Bell X-1 in the Aircraft Building, South Yard
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: c. 1950s?
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder 21
The Bell X-1 on display in the Aircraft Building in the South Yard as part of the National Air and Space Museum. On October 14, 1947, the Bell X-1 became the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound. Piloted by U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager, the X-1 reached a speed of 1,127 kilometers (700 miles) per hour, Mach 1.06, at an altitude of 13,000 meters (43,000 feet). Yeager named the airplane "Glamorous Glennis" in tribute to his wife.
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Original negative number is 46679-A or A46679-A, but that negative has been lost.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder 21
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1950s?
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2002-12190
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print