Decades before the rumored SR-72 “Darkstar,” America had already conquered hypersonic flight with the X-15 rocket plane. -In ...

The pilot of the X-15 had to manually jettison the lower fin to land properly because it was longer than the rear skids of ...

North American X-15 Provenance Jeffrey Robinson, Gift, 2021, NASM.2022.0007. ... Raun Robinson (died 1975) was an engineer with North American Aviation who worked on numerous aircraft, including the ...

First flown in 1959, the North American X-15 hypersonic research aircraft bridged the gap between human flight in the atmosphere and spaceflight. Three airframes were built by North American Aviation, ...

For over 70 years, the X-planes have represented the cutting edge of American aerospace innovation, experimental aircraft built to defy limits and unlock the future of flight. In this video, we ...