| NASA Center: |
Dryden Flight Research Center |
| Image # : |
E49-005 |
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| Date : |
09/01/1949
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Title
X-1-2 with Pilots Robert Champine Herb Hoover
Full Description
The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 and two of the NACA pilots that
flew the aircraft. The one on the left is Robert Champine with the
other being Herbert Hoover.
The X-1-2 was also equipped with the 10-percent wing and 8 percent
tail, powered with an XLR-11 rocket engine and aircraft made its first
powered flight on December 9, 1946 with Chalmers "Slick" Goodlin at the
controls. As with the X-1-1 the X-1-2 continued to investigate
transonic/supersonic flight regime.
NACA pilot Herbert Hoover became the first civilian to fly Mach 1,
March 10, 1948. X-1-2 flew until October 23, 1951, completing 74 glide
and powered flights with nine different pilots, when it was retired to
be rebuilt as the X-1E.
Keywords
Bell X-1 X-1-2 Robert Champine Herbert Hoover NACA
Subject Category
Top 20 Dryden Aircraft, X-Series Aircraft,
Reference Numbers
- Center:
DFRC
- Center Number:
E49-005
- GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2000-000394
Source Information
- Creator/Photographer: NACA
- Original Source: DIGITAL
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