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.
The X-planes were a big deal for the US in the 50's and 60's, they were always in the news.
ReplyDeletePop quiz: Why is the trailing edge of the vertical fin so wide?
ReplyDeleteThey made it that way?
DeleteParachute?
DeleteWikipedia says (cheating, I suppose) that the wedge tail added stability at hypersonic speeds. It added a ton of drag at lower speeds apparently.
DeleteNice shot - forgot it had skids...
ReplyDeleteJust saw a 1961 movie "X-15" by John Donner. Interesting semi-realistic dram.
ReplyDelete... drama
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