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text-align: right; padding: 5px;"> <a href="#top">^ Top ^</a> </div> <br /><br /> </div> <!--END SPECIFICATIONS--> <!--BEGIN ACHIEVEMENTS--> <div style="text-align: center; width: 570px;"> <a id='achievements'></a> <div style="background-color: #000077; text-align: left; padding: 5px; margin-bottom: 2px;"> <span class="reg4" style="color: #ffffff;">X-1 Achievements</span> </div> <div class="reg1p5" style="background-color: #EFEFEF; text-align: left; padding: 5px; margin-bottom: 2px;"> <ul style='margin-bottom:0px;'> <li>The X-1 was the first aircraft to break the sound barrier in level flight.</li> </ul> </div> <div class="reg1" style="background-color: #EFEFEF; text-align: right; padding: 5px;"> <a href="#top">^ Top ^</a> </div> <br /><br /> </div> <!--END ACHIEVEMENTS--> <!--BEGIN FEATURES--> <!-- <div style="text-align: center; width: 570px;"> <a id='features'></a> <div style="float: left; width: 400px; background-color: #000077; text-align: left; padding: 5px; margin-bottom: 2px;"> <span class="reg4" style="color: #ffffff;">X-1 Features</span> </div> <div id="featNav" class="reg4" style="float: left; 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clear: both; background-color: #EFEFEF; text-align: left; padding: 5px; margin-bottom: 2px;"> <p> The Bell X-1 was the first aircraft to fly faster than the speed of sound, something said to be impossible at the time. Three X-1 aircraft were built, X-1-1, X-1-2, and X-1-3. X-1-1 was powered by an XLR-11 rocket engine and was launched from a B-29A mothership. Its first powered flight occurred on April 11, 1946 with Chalmers Goodlin at the controls. On October 14, 1947, USAF Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager flew the X-1-1 through the sound barrier and into the history books. He hit a top speed of Mach 1.06 (700mph) and an altitude of 43,000 feet. The X-1-1 hit a maximum speed of Mach 1.45 throughout its life and a top altitude of 71,902 feet. X-1-2 would later become retired to be rebuilt as the X-1E, and the X-1-3 saw its last days when it blew up under its launch plane, a B-50, during ground static operations at Edwards AFB, California.</p> <p> The X-1A pushed the records a bit further, as it hit 90,440 feet on August 26, 1954. The X-1A would later explode in the desert after an explosion before launch left its landing gear crippled. Its pilot and the B-29 crew returned to base alive. </p> <p> After the X-1-2 converted to the new X-1E variant, it could fly almost twice as fast as the original X-1-2. The X-1E was powered by a Reaction Motors, Inc. 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