X-1

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11.08.1950 pilot testowy NACA John Griffith wykonał  lot samolotem X-1 (prototyp nr 2) , który był 140. w programie.

NACA test pilot John Griffith flies the X-1 #2 aircraft on a pressure distribution, stability and control & stabiliser check flight OTD in 1950. Flight details are not available but this was Griffith's 7th of 9 X-1 flights, the 140th flight of the program & the 39th for NACA.

https://twitter.com/aisoffice/status/1689897233099988993
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/history/HistoricAircraft/X-1/index.html
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-083-DFRC.html
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-085-DFRC.html
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-082-DFRC.html
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/multimedia/imagegallery/X-1/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_X-1

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15.08.1957 odbył się 24 lot X-1B z Neilem Armstrongiem, pilotem testowym NACA.

On his first X-1B flight (#24, NACA flight #14), OTD in 1957, NACA research pilot Neil Armstrong completes a pilot familiarisation mission. Upon landing the X-1B's nose gear fails resulting in minor damage. Armstrong flew the next X-1B mission in November of that year.

https://twitter.com/aisoffice/status/1691348382504103936