Bell X-1a Rocket Plane Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions
An improvement over the Bell X-1 - the first plane to break the sound barrier in level flight - the X-1A was designed to reach Mach 2.0. Initial test flights commenced in January of 1953. On December 12th, test pilot Charles Chuck Yeager set a record with the aircraft, reaching a speed of Mach 2.43 at 75,000 feet. In 1954, pilot Maj. Arthur Murray flew the plane to a new altitude record of 90,440 feet. Roughly a year later, the X-1A was severely damaged by an explosion while strapped to its B-29 mother ship. The plane was jettisoned and destroyed. Variants of the design, including the X-1B, X-1D, and X-1E continued to fly as late as 1958. Ori…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4303-0807-2
- EAN: 9781430308072
- Produktnummer: 3467611
- Verlag: Lulu.com
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 50 S.
- Masse: H28.0 cm x B21.0 cm x D0.3 cm 150 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 150
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