4534 MPH NORTH AMERICAN (ROCKWELL X-15)
18” x 24” Painted in 1975
The X-15 holds both the world speed record for aircraft, of 4,534 mph (mach 6.72), attained in 1967, and the altitude record of 354,200 feet (67.08 miles) in 1963. Three of these liquid fueled rocket engine aircraft were produced for NASA and earned the astronaut rating for its pilots.
The XLR-99 engines for the X-15 were built by Reaction Motors of Denville, NJ.
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Published: Aviation Week & Space Technology Calendar 1977
Was on loan to the Aviation Hall of Fame of New Jersey, Teterboro, NJ
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