[ Edwards History Office file video - following text: Edwards Air Force Base ]
Today we take you back fifty-one years at
#EdwardsAirForceBase when
#OTD, 3 Oct 1967 when Major William J. “Pete” Knight flew the modified X-15A-2 to a speed of Mach 6.72, the highest speed ever reached by a manned airplane. We hope you enjoy this video, produced in 1999 and narrated by then Edwards Historian Dr. Jim Young, which describes this historic event. (Edwards History Office file video)
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3 Oct 1967 when Major William J. “Pete” Knight flew the modified X-15A-2 to a speed of Mach 6.72, the highest speed ever reached by a manned airplane.
Major William J. “Pete” Knight flying the X-15A-2 to Mach 6.72, highest speed ever by a manned airplane
William J. “Pete” Knight flying the X-15A-2 to Mach 6.72, highest speed ever by a manned airplane aerospace turismo
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