Stay updated with breaking news from Ellx 1. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
The Bell X-1 program showed that the United States aerospace efforts exhibited maximum innovation and ingenuity. It was an exciting time for aviation as the aircraft ushered in the supersonic age.
The needle-like X-59 will test whether it's possible to fly faster than sound without creating sonic booms.
The X-1 program became the template for future X-programs, like the X-15, X-20, and X-29. And data gathered from the X-1 flights deeply informed the development of future fighter jets. Today, you can find Glamorous Glennis on display at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Or, you can watch a depiction of Yeager’s historic flight in The Right Stuff (1983).
The Smithsonian's library of 3D models means you can own your own spaceplane
Actor and Chautauqua scholar Doug Mishler will portray famed test pilot Chuck Yeager for the monthly Ed Kinney Series program at the Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton, on