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Video: X-15 Jettisons Ventral Fin, Lands at Edwards AFB (1963)

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X-15 pre-landing jettison of auxiliary propellants and lower ventral fin, and landing at Edwards AFB. The X-15 had its share of emergency landings, but only two resulted in serious injury or death. (youtu.be) More...

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ColinSeftel
Colin Seftel 1
That looks like a really fast approach. Does anyone know what speed it landed at?
linbb
linbb 1
Google it on line it will tell about it.
siriusloon
siriusloon 1
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=%22X-15%22+%22landing+speed%22
Yukishau
Shaun S 1
So much for hold'n it off, lol
bbabis
bbabis 1
That was very noticeable. Maybe it can't be done. touching down on those skids has to be like landing with the brakes on and they're way aft of the center of lift. Kind of like the short bodied MU-2s.
oowmmr
oowmmr 1
I want an X-15...

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