceflight. At the time it was still unknown as to what would happen to the stability as well as other issues of the craft, when travelling at hypersonic speeds, that’s between Mach 5 to Mach 10, or between about 3800 and 7,700 mph ( 6,200 to 12,400 km/h). This would be the type of speed that would be required to get to the edge of space and the re-entry. In 1952 the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (N.A.C.A), NASA’s predecessor started looking into the problems and by 1954 they had contacted both the US Navy and Airforce to propose building a research aircraft which would become the X-15. By 1956 the contract for the airframe had gone to North American Aviation and the rocket engine was to be built by Reaction Motors. After the contract had been awarded to North American and before the launch of Sputnik in Oct 1957, North American had considered making an X-15B orbital space plane that could carry a crew of two by launching it in to a low earth orbit on top of a pair of SM-64 Navaho missile boosters. If this had been done, it could have predated the Space shuttle by over 20 years. However after Sputnik, the X-15B orbital space plane idea was shelved and revived several times until it was overtaken by the Mercury space program as the NACA became NASA in 1958. In 1960 NASA considered using the B-52 and X-15 as a launch system for a Blue scout rocket to carry small satellites into orbit. The B-52 would be the first stage, with the X-15 being the second stage carrying the Blue scout, the third stage to 180,000 ft, before it was launched carrying the payload to orbit. This is an idea using high-performance aircraft as launch platforms is now gaining interest once more as a method for launching the new generation of nanosatellites. Three X-15’s were built and performed 199 missions over a 9 year period from 1959 to 1968. Due to delays in the engine development the first 24 flights used two smaller XLR-11 engines but in 1960 the XLR-99 engines were fitted, over tripling the thrust to 57,000 lbs and this would be used throughout the remainder of the flights. The X-15 generally performed two types of research flight paths, level high speed runs at around 100,000 feet and altitude runs where it would fly as high as possible. Because of the speeds that the X-15 could reach, the temperature on exposed areas like the leading edges of the wings and the nose could reach 1200 degree Fahrenheit or 650 degree Celsius at Mach 6. The fuselage was made from titanium covered in Inconel X, a nickel-chromium-based superalloy...... Galaxy 2004 The Long Way by Frank Dorittke is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) Source: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Frank_Dorittke/Mare_Tranquillitatis/pcr018_cd02_03_fd_project_galaxy_2004_the_long_way -
27:05The Best Experimental X-Plane - The North American X-15 (720p)
The Best Experimental X-Plane - The North American X-15 (720p)The Best Experimental X-Plane - The North American X-15 (720p)
This aviation video shows the United States built North American X-15, a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the USAF and NASA as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The aeronautical company known as North American designed and build this amazing aircraft which set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever reached by a manned, powered aircraft. Its maximum speed was 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72. PERFORMANCE: Maximum speed: 4,520 mph (7,274 km/h) Range: 280 mi (450 km) Service ceiling: 67 mi (108 km, 354,330 ft) Rate of climb: 60,000 ft/min (18,288 m/min) Wing loading: 170 lb/ft2 (829 kg/m2) Thrust/weight: 2.07 SPECIFICATIONS: Crew: one Length: 50 ft 9 in (15.45 m) Wingspan: 22 ft 4 in (6.8 m) Height: 13 ft 6 in (4.12 m) Wing area: 200 ft2 (18.6 m2) Empty weight: 14,600 lb (6,620 kg) Loaded weight: 34,000 lb (15,420 kg) Max. takeoff weight: 34,000 lb (15,420 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Reaction Motors XLR99-RM-2 liquid propellant rocket engine, 70,400 lbf at 30 km (313 kN) Read more on the X-15 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_X-15 FOLLOW ON: https://www.facebook.com/documentarytube.net https://twitter.com/DocArchive -
26:40The North American X-15 - worth seeing
The North American X-15 - worth seeingThe North American X-15 - worth seeing
The X-15 is the fastest and highest-flying manned aircraft. The North American X-15 rocket plane was perhaps the most important of the USAF/USN X-series of experimental aircraft. Although not as famous as the Bell X-1, the X-15 set numerous speed and altitude records in the early 1960s, reaching the edge of space and bringing back valuable data that was used in the design of later aircraft and spacecraft. In 1952, the NACA established a goal of conducting research on aircraft capable of flying at speeds between Mach 4 and Mach 10 and at altitudes between 12 and 50 miles (19 and 80 kilometers). This speed range was called "hypersonic." On September 30, 1955, North American Aviation was awarded a contract to develop an aircraft to conduct this research. The aircraft was designated the X-15. The X-15 developed numerous technologies associated with high-speed flight. -
1:47:08X-15 1961 FULL MOVIE
X-15 1961 FULL MOVIEX-15 1961 FULL MOVIE
No copyright infringement intended. X-15 1961 Before Top Gun, Apollo 13 or The Right Stuff, this breathtaking, jet-fueled journey of high-altitude filmmaking blasted audiences from zero-G to 4,000 miles per hour with its thrilling tale of America's victory in the space race. Starring David McLean, Charles Bronson and Mary Tyler Moore, X-15 sets the sky as the limitfor excitement! The courageous pilots of the Air Force's X-15 program are determined to take an experimental rocket 100 miles above the earth at four times the speed of sound! At stake is American air supremacy and proof that space travelis possible. But also at stake are their lives and the lives of the terrified wives they've left behind! -
7:58X-15 Hypersonic Research At The Edge Of Space
X-15 Hypersonic Research At The Edge Of SpaceX-15 Hypersonic Research At The Edge Of Space
Credit: NASA This joint program by NASA, the Air Force, the Navy, and North American operated the most remarkable of all the rocket research aircraft. Composed of an internal structure of titanium and a skin surface of a chrome-nickel alloy known as Inconel X, the X-15 had its first, unpowered glide flight on June 8, 1959, while the first powered flight took place on September 17, 1959. Because of the large fuel consumption of its rocket engine, the X-15 was air launched from a B-52 aircraft at about 45,000 ft and speeds upward of 500 mph. The airplane first set speed records in the Mach 4-6 range with Mach 4.43 on March 7, 1961; Mach 5.27 on June 23, 1961; Mach 6.04 on November 9, 1961; and Mach 6.7 on October 3, 1967. It also set an altitude record of 354,200 feet (67 miles) on August 22, 1963, and provided an enormous wealth of data on hypersonic air flow, aerodynamic heating, control and stability at hypersonic speeds, reaction controls for flight above the atmosphere, piloting techniques for reentry, human factors, and flight instrumentation. The highly successful program contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo piloted spaceflight programs as well as the Space Shuttle program. The program's final flight was performed on October 24, 1968. Click to subscribe! http://bit.ly/subAIRBOYD The most viewed aviation channel on YouTube. -
1:48WORLDS FASTEST MACH 6 Aircraft US Air Force X-15 Hypersonic Aircraft
WORLDS FASTEST MACH 6 Aircraft US Air Force X-15 Hypersonic AircraftWORLDS FASTEST MACH 6 Aircraft US Air Force X-15 Hypersonic Aircraft
The US Air Force X-15 is the worlds fastest aircraft in History. The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever reached by a manned, powered aircraft. Its maximum speed was 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72.[1][2] During the X-15 program, 13 flights by eight pilots met the Air Force spaceflight criterion by exceeding the altitude of 50 miles (80 km), thus qualifying the pilots for astronaut status. The Air Force pilots qualified for astronaut wings immediately, while the civilian pilots were awarded NASA astronaut wings in 2005, 35 years after the last X-15 flight. The sole Navy pilot in the X-15 program never took the aircraft above the requisite 50 mile altitude.[3][4] Of the 199 X-15 missions, two flights (by the same pilot) qualified as space flights per the international (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) definition of a spaceflight by exceeding 100 kilometers (62.1 mi) in altitude. Design and development[edit] X-15 after igniting rocket engine X-15A2, with sealed ablative coating, external fuel tanks, and ramjet dummy test The X-15 was based on a concept study from Walter Dornberger for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) for a hypersonic research aircraft.[5] The requests for proposal were published on 30 December 1954 for the airframe and on 4 February 1955 for the rocket engine. The X-15 was built by two manufacturers: North American Aviation was contracted for the airframe in November 1955, and Reaction Motors was contracted for building the engines in 1956. Like many X-series aircraft, the X-15 was designed to be carried aloft and drop launched from under the wing of a NASA B-52 mother ship. Air Force NB-52A, "The High and Mighty One" (serial 52-0003, AKA Balls Three), and NB-52B, "The Challenger" (serial 52-0008, AKA Balls 8) served as carrier planes for all X-15 flights. Release took place at an altitude of about 8.5 miles (13.7 km) and a speed of about 500 miles per hour (805 km/h).[6] The X-15 fuselage was long and cylindrical, with rear fairings that flattened its appearance, and thick, dorsal and ventral wedge-fin stabilizers. Parts of the fuselage were heat-resistant nickel alloy (Inconel-X 750).[5] The retractable landing gear comprised a nose-wheel carriage and two rear skids. The skids did not extend beyond the ventral fin, which required the pilot to jettison the lower fin (fitted with a parachute) just before landing. Cockpit and pilot systems[edit] The X-15 was a research program and changes were made to various systems over the course of the program and between the different models. The X-15 was operated under several different scenarios including attachment to a launch aircraft, drop, main engine start and acceleration, a ballistic flight into thin air/space, re-entry into thicker air, and an unpowered glide to landing. Alternatively, if the main engine was not started the pilot went directly to a landing. The main rocket engine operated only for a relatively short part of the flight, but was capable of boosting the X-15 to its high speeds and altitudes. Without main engine thrust, the X-15's instruments and control surfaces remained functional, but the aircraft could not maintain altitude. Because the X-15 also had to be controlled in an environment where there was too little air for aerodynamic flight control surfaces, it had a reaction control system (RCS) that used rocket thrusters.[7] There were two different X-15 pilot control setups: one used three joysticks; the other, one joystick.[8] The X-15 type with multiple control sticks for the pilot included a traditional rudder and stick, and another joystick on the left which sent commands to the reaction control system.[9] A third joystick on the right side was used during high-G maneuvers to augment the center stick.[9] In addition to pilot input, the X-15 "Stability Augmentation System" (SAS) sent inputs to the aerodynamic controls to help the pilot maintain attitude control.[9] The reaction control system could be operated in two modes, manual and automatic.[8] The automatic mode used a feature called "Reaction Augmentation System" (RAS) that helped stabilize the vehicle at high altitude.[8] The RAS was typically used for approximately three minutes of an X-15 flight before automatic power off.[8] The second setup used the MH-96 flight control system which allowed one joystick in place of three and simplified pilot input.[10] -
4:15When Rocket Planes Turn Fatal
When Rocket Planes Turn FatalWhen Rocket Planes Turn Fatal
On November 15, 1967, Mike Adams became the X-15s first and only fatality. For more details on the flight and all the experiments that were on board the rocket plane that day, check out the latest post on Vintage Space: http://www.popsci.com/sometimes-rocket-plane-wins Title image via NASA. Music "New Perspective" from Music Loops. Thanks to Doug Ellison for the amazing quadcopter footage of the X-15 crash site from the air. For more Vintage Space, add me on Facebook, Google+, and Twitter as @astVintageSpace. And subscribe to Vintage Space on Popular Science for regular blog update: http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/vintage-space For weekly Vintage Space video updates, don't forget to subscribe! -
6:58World Speed Record - X15 Aircraft/Jet - 7274 km/h
World Speed Record - X15 Aircraft/Jet - 7274 km/hWorld Speed Record - X15 Aircraft/Jet - 7274 km/h
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2:08X-15 Rocket Plane Onboard Time-Lapse Motion Pictures
X-15 Rocket Plane Onboard Time-Lapse Motion PicturesX-15 Rocket Plane Onboard Time-Lapse Motion Pictures
The X-15 rocket-powered research aircraft could fly faster than 4,000 miles an hour and reached the edge of space in the 1960s. Edited footage from onboard time-lapse motion picture cameras looking aft and pointing toward the nose make a quick flight seem even faster as the X-15 launches from its B-52 mother ship, accelerates and climbs, and descends to a fast landing on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB, Calif.
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Engineering Marvels - The Mach 7 North American X-15 - Fastest X-Plane - Full Documentary (720p HD)
This educational video explains how the Experimental X-15 Space Program Project designed and engineered the worlds fastest aircraft, first flight test by piloted Scott Crossfield at mach 6.7. The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the USAF and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever recorded by a manned, powered aircraft. It would ultimately reach a top speed of 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72. FOLLOW on: https://www.f...
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X-15 The Ultimate Flying Machine
"It was the ultimate flying machine, No airplane can live up to what the X-15 did." That’s what retired test pilot and astronaut Joe Engle said of the first real space plane and 50 years after its record-breaking flight of 3rd October 1967 when USAF test pilot William J. Knight achieved a top speed of MACH 6.72, 4519 mph or 7273 km/h, It’s still the fastest manned powered aircraft. And if you thought the SR71 blackbird was the fastest jet, then you absolutely correct because the X-15 wasn’t a jet, it was rocket powered single seater aircraft which looked a bit like an oversized dart and had to launched from the underside of a modified B-52 at 45,000 feet, because the XLR-99 rocket engine would burn through all of it’s fuel in just 2 minutes. Not only did the X-15 set speed records it al...
published: 22 Apr 2017 -
The Best Experimental X-Plane - The North American X-15 (720p)
This aviation video shows the United States built North American X-15, a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the USAF and NASA as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The aeronautical company known as North American designed and build this amazing aircraft which set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever reached by a manned, powered aircraft. Its maximum speed was 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72. PERFORMANCE: Maximum speed: 4,520 mph (7,274 km/h) Range: 280 mi (450 km) Service ceiling: 67 mi (108 km, 354,330 ft) Rate of climb: 60,000 ft/min (18,288 m/...
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The North American X-15 - worth seeing
The X-15 is the fastest and highest-flying manned aircraft. The North American X-15 rocket plane was perhaps the most important of the USAF/USN X-series of experimental aircraft. Although not as famous as the Bell X-1, the X-15 set numerous speed and altitude records in the early 1960s, reaching the edge of space and bringing back valuable data that was used in the design of later aircraft and spacecraft. In 1952, the NACA established a goal of conducting research on aircraft capable of flying at speeds between Mach 4 and Mach 10 and at altitudes between 12 and 50 miles (19 and 80 kilometers). This speed range was called "hypersonic." On September 30, 1955, North American Aviation was awarded a contract to develop an aircraft to conduct this research. The aircraft was designated the X-15...
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X-15 1961 FULL MOVIE
No copyright infringement intended. X-15 1961 Before Top Gun, Apollo 13 or The Right Stuff, this breathtaking, jet-fueled journey of high-altitude filmmaking blasted audiences from zero-G to 4,000 miles per hour with its thrilling tale of America's victory in the space race. Starring David McLean, Charles Bronson and Mary Tyler Moore, X-15 sets the sky as the limitfor excitement! The courageous pilots of the Air Force's X-15 program are determined to take an experimental rocket 100 miles above the earth at four times the speed of sound! At stake is American air supremacy and proof that space travelis possible. But also at stake are their lives and the lives of the terrified wives they've left behind!
published: 11 Nov 2014 -
X-15 Hypersonic Research At The Edge Of Space
Credit: NASA This joint program by NASA, the Air Force, the Navy, and North American operated the most remarkable of all the rocket research aircraft. Composed of an internal structure of titanium and a skin surface of a chrome-nickel alloy known as Inconel X, the X-15 had its first, unpowered glide flight on June 8, 1959, while the first powered flight took place on September 17, 1959. Because of the large fuel consumption of its rocket engine, the X-15 was air launched from a B-52 aircraft at about 45,000 ft and speeds upward of 500 mph. The airplane first set speed records in the Mach 4-6 range with Mach 4.43 on March 7, 1961; Mach 5.27 on June 23, 1961; Mach 6.04 on November 9, 1961; and Mach 6.7 on October 3, 1967. It also set an altitude record of 354,200 feet (67 miles) on August 22...
published: 05 Jul 2010 -
WORLDS FASTEST MACH 6 Aircraft US Air Force X-15 Hypersonic Aircraft
The US Air Force X-15 is the worlds fastest aircraft in History. The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever reached by a manned, powered aircraft. Its maximum speed was 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72.[1][2] During the X-15 program, 13 flights by eight pilots met the Air Force spaceflight criterion by exceeding the altitude of 50 miles (80 km), thus qualifyin...
published: 20 Mar 2016 -
When Rocket Planes Turn Fatal
On November 15, 1967, Mike Adams became the X-15s first and only fatality. For more details on the flight and all the experiments that were on board the rocket plane that day, check out the latest post on Vintage Space: http://www.popsci.com/sometimes-rocket-plane-wins Title image via NASA. Music "New Perspective" from Music Loops. Thanks to Doug Ellison for the amazing quadcopter footage of the X-15 crash site from the air. For more Vintage Space, add me on Facebook, Google+, and Twitter as @astVintageSpace. And subscribe to Vintage Space on Popular Science for regular blog update: http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/vintage-space For weekly Vintage Space video updates, don't forget to subscribe!
published: 16 Jan 2015 -
World Speed Record - X15 Aircraft/Jet - 7274 km/h
published: 07 Mar 2010 -
X-15 Rocket Plane Onboard Time-Lapse Motion Pictures
The X-15 rocket-powered research aircraft could fly faster than 4,000 miles an hour and reached the edge of space in the 1960s. Edited footage from onboard time-lapse motion picture cameras looking aft and pointing toward the nose make a quick flight seem even faster as the X-15 launches from its B-52 mother ship, accelerates and climbs, and descends to a fast landing on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB, Calif.
published: 22 Jun 2012
Engineering Marvels - The Mach 7 North American X-15 - Fastest X-Plane - Full Documentary (720p HD)
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This educational video explains how the Experimental X-15 Space Program Project designed and engineered the worlds fastest aircraft, first flight test by pilote...
This educational video explains how the Experimental X-15 Space Program Project designed and engineered the worlds fastest aircraft, first flight test by piloted Scott Crossfield at mach 6.7. The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the USAF and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever recorded by a manned, powered aircraft. It would ultimately reach a top speed of 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72.
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This educational video explains how the Experimental X-15 Space Program Project designed and engineered the worlds fastest aircraft, first flight test by piloted Scott Crossfield at mach 6.7. The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the USAF and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever recorded by a manned, powered aircraft. It would ultimately reach a top speed of 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72.
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- published: 15 Oct 2016
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X-15 The Ultimate Flying Machine
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- Updated: 22 Apr 2017
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"It was the ultimate flying machine, No airplane can live up to what the X-15 did." That’s what retired test pilot and astronaut Joe Engle said of the first rea...
"It was the ultimate flying machine, No airplane can live up to what the X-15 did." That’s what retired test pilot and astronaut Joe Engle said of the first real space plane and 50 years after its record-breaking flight of 3rd October 1967 when USAF test pilot William J. Knight achieved a top speed of MACH 6.72, 4519 mph or 7273 km/h, It’s still the fastest manned powered aircraft.
And if you thought the SR71 blackbird was the fastest jet, then you absolutely correct because the X-15 wasn’t a jet, it was rocket powered single seater aircraft which looked a bit like an oversized dart and had to launched from the underside of a modified B-52 at 45,000 feet, because the XLR-99 rocket engine would burn through all of it’s fuel in just 2 minutes.
Not only did the X-15 set speed records it also went past the point of where space officially starts at 100km, 62.1 miles on two occasions, both times piloted by Joseph A Walker at 105.9km, 347,000 feet and 107.8km 353,000 feet.
Although in the 1960’s the USAF considered space to start at 80km or 50 miles. Any crew that flew over the 50-mile limit where given Astronaut badges, 13 of the X-15 flights went higher than this and two of the pilots, Neil Armstrong and Joe Engle went on the become fully fledged Astronauts in the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs.
But apart from being a record-breaking aircraft, Research from the X-15 program lead to things like the first full pressure suit that would work in space, the first use of reaction controls, those are the little jets that position a spacecraft in space, the first use of superalloys in the planes structure that could withstand the heat of hypersonic re-entry and the Development of the first large restartable throttleable rocket engine, the XLR99.
These are a small selection of the developments and discoveries that would go on to contribute to later space programs including Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle.
In the early 1950’s, research which had started with the Bell X-1, the 1st supersonic plane, began looking in to the problems that would be encountered by spaceflight.
At the time it was still unknown as to what would happen to the stability as well as other issues of the craft, when travelling at hypersonic speeds, that’s between Mach 5 to Mach 10, or between about 3800 and 7,700 mph ( 6,200 to 12,400 km/h). This would be the type of speed that would be required to get to the edge of space and the re-entry.
In 1952 the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (N.A.C.A), NASA’s predecessor started looking into the problems and by 1954 they had contacted both the US Navy and Airforce to propose building a research aircraft which would become the X-15.
By 1956 the contract for the airframe had gone to North American Aviation and the rocket engine was to be built by Reaction Motors.
After the contract had been awarded to North American and before the launch of Sputnik in Oct 1957, North American had considered making an X-15B orbital space plane that could carry a crew of two by launching it in to a low earth orbit on top of a pair of SM-64 Navaho missile boosters.
If this had been done, it could have predated the Space shuttle by over 20 years.
However after Sputnik, the X-15B orbital space plane idea was shelved and revived several times until it was overtaken by the Mercury space program as the NACA became NASA in 1958.
In 1960 NASA considered using the B-52 and X-15 as a launch system for a Blue scout rocket to carry small satellites into orbit. The B-52 would be the first stage, with the X-15 being the second stage carrying the Blue scout, the third stage to 180,000 ft, before it was launched carrying the payload to orbit.
This is an idea using high-performance aircraft as launch platforms is now gaining interest once more as a method for launching the new generation of nanosatellites.
Three X-15’s were built and performed 199 missions over a 9 year period from 1959 to 1968. Due to delays in the engine development the first 24 flights used two smaller XLR-11 engines but in 1960 the XLR-99 engines were fitted, over tripling the thrust to 57,000 lbs and this would be used throughout the remainder of the flights.
The X-15 generally performed two types of research flight paths, level high speed runs at around 100,000 feet and altitude runs where it would fly as high as possible.
Because of the speeds that the X-15 could reach, the temperature on exposed areas like the leading edges of the wings and the nose could reach 1200 degree Fahrenheit or 650 degree Celsius at Mach 6.
The fuselage was made from titanium covered in Inconel X, a nickel-chromium-based superalloy......
Galaxy 2004 The Long Way by Frank Dorittke is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/)
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"It was the ultimate flying machine, No airplane can live up to what the X-15 did." That’s what retired test pilot and astronaut Joe Engle said of the first real space plane and 50 years after its record-breaking flight of 3rd October 1967 when USAF test pilot William J. Knight achieved a top speed of MACH 6.72, 4519 mph or 7273 km/h, It’s still the fastest manned powered aircraft.
And if you thought the SR71 blackbird was the fastest jet, then you absolutely correct because the X-15 wasn’t a jet, it was rocket powered single seater aircraft which looked a bit like an oversized dart and had to launched from the underside of a modified B-52 at 45,000 feet, because the XLR-99 rocket engine would burn through all of it’s fuel in just 2 minutes.
Not only did the X-15 set speed records it also went past the point of where space officially starts at 100km, 62.1 miles on two occasions, both times piloted by Joseph A Walker at 105.9km, 347,000 feet and 107.8km 353,000 feet.
Although in the 1960’s the USAF considered space to start at 80km or 50 miles. Any crew that flew over the 50-mile limit where given Astronaut badges, 13 of the X-15 flights went higher than this and two of the pilots, Neil Armstrong and Joe Engle went on the become fully fledged Astronauts in the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs.
But apart from being a record-breaking aircraft, Research from the X-15 program lead to things like the first full pressure suit that would work in space, the first use of reaction controls, those are the little jets that position a spacecraft in space, the first use of superalloys in the planes structure that could withstand the heat of hypersonic re-entry and the Development of the first large restartable throttleable rocket engine, the XLR99.
These are a small selection of the developments and discoveries that would go on to contribute to later space programs including Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle.
In the early 1950’s, research which had started with the Bell X-1, the 1st supersonic plane, began looking in to the problems that would be encountered by spaceflight.
At the time it was still unknown as to what would happen to the stability as well as other issues of the craft, when travelling at hypersonic speeds, that’s between Mach 5 to Mach 10, or between about 3800 and 7,700 mph ( 6,200 to 12,400 km/h). This would be the type of speed that would be required to get to the edge of space and the re-entry.
In 1952 the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (N.A.C.A), NASA’s predecessor started looking into the problems and by 1954 they had contacted both the US Navy and Airforce to propose building a research aircraft which would become the X-15.
By 1956 the contract for the airframe had gone to North American Aviation and the rocket engine was to be built by Reaction Motors.
After the contract had been awarded to North American and before the launch of Sputnik in Oct 1957, North American had considered making an X-15B orbital space plane that could carry a crew of two by launching it in to a low earth orbit on top of a pair of SM-64 Navaho missile boosters.
If this had been done, it could have predated the Space shuttle by over 20 years.
However after Sputnik, the X-15B orbital space plane idea was shelved and revived several times until it was overtaken by the Mercury space program as the NACA became NASA in 1958.
In 1960 NASA considered using the B-52 and X-15 as a launch system for a Blue scout rocket to carry small satellites into orbit. The B-52 would be the first stage, with the X-15 being the second stage carrying the Blue scout, the third stage to 180,000 ft, before it was launched carrying the payload to orbit.
This is an idea using high-performance aircraft as launch platforms is now gaining interest once more as a method for launching the new generation of nanosatellites.
Three X-15’s were built and performed 199 missions over a 9 year period from 1959 to 1968. Due to delays in the engine development the first 24 flights used two smaller XLR-11 engines but in 1960 the XLR-99 engines were fitted, over tripling the thrust to 57,000 lbs and this would be used throughout the remainder of the flights.
The X-15 generally performed two types of research flight paths, level high speed runs at around 100,000 feet and altitude runs where it would fly as high as possible.
Because of the speeds that the X-15 could reach, the temperature on exposed areas like the leading edges of the wings and the nose could reach 1200 degree Fahrenheit or 650 degree Celsius at Mach 6.
The fuselage was made from titanium covered in Inconel X, a nickel-chromium-based superalloy......
Galaxy 2004 The Long Way by Frank Dorittke is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/)
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- published: 22 Apr 2017
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The Best Experimental X-Plane - The North American X-15 (720p)
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- Duration: 27:05
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This aviation video shows the United States built North American X-15, a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the USAF and NASA as part of the X-plane...
This aviation video shows the United States built North American X-15, a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the USAF and NASA as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The aeronautical company known as North American designed and build this amazing aircraft which set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever reached by a manned, powered aircraft. Its maximum speed was 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72.
PERFORMANCE:
Maximum speed: 4,520 mph (7,274 km/h)
Range: 280 mi (450 km)
Service ceiling: 67 mi (108 km, 354,330 ft)
Rate of climb: 60,000 ft/min (18,288 m/min)
Wing loading: 170 lb/ft2 (829 kg/m2)
Thrust/weight: 2.07
SPECIFICATIONS:
Crew: one
Length: 50 ft 9 in (15.45 m)
Wingspan: 22 ft 4 in (6.8 m)
Height: 13 ft 6 in (4.12 m)
Wing area: 200 ft2 (18.6 m2)
Empty weight: 14,600 lb (6,620 kg)
Loaded weight: 34,000 lb (15,420 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 34,000 lb (15,420 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Reaction Motors XLR99-RM-2 liquid propellant rocket engine, 70,400 lbf at 30 km (313 kN)
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This aviation video shows the United States built North American X-15, a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the USAF and NASA as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The aeronautical company known as North American designed and build this amazing aircraft which set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever reached by a manned, powered aircraft. Its maximum speed was 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72.
PERFORMANCE:
Maximum speed: 4,520 mph (7,274 km/h)
Range: 280 mi (450 km)
Service ceiling: 67 mi (108 km, 354,330 ft)
Rate of climb: 60,000 ft/min (18,288 m/min)
Wing loading: 170 lb/ft2 (829 kg/m2)
Thrust/weight: 2.07
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Crew: one
Length: 50 ft 9 in (15.45 m)
Wingspan: 22 ft 4 in (6.8 m)
Height: 13 ft 6 in (4.12 m)
Wing area: 200 ft2 (18.6 m2)
Empty weight: 14,600 lb (6,620 kg)
Loaded weight: 34,000 lb (15,420 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 34,000 lb (15,420 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Reaction Motors XLR99-RM-2 liquid propellant rocket engine, 70,400 lbf at 30 km (313 kN)
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The X-15 is the fastest and highest-flying manned aircraft.
The North American X-15 rocket plane was perhaps the most important of the USAF/USN X-series of exp...
The X-15 is the fastest and highest-flying manned aircraft.
The North American X-15 rocket plane was perhaps the most important of the USAF/USN X-series of experimental aircraft. Although not as famous as the Bell X-1, the X-15 set numerous speed and altitude records in the early 1960s, reaching the edge of space and bringing back valuable data that was used in the design of later aircraft and spacecraft.
In 1952, the NACA established a goal of conducting research on aircraft capable of flying at speeds between Mach 4 and Mach 10 and at altitudes between 12 and 50 miles (19 and 80 kilometers). This speed range was called "hypersonic." On September 30, 1955, North American Aviation was awarded a contract to develop an aircraft to conduct this research. The aircraft was designated the X-15. The X-15 developed numerous technologies associated with high-speed flight.
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The X-15 is the fastest and highest-flying manned aircraft.
The North American X-15 rocket plane was perhaps the most important of the USAF/USN X-series of experimental aircraft. Although not as famous as the Bell X-1, the X-15 set numerous speed and altitude records in the early 1960s, reaching the edge of space and bringing back valuable data that was used in the design of later aircraft and spacecraft.
In 1952, the NACA established a goal of conducting research on aircraft capable of flying at speeds between Mach 4 and Mach 10 and at altitudes between 12 and 50 miles (19 and 80 kilometers). This speed range was called "hypersonic." On September 30, 1955, North American Aviation was awarded a contract to develop an aircraft to conduct this research. The aircraft was designated the X-15. The X-15 developed numerous technologies associated with high-speed flight.
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X-15 1961 FULL MOVIE
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X-15 Hypersonic Research At The Edge Of Space
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This joint program by NASA, the Air Force, the Navy, and North American operated the most remarkable of all the rocket research aircraft. Composed of an internal structure of titanium and a skin surface of a chrome-nickel alloy known as Inconel X, the X-15 had its first, unpowered glide flight on June 8, 1959, while the first powered flight took place on September 17, 1959. Because of the large fuel consumption of its rocket engine, the X-15 was air launched from a B-52 aircraft at about 45,000 ft and speeds upward of 500 mph. The airplane first set speed records in the Mach 4-6 range with Mach 4.43 on March 7, 1961; Mach 5.27 on June 23, 1961; Mach 6.04 on November 9, 1961; and Mach 6.7 on October 3, 1967. It also set an altitude record of 354,200 feet (67 miles) on August 22, 1963, and provided an enormous wealth of data on hypersonic air flow, aerodynamic heating, control and stability at hypersonic speeds, reaction controls for flight above the atmosphere, piloting techniques for reentry, human factors, and flight instrumentation. The highly successful program contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo piloted spaceflight programs as well as the Space Shuttle program. The program's final flight was performed on October 24, 1968.
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This joint program by NASA, the Air Force, the Navy, and North American operated the most remarkable of all the rocket research aircraft. Composed of an internal structure of titanium and a skin surface of a chrome-nickel alloy known as Inconel X, the X-15 had its first, unpowered glide flight on June 8, 1959, while the first powered flight took place on September 17, 1959. Because of the large fuel consumption of its rocket engine, the X-15 was air launched from a B-52 aircraft at about 45,000 ft and speeds upward of 500 mph. The airplane first set speed records in the Mach 4-6 range with Mach 4.43 on March 7, 1961; Mach 5.27 on June 23, 1961; Mach 6.04 on November 9, 1961; and Mach 6.7 on October 3, 1967. It also set an altitude record of 354,200 feet (67 miles) on August 22, 1963, and provided an enormous wealth of data on hypersonic air flow, aerodynamic heating, control and stability at hypersonic speeds, reaction controls for flight above the atmosphere, piloting techniques for reentry, human factors, and flight instrumentation. The highly successful program contributed to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo piloted spaceflight programs as well as the Space Shuttle program. The program's final flight was performed on October 24, 1968.
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WORLDS FASTEST MACH 6 Aircraft US Air Force X-15 Hypersonic Aircraft
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The US Air Force X-15 is the worlds fastest aircraft in History. The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States ...
The US Air Force X-15 is the worlds fastest aircraft in History. The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever reached by a manned, powered aircraft. Its maximum speed was 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72.[1][2]
During the X-15 program, 13 flights by eight pilots met the Air Force spaceflight criterion by exceeding the altitude of 50 miles (80 km), thus qualifying the pilots for astronaut status. The Air Force pilots qualified for astronaut wings immediately, while the civilian pilots were awarded NASA astronaut wings in 2005, 35 years after the last X-15 flight. The sole Navy pilot in the X-15 program never took the aircraft above the requisite 50 mile altitude.[3][4]
Of the 199 X-15 missions, two flights (by the same pilot) qualified as space flights per the international (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) definition of a spaceflight by exceeding 100 kilometers (62.1 mi) in altitude.
Design and development[edit]
X-15 after igniting rocket engine
X-15A2, with sealed ablative coating, external fuel tanks, and ramjet dummy test
The X-15 was based on a concept study from Walter Dornberger for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) for a hypersonic research aircraft.[5] The requests for proposal were published on 30 December 1954 for the airframe and on 4 February 1955 for the rocket engine. The X-15 was built by two manufacturers: North American Aviation was contracted for the airframe in November 1955, and Reaction Motors was contracted for building the engines in 1956.
Like many X-series aircraft, the X-15 was designed to be carried aloft and drop launched from under the wing of a NASA B-52 mother ship. Air Force NB-52A, "The High and Mighty One" (serial 52-0003, AKA Balls Three), and NB-52B, "The Challenger" (serial 52-0008, AKA Balls 8) served as carrier planes for all X-15 flights. Release took place at an altitude of about 8.5 miles (13.7 km) and a speed of about 500 miles per hour (805 km/h).[6] The X-15 fuselage was long and cylindrical, with rear fairings that flattened its appearance, and thick, dorsal and ventral wedge-fin stabilizers. Parts of the fuselage were heat-resistant nickel alloy (Inconel-X 750).[5] The retractable landing gear comprised a nose-wheel carriage and two rear skids. The skids did not extend beyond the ventral fin, which required the pilot to jettison the lower fin (fitted with a parachute) just before landing.
Cockpit and pilot systems[edit]
The X-15 was a research program and changes were made to various systems over the course of the program and between the different models. The X-15 was operated under several different scenarios including attachment to a launch aircraft, drop, main engine start and acceleration, a ballistic flight into thin air/space, re-entry into thicker air, and an unpowered glide to landing. Alternatively, if the main engine was not started the pilot went directly to a landing. The main rocket engine operated only for a relatively short part of the flight, but was capable of boosting the X-15 to its high speeds and altitudes. Without main engine thrust, the X-15's instruments and control surfaces remained functional, but the aircraft could not maintain altitude.
Because the X-15 also had to be controlled in an environment where there was too little air for aerodynamic flight control surfaces, it had a reaction control system (RCS) that used rocket thrusters.[7] There were two different X-15 pilot control setups: one used three joysticks; the other, one joystick.[8]
The X-15 type with multiple control sticks for the pilot included a traditional rudder and stick, and another joystick on the left which sent commands to the reaction control system.[9] A third joystick on the right side was used during high-G maneuvers to augment the center stick.[9] In addition to pilot input, the X-15 "Stability Augmentation System" (SAS) sent inputs to the aerodynamic controls to help the pilot maintain attitude control.[9] The reaction control system could be operated in two modes, manual and automatic.[8] The automatic mode used a feature called "Reaction Augmentation System" (RAS) that helped stabilize the vehicle at high altitude.[8] The RAS was typically used for approximately three minutes of an X-15 flight before automatic power off.[8]
The second setup used the MH-96 flight control system which allowed one joystick in place of three and simplified pilot input.[10]
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The US Air Force X-15 is the worlds fastest aircraft in History. The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever reached by a manned, powered aircraft. Its maximum speed was 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72.[1][2]
During the X-15 program, 13 flights by eight pilots met the Air Force spaceflight criterion by exceeding the altitude of 50 miles (80 km), thus qualifying the pilots for astronaut status. The Air Force pilots qualified for astronaut wings immediately, while the civilian pilots were awarded NASA astronaut wings in 2005, 35 years after the last X-15 flight. The sole Navy pilot in the X-15 program never took the aircraft above the requisite 50 mile altitude.[3][4]
Of the 199 X-15 missions, two flights (by the same pilot) qualified as space flights per the international (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) definition of a spaceflight by exceeding 100 kilometers (62.1 mi) in altitude.
Design and development[edit]
X-15 after igniting rocket engine
X-15A2, with sealed ablative coating, external fuel tanks, and ramjet dummy test
The X-15 was based on a concept study from Walter Dornberger for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) for a hypersonic research aircraft.[5] The requests for proposal were published on 30 December 1954 for the airframe and on 4 February 1955 for the rocket engine. The X-15 was built by two manufacturers: North American Aviation was contracted for the airframe in November 1955, and Reaction Motors was contracted for building the engines in 1956.
Like many X-series aircraft, the X-15 was designed to be carried aloft and drop launched from under the wing of a NASA B-52 mother ship. Air Force NB-52A, "The High and Mighty One" (serial 52-0003, AKA Balls Three), and NB-52B, "The Challenger" (serial 52-0008, AKA Balls 8) served as carrier planes for all X-15 flights. Release took place at an altitude of about 8.5 miles (13.7 km) and a speed of about 500 miles per hour (805 km/h).[6] The X-15 fuselage was long and cylindrical, with rear fairings that flattened its appearance, and thick, dorsal and ventral wedge-fin stabilizers. Parts of the fuselage were heat-resistant nickel alloy (Inconel-X 750).[5] The retractable landing gear comprised a nose-wheel carriage and two rear skids. The skids did not extend beyond the ventral fin, which required the pilot to jettison the lower fin (fitted with a parachute) just before landing.
Cockpit and pilot systems[edit]
The X-15 was a research program and changes were made to various systems over the course of the program and between the different models. The X-15 was operated under several different scenarios including attachment to a launch aircraft, drop, main engine start and acceleration, a ballistic flight into thin air/space, re-entry into thicker air, and an unpowered glide to landing. Alternatively, if the main engine was not started the pilot went directly to a landing. The main rocket engine operated only for a relatively short part of the flight, but was capable of boosting the X-15 to its high speeds and altitudes. Without main engine thrust, the X-15's instruments and control surfaces remained functional, but the aircraft could not maintain altitude.
Because the X-15 also had to be controlled in an environment where there was too little air for aerodynamic flight control surfaces, it had a reaction control system (RCS) that used rocket thrusters.[7] There were two different X-15 pilot control setups: one used three joysticks; the other, one joystick.[8]
The X-15 type with multiple control sticks for the pilot included a traditional rudder and stick, and another joystick on the left which sent commands to the reaction control system.[9] A third joystick on the right side was used during high-G maneuvers to augment the center stick.[9] In addition to pilot input, the X-15 "Stability Augmentation System" (SAS) sent inputs to the aerodynamic controls to help the pilot maintain attitude control.[9] The reaction control system could be operated in two modes, manual and automatic.[8] The automatic mode used a feature called "Reaction Augmentation System" (RAS) that helped stabilize the vehicle at high altitude.[8] The RAS was typically used for approximately three minutes of an X-15 flight before automatic power off.[8]
The second setup used the MH-96 flight control system which allowed one joystick in place of three and simplified pilot input.[10]
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When Rocket Planes Turn Fatal
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On November 15, 1967, Mike Adams became the X-15s first and only fatality. For more details on the flight and all the experiments that were on board the rocket ...
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World Speed Record - X15 Aircraft/Jet - 7274 km/h
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X-15 Rocket Plane Onboard Time-Lapse Motion Pictures
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The X-15 rocket-powered research aircraft could fly faster than 4,000 miles an hour and reached the edge of space in the 1960s. Edited footage from onboard time-lapse motion picture cameras looking aft and pointing toward the nose make a quick flight seem even faster as the X-15 launches from its B-52 mother ship, accelerates and climbs, and descends to a fast landing on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards AFB, Calif.
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Engineering Marvels - The Mach 7 North American X-15 - Fastest X-Plane - Full Documentary (720p HD)
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Murray returns from injury and reaches Monte Carlo 3rd round
Edit Khaleej Times 19 Apr 2017
Top-ranked Andy Murray returned from an elbow injury to beat Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 7-5, 7-5 in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday. The right elbow injury prompted Murray to withdraw from last month's Miami Open and he also missed Britain's recent quarterfinal loss to France in the Davis Cup ... Results (x denotes seeding).. Second round ... Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP x15) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 6-2, 6-2. ....
Plenty on the line in Monte Carlo for Murray, Djokovic
Edit Arabnews 17 Apr 2017
Author. AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE Mon, 2017-04-17 03.00 ID. 1492368331789605800 MONTE CARLO. The top two players in the world, Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic, both have something to prove as the pair return to the tour from injury to play this week’s Monte Carlo Masters. Both have been struggling with elbow injuries, but world No ... It’s home here. I spend a lot of time on these courts ... Ramos Vinolas (ESP x15) Pablo Cuevas (URU x16) Main category....
Plenty on the line in Monte Carlo for Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic
Edit The Times of India 16 Apr 2017
MONTE CARLO ... It's home here ... Seeds.. Andy Murray (GBR x1) Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) Stan Wawrinka (SUI x3) Rafael Nadal (ESP x4) Marin Cilic (CRO x5) Dominic Thiem (AUT x6) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x7) Grigor Dimitrov (BUL x8) Tomas Berdych (CZE x9) David Goffin (BEL x10) Lucas Pouille (FRA x11) Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP x12) Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP x13) Alexander Zverev (GER x14) Albert Ramos Vinolas (ESP x15) Pablo Cuevas (URU x16) ... or....
Reigning champion Selby faces marathon man O'Brien in worlds
Edit The Times of India 13 Apr 2017
LONDON. Reigning champion Mark Selby will play Fergal O'Brien in the first round of the World Championships after the Irishman qualified for the main draw by winning the longest frame in professional snooker history ... That surpassed by a distance the previous record of one hour, 40 minutes and 24 seconds set by Alan McManus and Barry Pinches at the 2015 Ruhr Open ... Anthony McGill (SCO x15) v Stephen Maguire (SCO) ... RELATED ... Lasik Eyes ... 3000....
Venus smiles her way into quarter; Cibulkova and Muguruza bow out
Edit Khaleej Times 28 Mar 2017
Women ... Simona Halep (ROM x3) bt Samantha Stosur (AUS x14) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2; Johanna Konta (GBR x10) bt Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) 7-5, 6-1; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x12) bt Garbine Muguruza (ESP x6) 7-6 (7/1), retired, illness; Lucie Safarova (CZE) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x4) 7-6 (7/5), 6-1; Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (CRO x26) bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) 7-5, 6-4; Karolina Pliskova (CZE x2) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE x15) 6-1, 6-4. ....
Indian Wells: Djokovic, Federer, Nadal advance as Muguruza given fright by Day
Edit The National 13 Mar 2017
INDIAN WELLS, UNITED STATES // Novak Djokovic launched his bid for a sixth ATP Indian Wells Masters crown with a two-set triumph over Kyle Edmund as the stars shone Sunday in the California desert ... "I think I played very well in the first set," Djokovic said ... I did miss some forehands ... ■ Nick Kyrgios (AUS x15) bt Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 6-3, 6-4 ... ■ Timea Bacsinszky (SUI x15) bt Kiki Bertens (NED x18) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (10/8)....
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