X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight
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English
ISBN
9781470025854
FOREWORD: WILLIAM H. DANA
Chapter 1
A New Science
X-PLANES
WHAT WAS ACHIEVED?
HYPERSONICS
THE MISSILE INFLUENCE
MILITARY SUPPORT
A CONVINCING CASE
THE DOUGLAS MODEL 671
CHAPTER 2
A Hypersonic Research Airplane
DEVELOPING A CONSENSUS
ENGINE OPTIONS
THE COMPETITION
THE AIRFRAME EVALUATION
SECOND THOUGHTS
CHAPTER 3
Conflict and Innovation
CHANGES
THE FIRST INDUSTRY CONFERENCE (1956)
MOCKUP INSPECTION
STRUCTURAL FABRICATION
HIGH-ALTITUDE GIRDLES
ESCAPE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT
STABLE PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT
BALL NOSE DEVELOPMENT
FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS
LANDING GEAR EVOLUTION
THE SECOND INDUSTRY CONFERENCE (1958)
CHAPTER 4
The Million-Horsepower Engine
ENGINE PROPOSALS
THE ENGINE EVALUATION
ENGINE AWARD
THE TR-139
THE 1956 INDUSTRY CONFERENCE
MORE PROBLEMS
ROCKETS IN THE HIGH DESERT
CONTINUING CHALLENGES
RETROSPECT
POST X-15
AEROJET LR91
REACTION MOTORS XLR11
CHAPTER 5
High Range And Dry Lakes
MUROC TO EDWARDS
THE HIGH-SPEED FLIGHT STATION
THE HIGH RANGE
DRY LAKES
CHAPTER 6
Preparations
SIMULATIONS
CARRIER AIRCRAFT
CHASE AND SUPPORT AIRCRAFT
IMPLICATIONS OF SPUTNIK
MORE X-15S?
COST OVERRUNS
CHAPTER 7
The Flight Program
ROLLOUT
FLIGHT PROGRAM OVERVIEW
FLIGHT DESCRIPTION
FLIGHT DAY
THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR PLAN
THE ORIGINAL GOVERNMENT PLAN
REVISIONS
CAN IT FLY?
1959 FLIGHT PERIOD
1960 FLIGHT PERIOD
1961 FLIGHT PERIOD
1962 FLIGHT PERIOD
1963 FLIGHT PERIOD
1964 FLIGHT PERIOD
1965 FLIGHT PERIOD
1966 FLIGHT PERIOD
1967 FLIGHT PERIOD
1968 FLIGHT PERIOD
CORRECTING AN OVERSIGHT
CHAPTER 8
The Research Program
RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
MH-96 ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEM
THE FOLLOW-ON PROGRAM
EXPERIMENT ACCOMMODATIONS
EARLY PLANNING
APPROVED TEST-BED EXPERIMENTS
OTHER FLOWN EXPERIMENTS
RECOVERABLE BOOSTER SYSTEM
RAMJETS
THIN DELTA WINGS
HIRES
APPENDIX A
Selected Biographies
MICHAEL J. ADAMS, USAF
NEIL A. ARMSTRONG, NASA
JOHN V. BECKER, NASA
PAUL F. BIKLE, NASA
A. SCOTT CROSSFIELD, NAA
WILLIAM H. DANA, NASA
HUGH L. DRYDEN, NASA
JOE H. ENGLE, USAF
CHARLES H. FELTZ, NAA
IVEN C. KINCHELOE, JR., USAF
WILLIAM J. KNIGHT, USAF
JOHN A. MANKE, NASA
JOHN B. MCKAY, NASA
FORREST S. PETERSON, USN
ROBERT A. RUSHWORTH, USAF
HARTLEY A. SOULÉ, NASA
HARRISON A. STORMS, JR., NAA
MILTON O. THOMPSON, NASA
JOSEPH A. WALKER, NASA
ALVIN S. WHITE, NAA
ROBERT M. WHITE, USAF
WALTER C. WILLIAMS, NASA
APPENDIX B
X-15 Flight Log
APPENDIX C
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE X-15 AIRPLANE
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