Chuck Yeager on Twitter: "Aug 8, 1955: Bell X-1A's internal explosion while attached to B-29 forces NACA pilot Joe Walker to return into B-29. X-1A is then jettisoned crashing on Edwards AFB, CA bombing range. I was a Squadron commander in Germany at the time #X1 #Germany #EdwardsAFB @usairforce @NATO"

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1. Jim Edds‏Verified account @ExtremeStorms 8 Aug 2018
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  seems dangerous and risky every time you went up at Edwards
  
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1. JohnCatfishDoherty‏ @HeyAbbott19 8 Aug 2018
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  Wow, THAT was close,good thing it happened BEFORE he launched.
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1. Beverly W. Coleman‏ @BWrightFlyer 8 Aug 2018
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  What was still being tested with the Bell X-1A in 1955?
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1. Jane Burton‏ @jeb0508 8 Aug 2018
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  Yikes! We civilians have no idea what the servicemen & pilots go through (unless we have or had family or friends in the Forces). I was 10 in ‘55.
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1. Maggie Walton‏ @hogsrfun 8 Aug 2018
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  Please follow in South Charleston WV I live near Mallory Airport, Benny Mallory..friends with TR..God Bless you, hope not near those fires
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1. The Bourbon Poet of Sweet Owen‏ @BourbonPoet 9 Aug 2018
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  Did you ever pilot an F14 TomCat? I’m guessing yes; where do you rank that flying machine amongst all fighter jets you’ve flown?
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