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Much has been written about the military
ss uses of Boeing's mammoth B-52 Stratofortress
jet bomber, but one
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cc applications for the huge plane came durirg the
X-15 plane program.
development life Of the
planes were put into peaceful
Force FIÉht Test Center (AFFTC), at Edwards
AFB in Cafifornia.
have been used continuously in advanced
research programs.
The NB-52B (SN 52-008) began life as an
RB-52B reconnaissance-bomber,
verted to the role of drop-plane after being sent
to Edwards. Here it has been used in many test
programs involving the dropping of dummy
missiles, small-scale
fighters, and recently, test launching cruise
missiles.
The side of the NB-52B's fuselage has
become a veritable
with silhouettes painted abng the right side
• REMAINING PARTS MAY BE DISCARDED.
• DIE UBRIG GEBLIEBENEN TEILE WEROEN NICH
MEHR BENOTIGT.
• LAS PIEZAS QUE SOBREN PUEDEN DESCARTARSE.
• DE OVERBLIJVENDE STUKJES
KUNNEN WEGGEGOOIO WORDEN.
• SE DÉFAIRE DES PIÉCES RESTANTES.
• OVERBLIVNA DELAR MAKULERAS.
• SCARTARE PARTI RIMANENTI.
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each vehicle During the X-
15 program, a glide drop was indicated by an
of the most important outline of the X-15 horizontal, while a
powered drop was painted at an angle with a red
Early in the flame shown behind.
B-52, a few Of the
The North AmerEan X-15 is one of the
at the Air most remarkable aircraft ever built. AttymJgh
the program ended in 1968 after 199 the
Designated NB-528, they
little rocket-powered craft still hows the un-
official world's absolute speed record of 4,520
mph, or more than six-times the speed of
soundl
but was con-
The X-15A-2, now on display at the Air
Force Museum, is the second of three X-15's
built. On November 9, 1962, it was nearly de-
stroyed in a crash-landing. The remains were
models of advanced
rebuilt with a stretched fuselage and the plane
was redesignated X-15A-2. A pair of giant fuel
tanks could be strapped onto the new version
to extend its powered flight. It was in this
scoreboard of its activities plane, on October 3, 1967, that the speed
record was set.
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