Bell X 1 Orbiter Space Flight Simulator

Facebook. Advances, pictures, details, comments: On October 14, 1947, the Bell X1 became the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound. Piloted by U. S. Air Force Capt. Charles E. Chuck Yeager, the X1 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. Airlaunched at an altitude of 7, 000 meters (23, 000 feet) from the b