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X15 Pilots Awarded Astronaut Wings...
paxdan
post Aug 24 2005, 05:34 PM
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NASA has finally honored three X15 pilots with their astronaut wings....

During its research program, the aircraft set unofficial world speed and altitude records of 4,520 mph (Mach 6.7—on Oct. 3, 1967, with Air Force pilot Pete Knight at the controls) and 354,200 feet (on Aug. 22, 1963, with NASA pilot Joseph Walker in the cockpit).


The entire roll call of X15 pilots was also given a joint award for having balls bigger than king kong......

Michael J. Adams
Neil A. Armstrong
A. Scott Crossfield
William H. Dana
Joe H. Engle
William J. Knight
John B. McKay
Forrest S. Petersen
Robert A. Rushworth
Milton O. Thompson
Joseph A. Walker
Robert M. White

i love the X15.
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- paxdan   X15 Pilots Awarded Astronaut Wings...   Aug 24 2005, 05:34 PM
- - Palomar   *It's about time. I read a similar article at...   Aug 27 2005, 05:54 PM
- - djellison   Only X15 crash I can think of is that landing cras...   Aug 27 2005, 06:20 PM
|- - tty   QUOTE (djellison @ Aug 27 2005, 08:20 PM)Only...   Aug 27 2005, 06:41 PM
|- - Bob Shaw   QUOTE (tty @ Aug 27 2005, 07:41 PM)There was ...   Aug 27 2005, 07:16 PM
|- - ljk4-1   X-15 Commemorative Stamp 03.17.06 The United S...   Mar 18 2006, 07:11 AM
|- - Bob Shaw   Scott Crossfield has a new set of wings, sadly. Hi...   Apr 20 2006, 06:56 PM
- - Bill Harris   A short bio from Edwards: http://www.edwards.af.m...   Apr 21 2006, 12:11 AM
- - tasp   There are old pilots, and bold pilots, but no o...   Apr 21 2006, 12:32 AM
- - ljk4-1   "Any coward can sit in his home and criticize...   Apr 21 2006, 04:12 PM
- - Bill Harris   I live in west-central Alabama, about 200 miles we...   Apr 21 2006, 04:57 PM
- - ljk4-1   "Each of us who strives toward the unattainab...   Apr 25 2006, 05:46 PM
- - ljk4-1   Two More Test Pilots Die From Illness: http://w...   May 3 2006, 06:07 PM
- - PhilCo126   Well, spacecraftfilms.com already have their X-15 ...   May 5 2006, 04:52 PM

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