A roll-out of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber with the Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 mated and ready for flight.
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A roll-out of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber with the Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 mated and ready for flight. NACA Flight 33 was flown on September 23, 1949, as a pilot familiarization flight with NACA pilot John H. Griffith at the controls. Griffith reached a top speed of Mach 0.998 during the flight.Sep 1949NASA Photo› X-1 Project Description