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Aircraft speed & aircraft skin temperature question

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Ken Rose

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Mar 23, 2006, 2:06:27 PM3/23/06
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> The altitude record, as far as I know, is 354,200 feet,
> set by Joe Walker in 1963, in a X-15.

SpaceShipOne made it to 367,442 feet, according to
http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/041004_spaceshipone_x-prize_flight_2.html

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GeoffS

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Mar 23, 2006, 2:11:40 PM3/23/06
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> The altitude record, as far as I know, is 354,200 feet,
> set by Joe Walker in 1963, in a X-15.

I'm not certain what the final, officially determined, altitude was,
but I'm certain that SS1 broke the X-15 altitude record on it's last
flight. I believe the SS1 got to 367,442 feet.

http://www.scaled.com/projects/tierone/041004_spaceshipone_x-prize_flight_2.html

Cheers,

Geoff S.
http://geoff-s.net/

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