And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Astronaut wings! >>The Federal Aviation Administration, like the U.S. Air Force and NASA, awards astronaut wings to astronauts who fly above an altitude of 50 miles, or approximately 80 kilometers. This is below the 100-kilometer altitude of the Karman Line, which is commonly used as a standard, although not official, boundary of space.<< I guess if you're an astronaut from the navy you'd have to wear the NASA wings.
I saw one of these take off back in the day...lumbering down the runway, seemingly forever, until it literally VAULTED into the air at a steep angle...and it was gone.
It was
ReplyDeleteThe fastest, in atmosphere anyway.
DeleteHow to get your Astronaunt wings and be home for supper, all in one day.
ReplyDeleteAstronaut wings!
Delete>>The Federal Aviation Administration, like the U.S. Air Force and NASA, awards astronaut wings to astronauts who fly above an altitude of 50 miles, or approximately 80 kilometers. This is below the 100-kilometer altitude of the Karman Line, which is commonly used as a standard, although not official, boundary of space.<<
I guess if you're an astronaut from the navy you'd have to wear the NASA wings.
https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/x-15-walkaround-22512890/
ReplyDeleteI saw one of these take off back in the day...lumbering down the runway, seemingly forever, until it literally VAULTED into the air at a steep angle...and it was gone.
ReplyDeleteI think you are confusing this plane, the X-15, with either an SR-71 or a U2. This plane was dropped from the wing of a B52.
DeleteIt has a rocket engine with an 85 second burn. Taking off from a runway? I do hope you can find the video.
DeleteThe tail had a fourth, bottom element that was dropped just before landing.
DeleteTail number would spook me a little if I were the pilot.
ReplyDeleteOnly if one were to believe in that 666 nonsense.
DeletePaul L. Quandt