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The Bell X-1 (Bell Model 44) is a rocket engine–powered aircraft, designated originally as the XS-1, and was a joint National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics–U.S. Army Air Forces–U.S. Air Force supersonic research project built by Bell Aircraft. Conceived during 1944 and designed and built in 1945, it achieved a speed of nearly 1,000 ...
The Bell X-1 was the first crewed airplane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight and was the first of the X-planes. XS-1 pilots. Pilot Agency Flights
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. [6] 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 Bell Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer, a builder of several types of fighter aircraft for World War II but most famous for the Bell X-1, the first supersonic aircraft, and for the development and production of many important civilian and military helicopters.
X-1A #1: February 14, 1953 Jean Ziegler 48-1384 Bell 1 ? ? Pilot familiarization. Fuel jettison test. Glide flight. X-1A #2: February 14, 1953 Jean Ziegler 48-1384
An all-moving tail was developed by the British for the Miles M.52, but first saw actual transonic flight on the Bell X-1; Bell Aircraft Corporation had included an elevator trim device that could alter the angle of attack of the entire tailplane. This saved the program from a costly and time-consuming rebuild of the aircraft.
That's when Capt. Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1 rocket-propelled aircraft broke the sound barrier. Reuters contributed reporting to this story. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: ...
X-1E #21: September 17, 1958 Joseph Walker 46-063 NACA 21 ? ? Stability, control tests with ventral fins. New stabilizer bell crank allowed greater stabilizer travel. X-1E #22: September 19, 1958 John McKay 46-063 NACA 22 ? ? Pilot familiarization. X-1E #23: September 30, 1958 John McKay 46-063 NACA 23 ? ? Tests of low-speed stability and ...