Object Details
- Manufacturer
- L.M. Cox Mfg. Co.
- Summary
- This is an X-15 flying aircraft model built by L.M. Cox. It is based on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's X-15, which was a hypersonic test aircraft in the late 1950s and the 1960s. The model is plastic and has a plastic parachute. A solid propellant rocket motor propels the model, and then at the end of the vertical flight it forces the release of a parachute. The model is then retrieved and can be used again. Not included in this kit are the motor, the launch controller that is used to ignite the motor, and the launch pad from which the model is launched. This model was donated by G. Harry Stine, one of the American pioneers in the hobby of flying models.
- Credit Line
- Gift of G. Harry Stine
- Inventory Number
- A19930710000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Aircraft
- Materials
- Plastic
- Cardboard
- Nylon
- Dimensions
- Model: 7.6 x 30.5 x 12.7cm (3 x 12 x 5 in.)
- 3-D (Retail Package): 40.6 x 17.8 x 10.2cm, 0.4kg (16 x 7 x 4 in., 7/8lb.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Nation of Speed
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19930710000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9e9b15722-e8fa-4084-9b95-ea9371cc5e68
