1/48 Special Hobby X-15A2

by Jeremy Neo

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Developed as a research aircraft capable of flying at Mach 6.72, it is one of the fastest manned aircraft in the world. 

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It has an unusual missile body fitted with a wedge shaped vertical fin and a F104 type wingspan. 

The actual aircraft serial no. 66671 now resides in the United States Air Force Museum at Ohio. 

Jeremy

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Photos and text © by Jeremy Neo