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Aviation-NASA aircrafts-Prototypes (1538 images)
Title : X-1-2 mounted under B-29 for launch
Caption :
A roll-out of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, bomber with the Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 mated and ready for flight. NACA Flight 33 was flown on September 23, 1949, as a pilot familiarization flight with NACA pilot, John H. Griffith at the controls. Griffith reached a top speed of Mach 0.998 during the flight.
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