The X-15 is a legendary and pivotal part of aviation history. Designed to fly high and fast, it tested the limits of engineering and subjected pilots to conditions that future astronauts would face.
Marty Richard, call sign OPUS, has been an F-15 pilot for 12 years. He flew in the Gulf War and has piloted commercial jets professionally. Now a fighter pilot in the 102nd Fighter Wing ...
a professional pulse-pounding short film centered around a brave USAF test pilot recruited by NASA for a suborbital mission aboard the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft. Set in 1961, as the Cold War ...
Fighter jets are known for their incredible speeds, with the fastest jets ever recorded reaching well over 2,000 miles per hour (and the X-15 even hitting ... force that the pilot experiences ...