North American X-10

The museum's X-10 is the only one still in existence.

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North American X-10

The turbojet-powered X-10 tested flight characteristics and guidance, navigation and control systems for the planned SM-64 Navaho. The Navaho was intended to be a ramjet-powered, nuclear-armed cruise missile launched by rocket boosters. North American built 13 X-10s, and the first X-10 flight occurred in October 1953. One X-10 flew at Mach 2.05, a remarkable achievement for the time. In 1957 the Navaho program was cancelled as Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) technology matured.

 

 
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