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Bell X-2 - airplanes
Bell X-2
The Bell X-2 Starbuster was a research aircraft built to investigate flight characteristics in the Mach 2-3 range.
The Bell X-22 was a United States V/STOL X-plane with four
tilting ducted fans.1
The Bell X-2 made history on 23 July 1956, when LTC
Frank Everest flew it to 1900.2
The Saga of the Bell X-2: First of the Spaceships The
Untold Story, HPM Publications, Beirut, Lebanon, 1999.3
De Bell X-2 Starbuster was een Amerikaans onderzoeks- of X-vliegtuig
gebouwd om te onderzoeken hoe vliegtuigen zich zouden gedragen bij
snelheden rond Mach 2 tot 3.4
Mel Apt sits in the Bell X-2 rocket-powered aircraft at Rogers
Dry Lake, Calif., near Edwards Air Force Base. He reached a speed of
Mach 3.5
Test pilot best known for Bell X-2 flights, had been designated as
lead pilot for the X-15 prior to his fatal F-104 accident.6
A Bell X-2 drops away from its Boeing B-50 mothership in this photo,
ca. 1955-56.
Capt. Iven KincheloeU.S.7
Made by Bell Aircraft.
the rocket-powered Bell X-2, achieving a speed of 2,094 miles per hour
- Mach 3.196. Unfortunately, upon turning the X-2 back toward Edwards,
Apt tumbled out of control.8
The Bell X-2 Starbuster was an American research aircraft built to
investigate flight characteristics in the Mach 2-3 range. ...9
Bell X-2 research craft to a new world altitude record of 126,000 feet
- the first time a manned airplane had ever flown outside the earth's
atmosphere.10
have hated the Bell X-2! All I keep seeing on line are the same
pictures over and over....11
killed in an explosion of the Bell X-2 during a test flight on May 12,
1953.12
Selected to fly the Bell X-2, the successor to his idol, Chuck
Yeager, and the Bell X-1.
Biography
Iven Carl Kincheloe, Jr.13
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Height Main
360.68
Height Alt
3.6 m
Engine(jet)
Curtiss-Wright
Curtiss-Wright XLR25
Length Alt
11.5 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
24910.0
Thrust Main
15000
Jet Or Prop
jet
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Loaded Weight Main
24910.0
Max Speed Alt
125640.0
Max Speed Main
Mach 3.196
See Also
* Mach number
Airfoil
2
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
11300.0
Ceiling Main
126200.0
Number Built
2
Crew
one
pilot
Retired
1956-09-27
27
Thrust Original
at sea level
Thrust Alt
67.0
Span Main
982.98
Area Main
260.0
Primary user
Span Alt
9.8 m
Plane Or Copter?
Manufacturer
First Flight
18
Number Of Jets
1
Origin
United States
National Origin
United States
Loaded Weight Alt
11300.0
Type of jet
Empty Weight Alt
5600.0
Length Main
1153.16
Area Alt
24.2 m²
Similar Aircraft
* Douglas D-558
Empty Weight Main
12375.0
Ceiling Alt
38
466 m
Category