The Bell X-1, a miracle of form and function. Photo-illustration by Cade Martin It was arguably the most important flight since Kitty Hawk, and the plane was ... rush by a rocket engine producing ...

It wouldn’t be until the advent of the jet and rocket engines ... And the plane that would ultimately achieve that goal would ...

ground firing of the X-1 rocket engine; filling the tanks with liquid oxygen; positioning and mating to the B-29 carrier; taxi for takeoff; the B-29 and chase plane in flight; Yeager entering the ...

The development of the Bell X-1 rocket plane was one of the company's most significant contributions: the first aircraft to ...