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They mention in the article that the current fixed wing record is held be the SR-71 at 85,000 and some odd feet. Wouldn't the X-15 be considered a fixed wing aircraft? Or even the NF-104?
 
Basil said:
(Who would have thought a glider could attempt anything?)
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Basil said:
You missed my point. The pilot flying the glider might attempt a record, but the glider is an object and thus incapable of "attempting" anything.
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But, a glider *pilot* can attempt anything!

To dream ... the impossible dream ...

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Basil said:
You missed my point. The pilot flying the glider might attempt a record, but the glider is an object and thus incapable of "attempting" anything.
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Point taken but without that "object" the pilot is sitting in the attempt could not happen. Technology and the brains to operate it go hand in hand.
 
SaxMan said:
They mention in the article that the current fixed wing record is held be the SR-71 at 85,000 and some odd feet. Wouldn't the X-15 be considered a fixed wing aircraft? Or even the NF-104?
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Probably just sloppy reporting. The Blackbird doesn't even make the list.

Then again, maybe it does for sustained, wing lifted horizontal flight. The real high fliers like X-15 and SpaceShipOne (that finally broke X-15's record (if'n you don't count the shuttles)) were rocket propelled and ballistic in terminal altitude phase. And many of the the jet records are with rocket assist and/or "zoom climb" flight profiles.

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