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Today in Aviation History: First Flight of the Bell X-1
On this day in aviation history, January 19, 1946, the Bell X-1 high-speed research aircraft, made its first flight. While this first flight was in fact a gliding test, the X-1 would become the ...
The National Interest18d
The Bell X-1 Jet Had Exactly One Defining Feature
And the plane that would ultimately achieve that goal would be the experimental Bell X-1 jet. The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA, later becoming NASA), the newly formed U.S. Air ...
Smithsonian Magazine3y
The Bell X-1
The Bell X-1 These silent video clips, culled from footage at the National Archives and Records Administration, show a generalized sequence of ground and flight operations for the Bell X-1, the ...
Boom! The XB-1 Demonstrator Jet Has Gone Supersonic
Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator has broken the sound barrier, marking a major milestone in the effort that hopes to lead ...
Boom’s XB-1 jet breaks the sound barrier for the first time
Boom, the startup developing a new generation of supersonic aircraft, has achieved a major milestone after its test plane broke the sound barrier for the first time. The XB-1 “Baby Boom” piloted by ...
Boom Supersonic XB-1 breaks sound barrier over Mojave Desert
About 35,000 feet (10,670 meters) over the Mojave Desert, northwest of Los Angeles, Boom Supersonic's XB-1 became the first ...