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My other ride is a C-130J
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Southern California
Posts: 3,310
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Originally Posted by Superman
And you would be correct. The X-15 could fly without its wings. Same with the F16, I am told. Thrust is greater than its weight.
One of the X15 pilots said it was the only plane that he was glad when the engine quit.
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Milt Thompson
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/Speeches/x-15_speech/x15-3spch.html
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