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X-1-1 In Flight

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-1 (#46-062) in flight. The shock wave pattern in the exhaust plume is visible. The X-1 series aircraft were air-launched from a modified Boeing B-29 or B-50 Superfortress bombers.

 

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Image Number: E-60-6204

Date: 1947

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Uploaded on October 14, 2022
Taken sometime in 1947