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heng44
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posted 07-04-2015 02:10 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

The X-15 is trucked back to the Flight Research Center after Forrest Petersen's emergency landing at Mud Lake in January 1962. The XLR-99 in X-15 no. 1 had two malfunction shutdowns during the first 3.3 seconds after ignition.

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posted 07-04-2015 05:43 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for moorouge   Click Here to Email moorouge     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
"I told you it ran on petrol not diesel"

uk spacefan
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posted 07-04-2015 05:54 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for uk spacefan   Click Here to Email uk spacefan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
"Don't think it will go through the car wash"

ColinBurgess
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posted 07-04-2015 06:59 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ColinBurgess   Click Here to Email ColinBurgess     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
"No, I do NOT want my windscreen cleaned!"

LM-12
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posted 07-04-2015 07:29 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for LM-12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Jim McDivitt was a chase pilot on that flight. Interesting bit of trivia: Michael Collins was a chase pilot on Neil Armstrong's final X-15 flight in July 1962.

Delta7
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posted 07-04-2015 08:01 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Delta7   Click Here to Email Delta7     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I can hear the "DING DING" sound and the look on the attendant's face as he looks up from his newspaper.

MCroft04
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posted 07-04-2015 08:44 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MCroft04   Click Here to Email MCroft04     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Gee, I'm embarrassed. The first thing my eye caught was the Chevron station. I spent a few years working for them and I guess I'll always be a Chevroid. But another great picture Ed!

LM-12
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posted 07-04-2015 12:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LM-12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The photo was taken in Beatty, Nevada.

dtemple
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posted 07-04-2015 04:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for dtemple   Click Here to Email dtemple     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I cannot even begin to image what the attendant must have thought when he saw that tractor-trailer with an X-15 stopping there! Just think of those in traffic with it!

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posted 07-04-2015 08:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for DeepSea     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Really cool photo!

Jonnyed
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posted 07-05-2015 02:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jonnyed   Click Here to Email Jonnyed     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It's not apparent whether there was a security vehicle(s) escort for the truck and X-15 payload. Those were different times than today I guess.

mach3valkyrie
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posted 07-05-2015 10:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mach3valkyrie   Click Here to Email mach3valkyrie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
"Fillerup with liquid oxygen and ammonia please."

So you're sitting in a diner across the street and see the X-15 stop at the gas station. How cool would that be?

Hart Sastrowardoyo
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posted 07-05-2015 11:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Hart Sastrowardoyo   Click Here to Email Hart Sastrowardoyo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Ironically, aside from taxiing tests, the X-15 set the record for the slowest airplane on this day....

Jonnyed
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Also, humorously, it looks like there are some birds sitting on the edge of the Chevron roof overhang just above the cab. Can you imagine their conversation?!!!

OV-105
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posted 07-07-2015 03:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for OV-105   Click Here to Email OV-105     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Any info on what roads they took back to Edwards?

mikepf
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posted 07-07-2015 03:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mikepf   Click Here to Email mikepf     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
With that tarp in place, at least the attendant didn't have to worry about cleaning the windshield.

micropooz
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posted 07-07-2015 03:47 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for micropooz   Click Here to Email micropooz     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jonnyed:
Also, humorously, it looks like there are some birds sitting on the edge of the Chevron roof overhang just above the cab.
I've often wondered about the discolored splotches on the skin of X-15 #1 hanging in the NASM!

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posted 07-07-2015 08:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Cozmosis22     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
"Quick check under the hood please."

Jonnyed
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posted 07-09-2015 09:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Jonnyed   Click Here to Email Jonnyed     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The whole rig has quite the potential for a hell of a speeding ticket.

Trooper: You know what the speed limit is on this stretch of the highway?

Driver/Pilot: Yes, sir. It's 70 mph.

Trooper: And do you know how fast I clocked you going?

Driver/ Pilot: [hesitatingly] 4,520 MPH?

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