X-1Five NACA engineers, headed by Walt Williams, arrived at Muroc Army Airfield (now Edwards AFB) about this date from Langley...The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 sat on the Rogers Dry Lakebed at Muroc Air Force Base, CA in 1949.The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 parked on the ramp at NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station with the crew in 1949.The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 and two of the NACA pilots that flew the aircraft.A roll-out of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, bomber with the Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 mated and ready for flight. NACA...E52-0670The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 aircraft on the ramp at NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station located on the South Base...Ground engine test run on the Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 airplane at NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit service area.What started as a hobby for four rocket fanatics went on to break the sound barrier: Lovell Lawrence, Hugh Franklin...The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-1 (#46-062) in flight.The third X-1 (46-064), known as "Queenie," is mated to the EB-50A (46-006) at Edwards AFB, CA.A Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1 series aircraft on display at an Open House at NACA Muroc Flight Test Unit.The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-1 (#46-062) in flight.Technicians servicing the Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1 in preparation for a flight. The X-1 is mated with the Boeing B-29....The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 aircraft on the ramp at NACA High Speed Flight Research Station located on the South...NACA X-1 pilot John Griffith hands his flight gear to Dick Payne as crew members Ed Edwards and Clyde Bailey...XS-1 on the ramp with the B-29 mothership in 1949.This photo appears to depict the design of the X-1E canopy.A Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1 series aircraft cockpit instruments display.The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 sitting on the ramp at NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station with the Boeing B-29 launch...U.S. Air Force test pilot Maj. Arthur "Kit" Murray is shown with the Bell X-1A rocket plane.A 1953 photo shows the X-3 (center) and, clockwise from left: X-1A (Air Force serial number 48-1384), the third D-558-I...The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1A (48-1384) was photographed in July 1955 sitting on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force...Bell X-1A ejection seat test setup.The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1A (48-1384) returned from an Air Force test flight over Edwards Air Force Base, CA, in...Graphs of the X-1A flight data from Maj. Charles E. Yeager's Mach 2.44 flight on December 12, 1953.The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1A (48-1384) in 1955 sitting on the Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards, CA.Cowboy Joe (NACA High-Speed Flight Station test pilot Joseph Walker) and his steed (Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1A).The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1B rocket-powered research aircraft, one of the growth versions of the original X-1 series, on the...Lee Adelsbach and Bob Cook work on the instrumentation on the Bell X-1B.Technician Paschal "Herm" Dorr examined an X-1B reaction control simulation using CO2.B-29 #800 with X-1B attached taxi's in off of the lakebed.Bell X-1B, fitted with a reaction control system, posed on the lakebed.Bell X-1B, fitted with a reaction control system, posed on the lakebed.X-1B engine run on Air Force thrust stand.The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1B, seen here on the lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, CA, was first flown for...The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E during a ground engine test run on the NACA High-Speed Flight Station ramp near the...The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E being loaded under the Boeing B-29 in preparation for a NACA High-Speed Flight Station captive...The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E airplane being loaded under the mothership, Boeing B-29. The X planes had originally been lowered...The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E is shown here on the Rogers Dry Lakebed at Edwards Air Force Base, CA.The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E in 1955 on the Rogers Dry Lakebed near the NACA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, CA.