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North American X-15 model tested in 300MPH Low Speed 7x10 Tunnel
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North American X-15 model tested in 300MPH Low Speed 7x10 Tunnel

A one-twentieth scale model of the X-15 originally suspended beneath the wing of a B-52 is observed by a scientist of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as it leaves the bomber model in tests to determine the release characteristics and drop motion of the research airplane. Caption: The aerodynamics of air launching the North American X-15 being investigated in the 300MPH Low Speed 7x10 Tunnel, about 1957. Photograph published in Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958 by James R. Hansen. Page 366. Photograph also published in Sixty Years of Aeronautical Research 1917-1977 By David A. Anderton. A NASA publication. Page 49.

Date
1958-09-07
Photographer / author
NACA
Collection
LRC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"North American X-15 model tested in 300MPH Low Speed 7x10 Tunnel" (1958-09-07). NASA/LRC/NACA. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/LRC-1958-B701_P-00947

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