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Bell X-1 Resting in Belly of B-29, 1947

Bell X-1 resting in the belly of a B-29. The world's first supersonic aircraft, the Bell X-1, piloted by Charles "Chuck" Yeager, flew faster than the speed of sound on October 14th, 1947. The X-1 was carried into the air under a converted B-29 bomber, and released at an altitude of 6800 meters over Muroc, California. The X-1 was powered by a four-chamber XLR-11 rocket engine that generated 26.5 kilonewtons of thrust. This pushed the aircraft to a speed of 1078 km/h at an altitude of 12,800 meters - equivalent to 1.015 times the speed of sound. Yeager unofficially named to aircraft "Glamorous Glennis," after his wife. It is now displayed at the Smithsonian.

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Bell X-1 Resting in Belly of B-29, 1947

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Bell X-1 resting in the belly of a B-29. The world's first supersonic aircraft, the Bell X-1, piloted by Charles "Chuck" Yeager, flew faster than the speed of sound on October 14th, 1947. The X-1 was carried into the air under a converted B-29 bomber, and released at an altitude of 6800 meters over Muroc, California. The X-1 was powered by a four-chamber XLR-11 rocket engine that generated 26.5 kilonewtons of thrust. This pushed the aircraft to a speed of 1078 km/h at an altitude of 12,800 meters - equivalent to 1.015 times the speed of sound. Yeager unofficially named to aircraft "Glamorous Glennis," after his wife. It is now displayed at the Smithsonian.

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4350 x 3265 px | 40.6 MB

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36.8 x 27.6 cm | 14.5 x 10.9 in (300 dpi)

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AERONAUT • AMERIKANER • BELL X-1 • BERÜHMT • BERÜHMTE PERSÖNLICHKEIT • EREIGNIS • ERFAHRUNG • EXPERIMENT • FLIEGEND • FLUGMASCHINE • FLUGZEUG • LUFTFAHRT • LUFTVERKEHR • LUFTWAFFE • NOTABEL • PROBEFLUG • PROMINENZ • RAUMFAHRT • TECHNOLOGIE • VERSUCHSAUFBAU • WISSENSCHAFT: EXPERIMENT