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Engle

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X-15 in flight Credit - NASA

29 June 1965 00:00 GMT. Landing Date: 1965-06-29 00:10:32. Flight Time: 0.0073 days. Flight Up: X-15 Flight 138. Flight Back: X-15 Flight 138. Crew: Engle. Program: X-15. Maximum Speed - 5522 kph. Maximum Altitude - 85527 m. Astronaut wings flight (USAF definition).

• 1965 Jun 29 - X-15A LaRC Scan,Radiom,BLN Test/Aeronomy mission  Crew: Engle. Spacecraft: X-15A. Launch Site: Edwards. Launch Vehicle: X-15A. Apogee: 85 km (52 mi).

  Maximum Speed - 5522 kph. Maximum Altitude - 85527 m. Astronaut wings flight (USAF definition).

• Guenther, Ben, Miller, Jay, and Panopalis, Terry,, North American X-15/X-15A-2, Aerofax, Arlington, Texas, 1985. ISBN: 0942548345. Comprehensive and technically excellent account of the X-15 program. More at amazon.com...

• Thompson, M, The Edge of Space, (via Jonathon McDowell).

• Zhelyez x-plane book, .

• Miller, Ron, The Dream Machines, Krieger, Malabar, Florida, 1993. ISBN: 0894640399. Sensational chronological roundup of text, photos, and sketches of virtually every spacecraft and launch vehicle design every conceived but never built. A gold mine for space-struck baby boomers. More at amazon.com...

• Furniss, Tim, Manned Spaceflight Log, Jane's, London, 1986. ISBN: 0710604025. Summary of all manned spaceflights up to 1986. Pre-Glasnost, so many 'war stories' of Soviet manned spaceflight are not included. More at amazon.com...