In Phase 1A, which started in November 2023 ... and continues to build on its proven history of fast flight from the Bell X-1. Jason Hurst, Bell's executive vice president of engineering ...

On this day in aviation history, January 19, 1946, the Bell X-1 high-speed research aircraft, made its first flight. While ...

Main image: Bell XS-1 The first X-plane ... A derivative aircraft, the X-1A, reached Mach 2.43 in December 1953. The X-1 pioneered the movable horizontal stabilizer — the “all-moving tail ...