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The plane that was never supposed to go faster
On October 14, 1947, a small rocket plane sat waiting over the desert at Muroc Army Air Field. Engineers believed it was ...
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Bell X-1: How One Weird Plane Shattered the Sound Barrier
The X-1’s fuselage was designed to resemble a .50 caliber bullet—one of the only shapes known to have stable flight at ...
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