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Description
| Manufacturer: | Martin-Marietta | |
| Base model: | X-24 | |
| Designation: | X-24 | |
| Version: | A | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1948-Present | |
| Basic role: | Research | |
| Crew: | 1 | |
| First Flew: | 1969/04/17 | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| USAF Academy | USAF Academy | Colorado |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
X-24A on display
United States Air Force Museum |
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| Stephen Keys , MI | The X-24 was an experimental US aircraft developed from a joint USAF-NASA program named PILOT (1963-1975). It was designed and built to test lifting body concepts, experimenting with the concept of unpowered reentry and landing, later used by the Space Shuttle. buy viagra levitra online buy cialis 03/12/2008 @ 06:59 [ref: 19987] |
| Guy E. Franklin Montgomery, AL | SPECIFICATIONS
Span: 13 ft. 8 in. Length: 24 ft. 6 in. Height: 10 ft. 4 in. Weight: 10,700 lbs. max. at launch Armament: None Engines: One Thiokol XLR-11 rocket engine of 8,000 lbs. thrust, two Bell LLRV optional landing rockets of 400 lbs. thrust ea. Serial number (as displayed): X-24A 13551 PERFORMANCE Maximum speed: 1,036 mph. Maximum Altitude: 71,407 ft. 09/28/2005 @ 16:54 [ref: 11358] |
| Guy E. Franklin Montgomery, AL | The X-24A was flown 28 times in the program that, like the HL-10, validated the concept that a Space Shuttle vehicle could be landed unpowered. The fastest speed achieved by the X-24A was 1,036 miles per hour (1667 km/h or Mach 1.6). Its maximum altitude was 71,400 feet (21.8 km) . It was powered by an XLR-11 rocket engine with a maximum theoretical vacuum thrust of 8,480 pounds force (37.7 kN).
The X-24A was modified into the more stable X-24B with a entirely different shape in 1972. The bulbous shape of the X-24A was converted into a "flying flatiron" shape with a rounded top, flat bottom, and double delta platform that ended in a pointed nose. It was the basis for the Martin SV-5J. The X-24A shape was later borrowed for the X-38 Crew Return Vehicle (CRV) technology demonstrator for the International Space Station. X-24A pilots Jerauld R. Gentry - 13 flights John A. Manke - 12 flights Cecil W. Powell - 3 flights 09/28/2005 @ 16:49 [ref: 11357] |
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