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Today we're looking at the Bell X1. Piloted by Chuck Yeager on 14th of October 1947, it became the first plane to exceed the speed of sound in flight. Not only was it significant for this achievement, but the X1 started a new generation of aircraft designed solely for experimental research" the "XPlanes".

0:00 Intro
2:05 Development
9:44 X1 Service History & Record Setting Flights
16:03 X1A & Other Iterations

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Producing these videos is a hobby of mine and apparently its now a fulltime job too! I have a passion for history, and personally own a large collection of books, journals and other texts, and endeavor to do as much research as possible. However if there are any mistakes, please don't hesitate to reach out and correct anything :)

Sources:
Pelletier.A.J (1992). Bell Aircraft Since 1935.
Winchester. J. (2005). Concept Aircraft, Prototypes, XPlanes, and Experimental Aircraft.
Miller.J (2001) The XPlanes: X1 to X45.