April 19, 1946 – First flight (Glide) of the Bell X-1, originally designated XS-1, joint NACA-U. S. Army/USAF supersonic research project, first of the so-called X-planes. And so it begins...#BellX1 @usairforce @USArmy @VogueParis
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Replying to @GenChuckYeager @usairforce and
The supersonic research aircraft and entire x-plane program was the product of Ezra Kotcher at Wright Field, now part of
@AFResearchLab. Was proposing it even before#WWII2 replies 3 retweets 9 likes -
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@AFResearchLab alumnus Jess Sponable resurrected the XS-1 designation for the@DARPA experimental spaceplane programhttps://www.space.com/29287-xs1-experimental-spaceplane.html …1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @mikeheil @GenChuckYeager and
I gave him grief about that at one point. Historians aren’t keen on re-using designations because it creates lasting confusion.
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@DARPA must agree - it is now the Experimental Spaceplane program, formerly known as XS-1. https://www.darpa.mil/program/experimental-space-plane …1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
Because there is only one XS-1 of which someone reminded them :-) @usairforce @TIME
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