X-1, NASA history collection. NASA public domain image colelction.
Summary
E49-0004The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1-2 Sitting on the ramp at NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station with the Boeing B-29 launch ship behind. The painting near the nose of the B-29 depicts a stork carrying a bundle which is symbolic of the Mothership launching her babe X-1-2. The pilot access door is open to the cockpit of the X-1-2 aircraft. On the X-1-2's fin is the old NACA shield, which was later replaced with a yellow band and the letters ''NACA'' plus wings that were both black.1949 NASA Photo
NASA Identifier: 340366main_E49-0004
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nasa
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1940s aircrafts
boeinng aircrafts
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boeing aircrafts
1940 s
aircraft
airplane
nasa history collection
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dryden flight research center
Date
1940 - 1949
Location
Armstrong Flight Research Center
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Source
Defense Visual Information Distribution Service
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