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Bell X-1

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Dedicated to Brigadier General Chuck Yeager

The Bell X-1 (Bell Model 44) is a rocket engine–powered aircraft, designated originally as the XS-1, and was a joint National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics–U.S. Army Air Forces–U.S. Air Force supersonic research project built by Bell Aircraft. Conceived during 1944 and designed and built in 1945, it achieved a speed of nearly 1,000 miles per hour (1,600 km/h; 870 kn) in 1948. A derivative of this same design, the Bell X-1A, having greater fuel capacity and hence longer rocket burning time, exceeded 1,600 miles per hour (2,600 km/h; 1,400 kn) in 1954. The 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 (and non-rocket planes) designed for testing new technologies.

The first manned supersonic flight occurred on 14 October 1947, less than a month after the U.S. Air Force had been created as a separate service. Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager piloted USAF aircraft #46-062, nicknamed Glamorous Glennis for his wife. The airplane was drop launched from the bomb bay of a B-29 and reached Mach 1.06 (700 miles per hour (1,100 km/h; 610 kn)). Following burnout of the engine, the plane glided to a landing on the dry lake bed. This was XS-1 flight number 50. The research techniques used for the X-1 program became the pattern for all subsequent X-craft projects. The X-1 project assisted the postwar cooperative union between U.S. military needs, industrial capabilities, and research facilities. The flight data collected by the NACA from the X-1 tests then proved invaluable to further US fighter design throughout the latter half of the 20th century. In 1997, the United States Postal Service issued a fiftieth anniversary commemorative stamp recognizing the Bell X1-6062 aircraft as the first aeronautical vehicle to fly at supersonic speed of approximately Mach 1.06 (1,298.55 km/h; 806.88 mph).

Controls:
VTOL: Flaps
Trim: Elevator Trim

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 2 airplane(s)
  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 19.3ft (5.9m)
  • Length 24.5ft (7.5m)
  • Height 7.9ft (2.4m)
  • Empty Weight N/A
  • Loaded Weight 2,770lbs (1,256kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 4.866
  • Wing Loading 29.4lbs/ft2 (143.6kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 94.2ft2 (8.8m2)
  • Drag Points 661

Parts

  • Number of Parts 162
  • Control Surfaces 7
  • Performance Cost 538
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    Let’s just take a step back here:
    Chuck Yeager is not only the first person to break the sound barrier, but he also served in WWII with 11 confirmed kills, and even flew in Vietnam. And all of that to live until the ripe old age of 97, there aren’t too many things as impressive as that, as he survived a world war, the Vietnam War, is the first person to break the sound barrier, and he passed away after a long life of 97 years.

    In conclusion, some heroes don’t wear capes.
    They fly among the clouds at the speed of sound, serving our country standing tall and proud.

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    300 TayCo

    there is even an airport in sp named after him

    +2 3.4 years ago
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    Love the build, great way to remember chuck (rip chuck Yeager) he was my hero.

    +2 3.8 years ago
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    @AWESOMENESS360 Amen brother

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    @Numbers Oops sorry

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    209 deqnq

    fly with style, 1923-2020

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    God Bless that man’s soul. I truly hope he is in a better place right now! Safe Flying General!

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    11.5k shipster

    Rest in Peace General...

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    12.6k Ian1231100

    <<Join me in saluting Brigadier General Yeager!>>

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    RIP Chuck Yeager o7

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    3,858 RejsDen

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    If I join the air force I’m going to paint glamorous Glennis on my plane to pay respects

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    also Rest in peace

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    they should have a statue of chuck yeager at yeager airport or a statue of his plane dropping from a statue of a B-52 Edit B-29

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    All good things must come to an end. God speed Chuck. You will be missed.salutes

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    6,450 Flewey

    We will forever remember Chuck Yeager. * Salutes *

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    33.5k tsampoy

    RIP

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    12.0k Skyler101

    RIP Chuck yeager.

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    RIP

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    2,454 ShootsPlanes

    @AWESOMENESS360 He is a brave soul that is for sure, we should be like him, for we could be the next Chuck Yeager

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    :(

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    15.5k Kangy

    @AWESOMENESS360 That was motivational man, I liked that
    RIP Chuck

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    97 years rest his soul

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