Sometimes You Just Want To Wear Pink

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 09/30/2013 at 21:22 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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The X-15 wearing a coating of pink ablative material. The X-15 was then covered with a white sealant coat to protect it for aerodynamic heating during its Mach 6.7, 4520 MPH, flight and the ones leading up to it. That, as they used to say, is hauling the mail.

Curt Styler > f86sabre 09/30/2013 at 21:33

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Love this plane. Even if it's more of a rocket with a person strapped to the nosecone.

Here is a picture of the X-15-A2 with the white coat fully applied.

For Sweden > f86sabre 09/30/2013 at 21:40

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I highly doubt any letters or parcels were on board. The airplane didn't need dead weight, and it arrived at the same airport from which it departed.