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X15_v_c_o_ASF (unnumbered, aerodynamic heating, ca. 1959/60?)

Beautiful color-coded/shaded diagram depicting expected(?) X-15 aerodynamic heating temperatures. Wind-tunnel, slide-rule, raw brain-power & common sense-derived data I'd assume.

 

Also:

 

history.nasa.gov/x15conf/history.html

 

history.nasa.gov/x15conf/ihi-24.jpg

 

On a slick high-gloss photo paper that has the feel of photo film, but thick. Upper left border bears "ANSCO SAFETY FILM 4". It even has a small precise notch in the lower right...sort of like old school camera film.

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Uploaded on September 7, 2018