Bell Aircraft Corporation's X-1 Glamorous Glennis was the first aircraft capable of breaking the sound barrier, and served as an important aeronautic step for American engineers hoping to ...

The Bell X-1 earned its place in history. On October 14, 1947 the aircraft—which was piloted by U.S. Air Force Captain Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager—was the first to reach the speed of 1,127 ...

On October 14, 1947, Captain Chuck Yeager sat in the cockpit of the sleek Bell X-1 at Muroc Army Air Field, preparing to ...

The X-1, manufactured by Bell Aircraft Corporation was the crowning achievement of post-World War II American aeronautics. It was the first of the X-planes—a series of rocket and jet-powered ...

On October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1 proved the sound barrier was surmountable and ushered in an era of experimentation that continues today.

Remember Chuck Yeager by Exploring the Plane He Flew to Break the Sound Barrier In 1947, the pilot—who died Monday at age 97—made history by flying the Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound ...

On Oct. 14, 1947, Air Force test pilot Charles E. Yeager climbed into a Bell X-1 rocket plane and became the first human being to break the sound barrier in level flight.

Bell has a rich history of breaking barriers and high-speed vertical lift technology development, pioneering innovative VTOL configurations like the X-14, X-22, XV-3 and XV-15 for NASA, the U.S. Army ...

A Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1 supersonic test plane, circa 1950. An X-1 was the first plane to break the sound barrier in Chuck Yeager’s flight on October 14, 1947.

The plane is red and white and its tail says "U.S. Air Force 6062." The message side is blank, but it has a printed note: "The Bell X-1 ("Glamorous Glennis"): Piloted by Captain Charles Yeager on ...