k Bell X1 supersonic aircraft, illustration Bell X1 supersonic aircraft, illustration. The Bell X1 was flown by Charles Chuck Yeager on 14th October 1947 and was the first aircraft to break the speed of sound. It was carried into the air under a converted B29 bomber, and released at 6800 metres altitude over Muroc, California, USA. The X1 was powered by a fourchamber XLR11 rocket engine that generated 26.5 kilonewtons of thrust. This pushed the aircraft to a speed of 1078 kilometres per hour at an altitude of 12,800 metres equivalent to 1.015 times the speed of sound. Yeager unofficially named the aircraft Glamorous Glennis after his wife. It is now displayed in a museum in Washington DC, USA., by DETLEV VAN RAVENSWAAYSCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Stock Photo - Afloimages
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Bell X 1 supersonic aircraft, illustration Bell X 1 supersonic aircraft, illustration. The Bell X 1 was flown by Charles Chuck Yeager on 14th October 1947 and was the first aircraft to break the speed of sound. It was carried into the air under a converted B 29 bomber, and released at 6800 metres altitude over Muroc, California, USA. The X 1 was powered by a four chamber XLR 11 rocket engine that generated 26.5 kilonewtons of thrust. This pushed the aircraft to a speed of 1078 kilometres per hour at an altitude of 12,800 metres equivalent to 1.015 times the speed of sound. Yeager unofficially named the aircraft Glamorous Glennis after his wife. It is now displayed in a museum in Washington DC, USA., by DETLEV VAN RAVENSWAAY SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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Bell X-1 supersonic aircraft, illustration

Bell X-1 supersonic aircraft, illustration. The Bell X-1 was flown by Charles 'Chuck' Yeager on 14th October 1947 and was the first aircraft to break the speed of sound. It was carried into the air under a converted B-29 bomber, and released at 6800 metres altitude over Muroc, California, USA. The X-1 was powered by a four-chamber XLR-11 rocket engine that generated 26.5 kilonewtons of thrust. This pushed the aircraft to a speed of 1078 kilometres per hour at an altitude of 12,800 metres - equivalent to 1.015 times the speed of sound. Yeager unofficially named the aircraft 'Glamorous Glennis' after his wife. It is now displayed in a museum in Washington DC, USA., by DETLEV VAN RAVENSWAAY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

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