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From: Kerry Ferrand <kerry@hungerford.chch.cri.nz> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 18:59:44 -0800 |
>easily visible on >camera, was the space shuttle under a sign that said MACH 25. Just >barely visible was the SR-71, and BETWEEN it and the shuttle were two >white-colored aircraft (perhaps just cruise missiles or something) >that read MACH 5 and MACH 6. The X-15 reached speeds up to mach 6.7 If it was shown as "white" it may have been an illustration of the rebuilt #2 aircraft called the X-15A-2 which at one stage was coated in an experimental spray-on heat shield material that appears white in pictures but was actually a very pale pink I believe. check the following url for a good photo: http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/modern_flight/x15-1.htm The 2 aircraft *could* have been a regular X-15 and the X-15A-2 Kerry
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Created: Oct 10, 1997