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Bell X-1 "Glamorous Glennis"

Piloted by U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager, the Bell X-1 became the first aircraft to travel faster than the speed of sound on October 14, 1947. The Bell X-1 is shown here in the Milestones of Flight gallery at the Museum on the National Mall.

Image Number: 2005-24516
Credit: Photo by Eric Long, Smithsonian Institution
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