Bell X-1 is a rocket engine–powered aircraft, designated originally as the XS-1, and was a joint National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics–U.
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10 Facts About Bell X-1
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The Bell X-1, piloted by Chuck Yeager, was the first manned airplane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight and was the first of the X-planes, a series of American experimental rocket planes designed for testing new technologies.
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Unknown to Miles, Bell X-1 had already started construction of a rocket-powered supersonic design of their own, with a conventional horizontal tail.
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Bell X-1 was battling the problem of pitch control due to "blanking" the elevators.
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The Bell X-1 was, in principle, a "bullet with wings", its shape closely resembling a Browning.
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The fuel and oxygen tanks for the first two Bell X-1 engines were pressurized with nitrogen, reducing flight time by about.
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Bell X-1 made a glide-flight over Pinecastle Army Airfield, in Florida, on 19 January 1946.
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Three main participants in the Bell X-1 program won the National Aeronautics Association Collier Trophy in 1948 for their efforts.
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Research techniques used for the Bell X-1 program became the pattern for all subsequent X-craft projects.
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The X-1 project assisted the postwar cooperative union between U S military needs, industrial capabilities, and research facilities.
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