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Corgi Boeing NB-52B & X-15 Research Aircraft
Without a doubt, the most remarkable and most valuable research vehicle to have been developed within the X-series of USAF/USN sponsored experimental aircraft was the North American X-15, which was required to meet performance parameters of a maximum altitude of 250,000 ft and a maximum speed of mach 6, well in excess of 4000 MPH. This rocket powered aircraft attained the fastest speeds and greatest heights at which man has ever flown, except in a space vehicle. It has always been the attention that the X-15 would be air launched and two Boeing B-52s were modified to carry the type under the starboard wing, between the fuselage and the inboard engine, then being redesignated NB-52A and NB-52B.
US Military Air Power. Since the end of World War II, through Korea, the Cold War, Vietnam, Falklands, and the Gulf War, advancements in military aviation strength have played a major role, and US Military Air Power documents some of these key developements, including the first time the awesome B-52 and Apollo 11 recovery.
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