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Location: SW Cheese Country
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The NF104 was used to train them on how to use reaction controls. Chuck just has too much angle of attack on the way back down and the engines wouldn't spool up to restart and it flipped over backwards anyway so they probably would not have stayed lit.
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Brent
The X15 was the only aircraft I flew where I was glad the engine quit. - Milt Thompson.
"Don't get so caught up in your right to dissent that you forget your obligation to contribute." Mrs. James to her son Chappie.
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