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Your cart is empty.Setting a world record, that is still untouched today, the North American X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft helped launch space exploration into a reality. Operated by the United States Air Force and NASA congruently, the X-15 was able to reach the edges of the atmosphere and skim along the edges of space beyond this planet, providing data that was detrimental to space travel. A total of 12 pilots flew 199 flights in the 3 experimental X-15 spaceplanes during the program conducted from 1959 through 1968. The pilots came from NASA(5), US Air Force(5), Navy(1) and North American Aviation(1). This included Neil Armstrong, one of the US Air Force pilots, who would later become the first man on the Moon. Eight of these pilots immediately received their military astronaut wings, but in 2005, the rest of the pilots would be awarded their NASA astronaut wings as they had all exceeded the 50 mile altitude marker set by the Air Force spaceflight criterion needed for the presitigious award. The official world record for the highest speed ever recorded by a crewed, powered aircraft was set by William John "Pete" Knight on October 3rd, 1967 in which he reached an astounding Mach 6.7 equivalent to 4,520 miles per hour!
CenturionX
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2025
Good detail - it's the right size to fit in with my Daron Postage Stamp planes.
Ian Brown
Reviewed in Australia on February 17, 2025
Fine detail for a fit in the box corgi
Simon
Reviewed in Canada on January 12, 2025
Belle qualité, pas chère selon moi.
Wraith BrookLands
Reviewed in Mexico on May 25, 2024
The media could not be loaded.
Ira Feinman
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2024
Nice model
Alain C.
Reviewed in Canada on September 17, 2023
Très belle reproduction et utilisation dans ma collection des miniatures
Roger Vestö
Reviewed in Germany on June 3, 2023
Das Modell ist eigentlich sehr schön, nur etwas zu klein geraten. Da haben meine Vorredner schon die Wahrheit gesagt. Der Preis von knapp 20 Euro ist somit nicht gerechtfertigt. Man muss schon sehr genau hinschauen um Details zu erkennen. So sind die Sichtfenster beispielsweise auch nur aufgemalt und nicht aus Kunststoff(glas). Trotzdem: Ich hatte schon schlimmere Modelle von Corgi bekommen, mit verbogenen Teilen. Als Schreibtischmodell taugt die X-15 schon, zumal man ja praktisch überhaupt keine Modelle (!) dieses für die Raumfahrt so wichtigen Raketenflugzeugs mehr bekommt. Wer sich also für die frühe Raumfahrt ( - im weitesten Sinne geht es ja um Raumfahrt - ) interessiert kann das Modell guten Gewissens kaufen. Mal sehen wie die anderen Modelle von Corgi sind.
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