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X-1 "Glamorous Glennis" model airplane |
Bell
X-1 "Glamorous Glennis" model airplane
The advent of the rocket motor and the turbojet engine enabled designers
to contemplate seriously the development of aircraft capable of flying
at speeds greater than that of sound. They then had to contend with the
so-called "heat-barrier", which necessitated the development of new materials
capable of withstanding the friction-generated (kinetic) heat encountered
in supersonic flight. In February, 1945, the USAAF and the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics promoted and financed jointly the development
of a series of research aircraft to investigate these problems. A contract
for these aircraft was duly awarded to Bell. On October 14, 1947, the second
prototype, flown by Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager, broke through the "sound
barrier" for the first time, achieving 670 mph (Mach 1.05) at 42,000 feet.
Just a few days later this airplane, which is now in the National Air and
Space Museum in Washington DC, set an altitude record of 70,119 feet. Chuck
Yeager flew a later X-1 aircraft with turbo-driven fuel pumps in substitution
for the original system which used nitrogen under pressure, at a speed
of Mach 2.35 on December 12, 1953, and in June 1954, he reached an altitude
of more than 90,000 feet with the airplane. This rocket-propelled supersonic
research aircraft used one 6,000-lb. thrust Reaction Motors rocket unit.
(Interestingly, the weight of this aircraft empty, including test equipment,
was only 4,892 pounds, about the same weight as a full-size luxury automobile. |
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B9932X3W (X-1A Bell)
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All airplane models are Hand Carved, Hand Painted
Mahogany and comes fully assembled with removable desk stand. |
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Dimensions: Wingspan, 13 1/2" -Length, 15
3/4"
AM150-AR - $119.95
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Dimensions: Wingspan, 10 1/2" -Length, 12 3/4"
-Scale 1/32
B0932X3/2W - $119.95
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Dimensions: Wingspan, 10 1/2" -Length, 12 3/4"
-Scale 1/32
B0932X3CY (Hand autographed by Chuck Yeager) -
$254.95
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Dimensions: Wingspan, 10 1/2" -Length, 13 1/4"
-Scale 1/32
B9932X3W (X-1A Bell)- $119.95
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Dimensions: Wingspan, 10 1/2" -Length, 13 1/4"
-Scale 1/32
B9932X3CY (Hand autographed by Chuck Yeager) -
$196.95
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