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Fifty-five years ago this month, the United States attempted to launch the nation’s first satellite in response to the Soviet Union’s recent orbiting of Sputnik I. Unfortunately, the Vanguard TV-3 launch vehicle lost thrust moments after lift-off and exploded on the launch pad. The International Geophysical Year (IGY) was a… Read More
Fifty-three years ago this month, a USAF/Convair F-106A Delta Dart was clocked at 1,525.695 mph on an 11-mile straight course at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The mark still stands as an absolute speed record for single-engine turbojet-powered aircraft. The USAF/Convair F-106 Delta Dart was designed for the all-weather interceptor… Read More
Fifty-one years ago this month, a Cameroonian chimpanzee by the name of Enos successfully flew a two-orbit mission around the Earth during the flight of Mercury-Atlas 5 (MA-5). This important mission paved the way for America’s first manned orbital spaceflight in February of 1962. Project Mercury was the United States’ first… Read More
Fifty-three years ago this week, the USAF/Hiller X-18 Tilt-Wing research aircraft made its flight test debut at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Hiller test pilots George Bright and Bruce Jones were at the controls of the experimental VSTOL vehicle. A VSTOL aircraft is one which is capable of Vertical and/or… Read More
Fifteen-years ago today, the NASA/Boeing X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft (TFARA) flew its final research mission from the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC) at Edwards, California. The remotely piloted vehicle was designed to demonstrate flight control technologies aimed at improving the maneuverability and survivability of future fighter aircraft.… Read More
Fifty-four years ago this week, the famed Bell X-1E rocket-powered flight research aircraft flew for the twenty-sixth and final time. The flight marked the close of the highly productive twelve-year flight test history of the first series of X-aircraft. In the years immediately following World War II, the United States… Read More
Fifty-five years ago this month, the final test shot in the Operation Farside test series took place near Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The final stage of the 4-stage research rocket reached a top speed close to 18,000 mph. Operation Farside was a USAF Office of Scientific Research project… Read More
Fifty-nine years ago this week, the USAF/Convair YF-102 Delta Dagger all-weather interceptor prototype flew for the first time in the skies over Edwards Air Force Base. Convair test pilot Richard Lowe “Dick” Johnson was at the controls of the delta-winged, turbojet-powered aircraft. The F-102 Delta Dagger was the third Century… Read More
White Eagle Aerospace salutes Felix Baumgartner and the entire Red Bull Stratos Team for yesterday’s record breaking jump from the edge of space. Indeed, Sunday, 14 October 2012 will long be remembered, not only for one of the most remarkable achievements in aerospace history, but for a most uncommon display… Read More
Fifty-four years ago today, USAF Lt Clifton M. McClure successfully completed the Manhigh III aeromedical mission in which he reached an altitude of 98,000 feet. During the descent phase of his nearly-12 hours aloft, McClure’s core body temperature reached an astounding 108.6 F. Project Manhigh was a United States Air… Read More
