The X-15 was a groundbreaking rocket-powered aircraft that set records still unbeaten today—including the fastest crewed ...

Still the fastest airplane ever flown, the North American X-15 earned its title 40 years ago, when on October 3, 1967 Air Force Major William “Pete” Knight flew the rocket-powered aircraft to ...

a reusable rocket-powered flying machine that, after being released at 35,000 feet from Stratolaunch’s Roc—the world’s largest aircraft—approached Mach 5 in initial flight tests last year.

As a tactical fighter aircraft, the F-5N accommodates a pilot only in a pressurized, heated and air conditioned cockpit and rocket-powered ejection seat while the F-5F is a two-seat combat ...