X 15. Describes how the X-15 Aircraft was designed and built by North American Aviation. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators.
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Navy and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The remainder of the normal 10 to 11 min. 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. As the X-15 neared 65000 feet it was diving at Mach 393 and experiencing over 15-g vertically both positive and negative and 8-g laterally.