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|type = Rocket-powered experimental aircraft | |type = Rocket-powered experimental aircraft | ||
|livery = "Glamorous Glennis" | |livery = "Glamorous Glennis" | ||
|authors = | |authors = Emmanuel Baranger | ||
|status-fdm = 2 | |status-fdm = 2 | ||
|status-systems = 1 | |status-systems = 1 | ||
|status-cockpit = | |status-cockpit = 1 | ||
|status-model = 3 | |status-model = 3 | ||
|fdm = YASim | |fdm = YASim | ||
|fgname = x-1 | |fgname = x-1 | ||
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The Bell X-1 was an experimental rocket airplane which first flew in 1946. It is most known to have been the first aircraft to fly at speeds over mach 1 in level flight. It also was the first of the X Planes, a project by NASA still active today. | The '''Bell X-1''' was an experimental rocket [[Aircraft|airplane]] which first flew in 1946. It is most known to have been the first aircraft to fly at speeds over mach 1 in level flight. It also was the first of the X Planes, a project by NASA still active today. | ||
The aircraft broke for the first time the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, after been dropped by a B-29 over KEDW. It reached a speed of mach 1.06 and glided to a landing on the runway. | |||
[[File:x1b.png|360px | The aircraft broke for the first time the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, after been dropped by a [[B-29]] over KEDW. It reached a speed of mach 1.06 and glided to a landing on the runway. | ||
[[File:x1b.png|360px|The X-1 landing at [[Edwards AFB]].]] | |||
[[Category:Aircraft]] | |||
[[Category:Historical aircraft]] | |||