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13 lis 2017 · The Bell X-1 was sometimes referred to as “a bullet with wings.” Taking a 360 photo coupled with this new software we found online, you can now view any picture shot in this special way and look all around you.
Free Timed-Entry Passes. Required. Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. 14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway. Chantilly, VA 20151. 703-572-4118. Open daily. 10:00 am - 5:30 pm. Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis cockpit.
This 360-degree VR view is part of a series of aircraft cockpits photographed for the Museum by Dennis Biela of LightSpeed Media. Click and drag anywhere inside the frame to “look around” inside the cockpit.
Slide inside the cockpit with this gallery of the famous “Glamorous Glennis” Bell X-1 rocket plane that first broke the sound barrier. Most of us are familiar with the bright orange, bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocketship that legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager used to break the sound barrier for the first time on Oct. 14, 1947.
2 lis 2015 · Piloted by U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager, the X-1 reached a speed of 1,127 kilometers (700 miles) per hour, Mach 1.06, at an altitude of 13,000 meters (43,000 feet). Yeager named the airplane "Glamorous Glennis" in tribute to his wife. Highlighted in this image is the cockpit of the Bell X-1.
X-1-2 model rebuilt with an improved cockpit canopy, new 4% thick high-speed wing, and rocket-assisted ejection seat; achieved Mach 2.24 and a maximum altitude of 75,000 ft (22,880 m), completed 26 flights and is now on display at Edwards Air Force Base
Their solution was the Bell X-1, a rocket-powered, high-speed test aircraft shaped like a .50-caliber bullet—the shape considered most aerodynamic for piercing through the sound barrier. The Bell X-1 had a slim fuselage, short wings, and a four-chamber rocket engine built by Reaction Motors, Inc.
