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Edwards Air Force Base, California, 4th August 1960<br>Walker Ends Record Flight<br>Joe Walker, National Aeronautics and Space Administration test pilot, prepares to leave the cockpit of the X15 rocket plane after flying it 2,150 miles an hour over the California desert today. It was faster than any man has flown before.

0238292 - Edwards Air Force Base, California, 4th August 1960
Walker Ends Record Flight
Joe Walker, National Aeronautics and Space Administration test pilot, prepares to leave the cockpit of the X15 rocket plane after flying it 2,150 miles an hour over the California desert today. It was faster than any man has flown before.

©2000 Credit:Topham / AP

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