North American X-15 Model Scale:1/32

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  • Crafted and painted by expert artisans

  • Comes with a wooden base for display

Product Description

The North American X-15 was a rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force NASA as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the early 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of 2012, the X-15 holds the official world record for the fastest speed ever reached by a manned rocket-powered aircraft. 

This handcrafted model is painted in the same paint scheme as the original and is painstakingly built from Philippine mahogany by our skilled craftsmen. Perfect as a gift for any aviation enthusiast and history buff!

WINGSPAN: 8.325 INCHES
LENGTH: 18.75 INCHES
SCALE: 1/32

  • Crafted and painted by expert artisans
  • Comes with a wooden base for display
  • Specially packaged with foam layers for additional protection

The X-15 rocket research
airplane was designed to conduct research experiments during actual flight conditions beyond the Earth's atmosphere. Two X-15 pilots became NASA
Astronauts, namely Neil Armstrong and Joe Engle. Reaching the edge of outer space, as of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever recorded by a manned, powered aircraft.

The North American X-15 rocket-powered research aircraft bridged the gap between manned flight within the atmosphere and manned flight beyond the atmosphere into space. After completing its initial test flights in 1959, the X-15 became the first winged aircraft to attain velocities of Mach 4, 5, and 6 (four, five, and six times the speed of sound). Because of its high-speed capability, the X-15 had to be designed to withstand aerodynamic temperatures on the order of 1,200 degrees F.; as a result, the aircraft was fabricated using a special high-strength nickel alloy named Inconel X.

Air-launched from a modified Boeing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft, the X-15 required conventional aerodynamic control surfaces to operate within the atmosphere and special "thruster" reaction control rockets located in the nose and wings of the aircraft to enable the pilot to maintain control when flying on the fringes of space. Indeed, the X-15 design was so much like that of a space vehicle that during the formative days of Project Mercury, America’s first attempt to put a man in orbit, North American and National Air and Space Administration (NASA) engineers gave serious consideration to utilizing a growth version of the X-15 for the manned orbiting mission. This plan was dropped in favor of using a blunt-body reentry vehicle. Because of the potential dangers to the pilot should the X-15’s pressurized cockpit lose its atmosphere while the aircraft operated in a near-space environment, X-15 pilots wore specially developed full-pressure protection ‘spacesuits’ while flying the experimental plane.

Additional Information

SKU MC_MCX15W
Product length 19
Product Width 8
Product height 16
Size No
Color Black

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