Orange Anchor
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Robert White, X-15 driver, went west last week. Fought in 3 wars, POW WWII, flew P-51s, Deuces, Thuds and 'varks. Mach 6+ in the X-15.
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Robert White gone west
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Firebird2XC
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RIP indeed.
Takes a brave dude to fly a missile. Serious stuff.
Bravery aside- an experience like that.. air drop from a B-52 and lighting off a rocket.. I'd love to do that, just once.
Takes a brave dude to fly a missile. Serious stuff.
Bravery aside- an experience like that.. air drop from a B-52 and lighting off a rocket.. I'd love to do that, just once.
Firebird2XC
Well-Known Member
No wheels on the back end.
Not really the same, but technically, it's a tail dragger.
Little something extra for ya there.
guywhoflies
Y'NO WUT IM SAYIN
That is sad. RIP fellow aviator (although I would never try to claim to be the badass he sure was!)
guywhoflies
Y'NO WUT IM SAYIN
That was a quick move, Mike. Thanks! I hope others appreciate the post as much as I did and thanks to Orange Anchor for posting!
Customer service is what it's all about here. Good recommendation. And yes, many thanks to OA for the original posting. Like I said earlier, we don't seem to make men like Mr. White anymore; definitely a breed all their own.
ASpilot2be
Qbicle seat warmer
RIP
Lee D
Well-Known Member
Those guys (X-15 pilots) never really saw the credit they deserved. They were flying that thing into space and actually using stick skills to do it. In the meantime the Mercury astronauts got most of the attention from the media. (The Mercury guys earned the attention too, but the press overlooked the dangerous work of the X-15 program.)
Orange Anchor
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A friend sent this quote from the late Scott Crossfield, also an X-15 driver.
"The X-15 is the only airplane I ever flew where I thanked God when the engine quit!"
"The X-15 is the only airplane I ever flew where I thanked God when the engine quit!"
WacoFan
Bigly
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GREAT quote!
Probably was really hard for these guys to buy pants that could accomodate their huge brass balls.
Orange Anchor
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Check out this video of the X-15 AFTER the Mach 6.7 flight. Probably all 10 toes over the edge...
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What it does not show is the cracked windshield. Had to be one helluva ride.