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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 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. | 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|thumb|The X-1 landing at Edwards AFB.]] | |||
Revision as of 13:30, 31 January 2012
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| Type | Rocket-powered experimental aircraft |
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| Author(s) | Unknown |
| FDM | YASim |
| --aircraft= | x-1 |
| Status | Alpha |
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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 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.
