the test pilot during the development for the x-15 was in the cockpit during the testing for the later "big" engine they developed. it blew up but the pilot walked away without a scratch. fuck they did some cool shit in the late 50's and 60's.
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spreading the love eh holly?
wow. that thing barely has wings. at all. they're like little nubs. it's weirdin me out. maybe it's just cuz the planes i work around have gi-normous wings.. that's wierd. awesome picture though. hmmm. it is amazing the pilot walked away. lucky bastard. i wouldn't be a test pilot for anything
well this aeroplane only had one particular purpose and that was low orbit.it was nothing more than a missle with a place for someone sit. they took it up under a b-52 and dropped it from altitude and it would go straight up from there.
Ok. I understand now. The ones here are high orbiters.. Thanks for explaining. The Air Force has always had some pretty interesting planes, I wonder if they ever used that one for missions..
no it was test bed for high altitude testing,it was the evolution of that one in the right stuff that yeager flew,i cannot remember the model now.all this stuff was in the days when going higher and faster were the only motivation that they needed to do something.now it is will it make money? no,then fuck it. we are going backwards because innovators are forced to think along the money line and not just to improve things for their own merit.
do they even make very many new planes anymore? The military anyways? I know boeing and lockheed martin and airbus and everyone are still designing new stuff (not very often, but it happens), but does the military ever build new planes? you just don't hear about it (maybe that's for a reason...) I don't know. You'd think it'd give everyone a warm fuzzy to know tax money was being spend trying to improve stuff, not trying to make it cheaper.
(yes mr pilot, i'm sure this recycled pepsi can is a great plane.. no, no, it's only $5... yes that means it's good... no we don't need to improve it, did you hear me? it's $5!!)
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