X-2 After Drop from B-50 Mothership - GPN-2000-000396

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NACA

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• Armstrong Photo Gallery: Home - info - pic
• Great Images in NASA: Home - info - pic

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The Bell Aircraft Company X-2 (46-674) drops away from its Boeing B-50 mothership in this photo. Lt. Col. Frank "Pete" Everest piloted 674 on its first unpowered flight on August 5 1954. He made the first rocket-powered flight on November 18, 1955. Everest made the first supersonic X-2 flight in 674 on April 25, 1956, achieving a speed of Mach 1.40. In July, he reached Mach 2.87, just short of the Mach 3 goal.

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