Air Force X-15
by Joseph Hollingsworth
Title
Air Force X-15
Artist
Joseph Hollingsworth
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
On a visit to the Museum of Natural History, in Exposition Park Los Angeles, California, on display was an actual life size X-15 airplane. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to capture this beautiful piece of mechanical art. Developed to a piece of composite photography for effect.
The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. The X-15's official world record for the highest speed ever recorded by a manned, powered aircraft, set in October 1967 when William J. Knight flew Mach 6.72 at 102,100 feet (31,120 m), a speed of 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h; 2,021 m/s), has remained unchallenged as of February 2018
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February 28th, 2018
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