Created:
2015
Photographer:
Eric Long
ID #:
NASM 2015-07303
Source:
Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
Copyright/Owner:
Smithsonian Institution
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Bell X-1 Engine Black Betsy
The Bell X-1 used a 6,000-pound-thrust, liquid-propellant rocket engine from Reaction Motors, Inc. also known as Black Betsy. On October 14, 1947, flying the Bell X-1, Capt. Charles 'Chuck’ Yeager, USAF, became the first pilot to fly faster than sound.
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