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Re:What it was like to fly the baddest airplane by chasd00 on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @07:27AM (#20993735)
didn't see this in the article but I recall an x-15 story I read as a kid. seems after a landing the plane was being inspected and engineers noticed a burn hole that took out part of a real stabilizer and all the way through the airframe and fuel tank. Fortunately, the fuel tank was already empty when it happened.

the story may just be X-15 folklore but my child self was impressed haha

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Re:What it was like to fly the baddest airplane by peterloron on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @04:33PM (#20999766)
This was on flight 188. Shockwaves from a scramjet mockup impinged on the ventral stabilizer and local heating caused a burn through.
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