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The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-1 (#46-062) in flight. The shock wave pattern in the exhaust plume is visible. The X-1 series aircraft were air-launched from a modified Boeing B-29 or a B-50 Superfortress bombers. Superimposed on this Air Force photo is the "Mach jump" paper tape data record of the first supersonic flight by Air Force Capt. Charles "Chuck" Yeager on 14 October 1947 in this aircraft.

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Taken in: Edwards Air Force Base

Autore: NASA

Descrizione: The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-1 (#46-062) in flight. The shock wave pattern in the exhaust plume is visible. The X-1 series aircraft were air-launched from a modified Boeing B-29 or a B-50 Superfortress bombers. Superimposed on this Air Force photo is the "Mach jump" paper tape data record of the first supersonic flight by Air Force Capt. Charles "Chuck" Yeager on 14 October 1947 in this aircraft.

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Album: US SPACE PROGRAM / AERONAUTICS RESEARCH / X-1

Source link: https://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/X-1/index.html

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