X-15 aircraft ejection seat. This ejection seat,one of the most advanced developed at the time,was simpler than an encapsulated ejection system would have been. The X-15 was a rocket-powered research aircraft designed to investigate flight at hypersonic speeds. Three X-15s flew a total of 199 missions between 1959 and 1968. The X-15 was carried into the air by a converted B-52 bomber and released at high altitude. The pilot then ignited the X-15's rocket motor. It was the first plane to reach the edge of outer space and set records for the fastest manned aircraft (7,274 kilometres per hour,or Mach 6.72). Photographed in May 1967 | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / NASA / USAF |
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