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X-Planes:
Pushing the Envelope of Flight
Hypersonic!
The Story of the North American X-15
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Revell Chuck
Yeagar Bell X1 Xplane
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A Revell Bell X-Plane,
Chuck Yeager's, in 1/32 Scale. I really like the idea of an
orange plane. This is a good kit. Includes an engine and even
the broomstick piece Yeagar used to close the latch from the
inside (after suffering some broken ribs in an accident).
The cockpit isn't bad as far as detail.
The engine in the rear, while done well, is hidden when you
put the back end together. The plane is painted Testors Gloss
Orange (though, it should be flat to be accurate, but I like
the look of the gloss color).
When done it's a big plane, almost a foot long. It comes with
a clear piece of plastic to hold it up on it's landing gear,
but I used fishing lead weights in the nose with white elmers
glue to add balance, and that keeps the nose down, and the
plane on it's gear.
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- X-Planes:
Pushing the Envelope of Flight - Since the first edition of
X-Planes at Edwards was published in 1995, many new types of civilian
(Rutan-types, 717 and 777), military (Bombers, Fighters, Reconnaissance
Drones and Transports) and dedicated research aircraft (X-planes)
have been created by numerous manufacturers and then flight-tested
at the Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) and NASA Dryden Flight
Research Center (DFRC) at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave
Desert of California. A number of these flight-test programs have
concluded but a number of them are ongoing. These include: Boeing
North American B-1B Lancer'; Northrop Grumman B-2A Spirit; Boeing
C-17A Globemaster III; Boeing F-15E Strike Eagle; Lockheed Martin/Boeing
F-22A Raptor; Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Prototypes - Boeing X-32
and Lockheed Martin X-35; Lockheed/Boeing/General Dynamics YF-22A
Lightning II; Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23A Gray Ghost; Boeing
717; Boeing 777; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) - RQ-1 through
RQ-8; Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAV) - Boeing X-45A and
Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus; X-planes, X-32 through X-49.
- Hypersonic:
The Story of the North American X-15 - Fueled by an obvious
passion for their subject, the authors skillfully boil a daunting
body of history, technical data, and personalities down into an
eminently accessible chronicle of technical achievement and human
bravery. In doing so they've drawn on a wealth of documentary
materials and interviews from pilots, NASA and USAF sources and
key personnel from North American Aviation, the X-15's manufacturer.
Pilots Scott Crossfield and Bill Dana (the first and last to fly
the space plane, respectively) have also contributed written introductions.
- Supersonic
Flight: Breaking the Sound Barrier and Beyond : The Story of the
Bell X-1 and Douglas D-558 - Recounts the story of Bell X-1
in which Chuck Yeager successfully broke the speed of sound and
of Douglas D-558-2, the first aircraft to reach twice the speed
of sound. Includes many rare photographs.
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