However, the Army Air Force came to feel that Bell’s test program was going too slow, and on June 24, 1947, took over the X-1 flight test program, with X-1 46-062 being tested by the Army Air ...

The X-1-3 would be the final iteration of the X-1 generation of Bell planes. This aircraft would use a turbopump and was geared to go Mach 2.4, or over twice the speed of sound.

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.

Meet the X-1: When it comes to testing airplanes the “X” designation means experimental. The first X aircraft was built in 1945 by Bell in partnership with the U.S. Army ...

Bell X-1: Built to Burst Boundaries. The X-1 was designed in the mid-40s and built in 1945. The jet was built around a Reaction Motors XLR11 rocket engine that featured four chambers.

The AVI-8 Limited-Edition Bell X-1 “Glamorous Glennis,” depending on the selected iteration, is priced between $435 USD to $455 USD and will be available via the watchmaker’s official site ...

Conceived by Bell Aircraft as part of a U.S. Air Force order to explore and develop VTOL technologies, the X-14 first achieved vertical flight in February 1957.

The Bell X-1 rocket plane proved that man was capable of breaking the sound barrier. Chuck Yeager, a pilot who was already well known for his skill behind the flight stick of a P-51 Mustang during ...

On June 23, 1949, the XS-1, a rocket engine-powered spaceplane flying faster than the speed of sound, ... The XS-1, later called the Bell X-1 (as it was built by the Bell Aircraft company), ...

On Oct. 14, 1947, 75 years ago, 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 flight.

The X-1-3 would be the final iteration of the X-1 generation of Bell planes. This aircraft would use a turbopump and was geared to go Mach 2.4, or over twice the speed of sound.