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This Day in History: The First Mach 3 Flight
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This Day in History: The First Mach 3 Flight
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7424: Experimental Test Pilot
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“You are the old story,” one of Apt’s daughter concluded decades later. “Send out the young men. See what they discover. See what they can do. We can fly, and so we have to fly. We can go high, and so we have to go higher. You were young and brave and optimistic. . . . How could I stay angry with you? I forgive you for dying.”
Sure got damn dusty in my house.
Sure got damn dusty in my house.
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Capt. Mel Apt pilots the Bell X-2 test aircraft in which he set a new speed record of Mach 3.196 (2,094 MPH) but then was killed in the crash that resulted after he lost control of the aircraft.
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