- List of X-15 flights
__NOTOC__What follows is a list of
North American X-15 pilots and flights.X-15 pilots
List of X-15 free flights
*(1.) ID - The X-15 program used a 3-digit ID code to record flight information.
**The first digit represents the specific X-15 flown. 1 = X-15-1, 2 = X-15-2 or X-15-2A, 3 = X-15-3.
**The second digit represents the flight number of the specific X-15. This is for free flights only. Captive flights used a "C" in the second position. If a free flight resulted in an aborted launch, the second digit was represented by an "A".
**The third digit represents the total number of times that specific X-15 had been carried aloft by either NB-52. This number incremented for each captive-carry, abort, and actual release.Only X-15 free flights are shown on the above list.
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North American X-15 References
* [http://history.nasa.gov/monograph18.pdf (PDF) "Hypersonics Before the Shuttle: A Concise History of the X-15 Research Airplane" Flight log pages 118 - 122 (NASA SP-2000-4518, 2000)]
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