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Pilot Joe Walker with the X-1E Main Content
NASA Center: Dryden Flight Research Center
Image # : E-3363
Date : 01/01/1958

Title

Pilot Joe Walker with the X-1E

Full Description

A photo of the nose section of the X-1E with pilot Joe Walker suited for a flight at the NASA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, California. The dice and Little Joe are prominently displayed under the cockpit area. NASA employees and the crew chief of the plane worked long hours preparing a craft for flight. A break from the tedious task was a welcome reprieve at times; hence the private joke between a crew and their pilot evolved. If you know the craps game you've figured it out! (Little Joe is a dice player's slang term for two deuces.)

Keywords

Bell X-1E NACA High-Speed Flight Station Joseph Walker Little Joe

Subject Category

Top 20 Dryden Aircraft, X-Series Aircraft,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: DFRC
  • Center Number: E-3363
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2000-000254

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

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Medium .jpg 1500 1173 1,013
Large .jpg 3000 2346 4,496

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