The X-1, manufactured by Bell Aircraft Corporation was the crowning achievement of post-World War II American aeronautics. It was the first of the X-planes—a series of rocket and jet-powered ...

The X-1, manufactured by Bell Aircraft Corporation was the crowning achievement of post-World War II American aeronautics. It was the first of the X-planes—a series of rocket and jet-powered ...

I’ve had a ball.” On Oct. 14, 1947, Yeager, then a 24-year-old captain, pushed an orange, bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane past 660 mph to break the sound barrier, at the time a daunting ...

Fifty years ago this week, a B-29 Superfortress, flying at 25,000 feet over south Orange County, dropped a sleek, saffron-colored aircraft from its bomb bay. The bullet-shaped plane, minus its ...

The X-15 rocket plane ... the X-1 remained the most advanced aircraft flying at Edwards. Variants improved on the basic design, but they all shared the same bullet shaped fuselage, thin stubby ...