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Re: AF Aircraft: Mach 1 to Mach 25
From: Kerry Ferrand <kerry@hungerford.chch.cri.nz>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 18:59:44 -0800
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>easily visible on
>camera, was the space shuttle under a sign that said MACH 25. Just
>barely visible was the SR-71, and BETWEEN it and the shuttle were two
>white-colored aircraft (perhaps just cruise missiles or something)
>that read MACH 5 and MACH 6.
The X-15 reached speeds up to mach 6.7 If it was shown as "white" it may
have been an illustration of the rebuilt #2 aircraft called the X-15A-2
which at one stage was coated in an experimental spray-on heat shield
material that appears white in pictures but was actually a very pale pink
I believe.
check the following url for a good photo:
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/modern_flight/x15-1.htm
The 2 aircraft *could* have been a regular X-15 and the X-15A-2
Kerry
Created: Oct 10, 1997
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