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Photo ID: 1605779
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Photo ID: 1582084
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46-0063 / 6063 Seen preserved outside the Ames-Dryden Flight Research Centre. |
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Photo ID: 1498178
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Photo ID: 1322363
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48-1385 Displayed at the National Museum of the U. S. Air Force |
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Photo ID: 1113130
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46-0063 Now on display outside the NASA Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility at Edwards AFB, the Bell X-1E flown by Joseph Walker achieved Mach 2.24 (1480 MPH) on the 8th October 1957. She was retired in late 1958. |
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Photo ID: 0914077
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46-0062 The diminutive Bell X-1 rocket research plane was, of course, the world's first aircraft to break the "sound barrier" and achieve supersonic flight on Oct. 14, 1947. This aircraft was named by General "Chuck" Yeager after his wife as "Glamorous Glennis". The aircraft's conical nose, modeled on the lines of a .50 caliber bullet is clearly visible. This angle shows how it looked as it dropped from a B-29 before rocket firing almost 50 years ago. |
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Photo ID: 0850475
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46-0062 Full scale repilca of the Bell X-1 that wrote aviation history on October 14, 1947. Captain Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager flew the experimental "Glamorous Glennis" 700mph at 42,000 feet over the Mojave Desert that day. He was the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound. This replica was built for the Air Force Flight Test Center in 1997 as a traveling exhibit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of supersonic flight. [Thanks to EDW Museum for the info] |
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Photo ID: 0805254
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46-0063 Gate guard at the NASA facility at Edwards AFB. Scanned from K64 slide. |
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Photo ID: 0697094
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46-0063 In front of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. Named 'Little Joe', first flight Dec 1955, last flight Nov 1958, 26 flights. |
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Photo ID: 0659483
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46-0062 Replica of the first supersonic aircraft. |
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Photo ID: 0363709
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48-1385 USAF Museum. The X-1B was one of a series of rocket powered experimental airplanes to investigate supersonic flight. Transerred to the Museum in 1959. |
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Photo ID: 0163191
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46-0062 in the National Air and Space Museum. On October 14, 1947, the Bell X-1 became the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound. Piloted by U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager, the X-1 reached a speed of 1,127 kilometers (700 miles) per hour, Mach 1.06, at an altitude of 13,000 meters (43,000 feet). Yeager named the airplane "Glamorous Glennis" in tribute to his wife. |
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Photo ID: 0139279
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48-1385 at the United States Air Force Museum. |
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