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Pilot Agency Flights Aircraft Joseph Cannon Bell Aircraft 1 46-064 Chalmers "Slick" Goodlin: Bell Aircraft 26 46-062 (9), 46-063 (17) Alvin "Tex" Johnston
Pilot Agency Flights Aircraft Jean Ziegler Bell Aircraft 6 48-1384 ... First X1-A powered flight. False fire alarm. X-1A #4: March 26, 1953 Jean Ziegler 48-1384
Both flights were piloted by Bell test pilot Jean "Skip" Ziegler. After NACA started its high-speed testing with the Douglas Skyrocket , culminating in Scott Crossfield achieving Mach 2.005 on 20 November 1953, the Air Force started a series of tests with the X-1A, which the test pilot of the series, Chuck Yeager , named "Operation NACA Weep".
Erratic engine start. Glide flight. X-1B #15: September 28, 1956 John McKay 48-1385 NACA 5 ? 18,300 Three chamber engine flight. Heating data obtained. X-1B #16: January 3, 1957 John McKay 48-1385 NACA 6 1.94 ? Last aerodynamic heating data flight. X-1B #17: May 22, 1957 John McKay 48-1385 NACA 7 1.45 18,300 Flight instrumentation check ...
The first, the Bell X-1, became well known in 1947 after it became the first aircraft to break the sound barrier in level flight. [7] Later X-planes supported important research in a multitude of aerodynamic and technical fields, but only the North American X-15 rocket plane of the early 1960s achieved comparable fame to that of the X-1.
The aircraft, flown by Boom’s chief test pilot Tristan “Geppetto” Brandenburg, accelerated to Mach 1.1 for the first time (around 844 miles per hour / 1,358 kilometers per hour) — 10% ...
An American Airlines pilot prioritized putting passengers at ease before take-off in his pre-flight announcement following the tragic and deadly collision earlier this week at Ronald Regan ...
Goodlin became one of the first certified jet pilots in the United States. He was the second pilot to fly the X-1. Goodlin's first, unpowered, flight was on October 11, 1946, at Muroc AFB, California. After a further three glide flights, Goodlin became the first pilot of the X-1 in powered flights, on December 9, 1946, in the #2 aircraft.