File:X-2 After Drop from B-50 Mothership - GPN-2000-000396.jpg

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English: The Bell Aircraft Company X-2 (46-674) drops away from its Boeing B-50 mothership in this photo. Lt. Col. Frank "Pete" Everest piloted 674 on its first unpowered flight on August 5 1954. He made the first rocket-powered flight on November 18, 1955. Everest made the first supersonic X-2 flight in 674 on April 25, 1956, achieving a speed of Mach 1.40. In July, he reached Mach 2.87, just short of the Mach 3 goal.
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current01:21, 17 March 2020Thumbnail for version as of 01:21, 17 March 20203,000 × 2,297 (728 KB)Kees08 (talk | contribs)better contrast, from https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/multimedia/imagegallery/X-2/E-2820.html
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