Aircraft - Aviation - Balloons - Helicopters
Oct. 10, 1960 - Half Million horse powers....are developed by the new XLR-99 rocket power unit which is art the moment being built into the space plane X-15 on the Edward Air Base in California. The fluid power unit can carry the X-15 with a speed of 6000 km/h to the high of 16 km. The rocket motor is worked by a pilot, its capacity can be changed, and it can be switched on or off during the flight
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13233905
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46991388
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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