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Bell Aircraft copy photo of X-2 Number 1 (#674) landing with skids deployed
X-2 Number 1 made its first unpowered glide flight on Aug. 5, 1954, and made a total of 17 (4 glide and 13 powered) flights before it was lost Sept. 27, 1956. The pilot on Flight 17, Capt. Milburn Apt, had flown the aircraft to a record speed of Mach 3.2 (2,094 mph), thus becoming the first person to exceed Mach 3.

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Azalpena: Bell Aircraft copy photo of X-2 Number 1 (#674) landing with skids deployed
X-2 Number 1 made its first unpowered glide flight on Aug. 5, 1954, and made a total of 17 (4 glide and 13 powered) flights before it was lost Sept. 27, 1956. The pilot on Flight 17, Capt. Milburn Apt, had flown the aircraft to a record speed of Mach 3.2 (2,094 mph), thus becoming the first person to exceed Mach 3.

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Albumak: US SPACE PROGRAM / AERONAUTICS RESEARCH / X-2

Source link: https://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/X-2/index.html

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