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Old May 15th 04, 12:37 AM
Chad Irby
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In article . net,
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

The X-15 had turnaround times less than two weeks.


It did, after some lower and slower flights.

Not after the high-altitude flights, though, and the average gap between
"hard" flights of the same airframes was a month and a half.

They also had a tendency to need major parts of the airframe (tail and
wing surfaces) replaced or refurbished after the more demanding flights.

Not to mention they were doing this with a much smaller payload.

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