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X-5

Description This NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station photograph of the X-5 was taken at the South Base of Edwards Air Force Base. The photograph, a multiple exposure, illustrates the X-5's variably swept wing capability.

 

The last flight of the X-5 program was flown by Neil Armstrong on October 25, 1955. It was Armstrong's only flight in the X-5.

 

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Image Number: E-810

Date: September 23, 1952

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Taken on September 23, 1952