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It holds the record for the fastest thing ever flown. 

The hypersonic aircraft made many records and remains unbeaten even today. Key point: These planes proved that incredibly fast flight was indeed possible. However, it was not easy and the plane could only land at 200 miles per hour! The date was October 3rd, 1967. U.S. Air Force test pilot William Knight was flying North American Aviation’s X-15, a rocket-powered airframe. Knight was flying near Edwards Air Force Base in California—at a lofty 264,000 feet, or about 50 miles. Not only was he flying high, Knight was also flying fast. His flight was one for the record books—at Mach 6.7, ...

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Notoriously slow driver. he would go 10 miles-an-hour, look at all the mirrors, drive them crazy. when they would say anything, he would respond, if it is not supersonic it is just transportation. it was a paradox in him. the fame, the glory was because he walked on the moon but as i said earlier, walking was not what he considered to be a big deal. the great pride he took what he did at andrews air force base, the right stuff experimental pilot. he flew over 200 experimental aircraft, including the x-15, a little tiny jet dropped out of a b-52. it would accelerate to 4,000 miles an hour to th...