{"product_id":"north-american-x-16","title":"North American X-15","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eThe History of the World's Fastest Piloted Aircraft\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eThe rocket-powered X-15 emerged as the fastest piloted aircraft ever flown, providing airmen with experience of flying inside and outside Earth's atmosphere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eBefore its first flight in 1959, the fastest man had reached three times the speed of sound.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eThe X-15 would take flight to a new level, doubling that to speeds of more than 4,500mph, reaching the very edge of space.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eWhen it retired in 1968, following 199 flights, it left a legacy found today in unpiloted, hypersonic air vehicles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003eInside this highly illustrated landscape title, the full story of the X-15’s development is told, including exciting and dramatic incidents as shattered windscreens and landing gear that deployed unexpectedly at Mach 4 threatened instant death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Key Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57342725194111,"sku":"KB0505","price":29.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0081\/2344\/9395\/files\/001FCBattleofBerlinBookazineUK.pdf_1000x1000px_1000x1000px_25.png?v=1776160125","url":"https:\/\/shop.keypublishing.com\/products\/north-american-x-16","provider":"Key Publishing Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}