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X-15

Here's a pic of the X-15. The greatest rocket plane ever created. When you were an 8-year-old like me in 1965 you had Mercury/Gemini fever, but you also knew the REAL studs were flying this bastard into outer space and LANDING IT. With that stickie thing between their legs. No splashdowns for these guys. Neil Armstrong was picked to be the first human on the moon because he was such a cool agent flying the X-15. These pilots flew with hydrogen-peroxide thrusters, full compression suits, basically the same thrust as the Redstone rocket. These hosses took the X-15 INTO OUTER SPACE, then TOUCHED DOWN on a runway and WALKED AWAY from those flights, and fired up a Camel. So cool.