James Wyld with one of his rocket motors at an ARS test in Midvale, New Jersey, 1941.
Wyld helped design the Reaction Motors XLR-11 engine, which powered Chuck Yeager's Bell X-1 airplane through the "sound barrier" in 1947.
James Wyld with one of his rocket motors at an ARS test in Midvale, New Jersey, 1941.
Wyld helped design the Reaction Motors XLR-11 engine, which powered Chuck Yeager's Bell X-1 airplane through the "sound barrier" in 1947.
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