Mike Arnold with NASA at Edwards Air Force base pt1 & 2

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- Mike Arnold was instrumental in NASA's 1996 Pegasus Hypersonic Experiment (PHYSX) which at that time was estimated to fly up to Mach 12. The purpose was to explore the boundary between laminar flow and turbulent flow at higher Mach numbers. I got to go with him for a couple of days. In part 2 I ride with the ground crew for the last flight of one of the 2 F-16XLs ever made...