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X-1E Loaded in B-29 Mothership on Ramp Main Content
NASA Center: Dryden Flight Research Center
Image # : E55-02072
Date : 01/01/1955

Title

X-1E Loaded in B-29 Mothership on Ramp

Full Description

The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E airplane being loaded under the mothership, Boeing B-29. The X-planes had originally been lowered into a loading pit and the launch aircraft towed over the pit, where the rocket plane was hoisted by belly straps into the bomb bay. By the early 1950s a hydraulic lift had been installed on the ramp at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station to elevate the launch aircraft and then lower it over the rocket plane for mating.

Keywords

Bell X-1E Boeing B-29 NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station

Subject Category

Top 20 Dryden Aircraft, X-Series Aircraft,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: DFRC
  • Center Number: E55-02072
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-000133

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NACA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

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(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail .jpg 90 70 12
Small .jpg 640 500 189
Medium .jpg 1500 1171 877
Large .jpg 3000 2342 3,160

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