And the plane that would ultimately achieve that goal would be the experimental Bell X-1 jet. The National Advisory Committee ...

When it comes to the latest and greatest in airplane tech, perhaps no other organization is better at developing these cutting-edge aircraft than the Armstrong Flight Research Center, HQ for NASA ...

The Bell X-1, a miracle of form and function. Photo-illustration by Cade Martin It was arguably the most important flight since Kitty Hawk, and the plane was a perfection of form and function.

Each chamber provided 1,500 pounds of thrust. Bell’s Jack Woolams was the first person to ever fly the X-1. He made several glide-flights in Florida after being dropped from a B-29 at 29,000 feet.

AVI-8 has revealed its latest timepiece, the Bell X-1 “Glamorous Glennis” Automatic Limited Edition, available in four different iterations, each of which is limited to 150 examples.

and continues to build on its proven history of fast flight from the Bell X-1. Jason Hurst, Bell's executive vice president ...

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (WHTM) — On Oct. 14, 1947, Air Force test pilot Charles E. Yeager climbed into a Bell X-1 rocket plane and became the first human being to break the sound barrier in level ...