On this day in aviation history, January 19, 1946, the Bell X-1 high-speed research aircraft, made its first flight. While ...

The era of supersonic flights was ushered in after US Air Force pilot Captain Charles ‘Chuck’ Yeager flew above the sound ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Originally designated the XS-1, the Bell X-1 was developed as part of a cooperative program that was initiated at the tail end of the Second World War by the National ...

When Glamorous Glennis, an experimental Bell X-1 aircraft built to mimic the shape of a .50 caliber bullet, shot to 700 mph ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The Bell X-1 on display in the ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The X-1 and pilot Chuck Yeager both made significant contributions to American flight knowledge. The X-1, manufactured by Bell Aircraft Corporation was the crowning ...

U.S. Air Force Captain Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in this airplane, the Bell X-1, on October 14, 1947. The aircraft is currently housed at ...

The thing about the sound barrier in the 1940s was that everyone in aviation knew that it was theoretically possible to travel faster than sound. High-powered bullets did it all the time. But whether ...

The Bell Aircraft Corporation was founded on July 10th, 1935 and still survives to this day as a manufacturer of (mostly) helicopters as Bell Textron. So, why do we care about its anniversary? Well, ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. The postcard is numbered K-9189.

Artist’s concept of the Bell X-Plane. Source | Bell Textron Inc. Bell Textron Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.), a Textron Inc. company, has been down-selected for Phase 2 of the Defense Advanced ...