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.

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 ...

and continues to build on its proven history of fast flight from the Bell X-1. Jason Hurst, Bell’s executive vice president of engineering, commented the successful completion of the wind tunnel ...