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Hypersonic: The Story of the North American X-15 (Revised Edition), Dennis Jenkins, (Specialty Press) Paperback – August 15, 2008 is a great read, recently reprinted in paperback. Documents the program from its inception under NACA in 1954 to the final flight in 1968. On of the first problems to overcome was designing a hypersonic wind tunnel. The official world record for the highest speed ever recorded by a manned, powered aircraft, set in October 1967 when William J. "Pete" Knight flew at 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72, and has remained unchallenged as of 2016. While the Space Shuttle has flown faster it is classified as a spacecraft, not an aircraft.
There is a companion book about Balls 8 (NB-52 0008), the NASA Boeing NB-52B mothership. At its retirement on 17 December 2004, Balls 8 was the oldest active B-52 in service, and the only active B-52 not of the H model. It also had the lowest total airframe time of any operational B-52. It is on permanent public display near the north gate of Edwards Air Force Base in California.