Fastest X-15 Windshield on Earth : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Fastest X-15 Windshield on Earth / jurvetson
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | A fun shipment just arrived - the window retainer (high-temp Inconel-X superalloy) and glass from the record-setting 4,520 MPH X-15 rocket plane, #2 in the series of three X-15s that were built. #3 was destroyed in a final crash, and #1 is at the Smithsonian (nozzle photo).The X-15 was carried aloft by B-52 and released at 45,000 feet and 500 mph. The rocket engine then fired for the first 1-2 minutes of flight. The remainder of the 10-11 minute flight was powerless and ended with a 200 MPH glide landing on a dry lake bed.As I work this evening on a rocket that will go Mach 3, I look in awe at this windscreen that protected the pilot at Mach 6.7From spaceaholic: This front windshield was removed in 1967 from X-15A-2. This Oval window design was only found on X-15A-2 (air frame tail number 66671) and this was a modification following its landing accident in 1962. The rebuild included additional tanks and performance enhancements exclusive to the X-15A-2, which enabled it to fly higher and faster then its siblings. The oval window was incorporated to better handle higher thermal/shock loads. The inconel also has signatures of two X-15 pilots and Chris Kraft (better known for his involvement with Apollo). Because the window was pulled off the air frame in ‘67 it was most likely flown during the fastest flight ever (Pete Knight: 4,520 MPH in Oct 1967). After that flight and the fatal X15A-3 crash, the X-15 program was terminated. This may be the largest intact flown X-15 artifact outside of the Smithsonian and National Museum of the Air Force. |
| 撮影日 | 2010-09-09 16:22:49 |
| 撮影者 | jurvetson , Los Altos, USA |
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| カメラ | Canon EOS 5D Mark II , Canon |
| 露出 | 0.017 sec (1/60) |
| 開放F値 | f/8.0 |
| 焦点距離 | 16 mm |