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Price: $249.95
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Don't Be Deceived with Its Puerile
Attributes, Our Yeager Bell X1 Model Airplane Exudes Elegance
Our Yeager Bell X1 Model Airplane exhibits unmatched,
unequaled quality and intricate design to achieve exactness and
accuracy of the actual model. It also comes with a sturdy, durable
base stand which comes in different colors of your choice and a
polished chrome steel support mounting rod or avail our variable
pitch wall mount accessory.
Our Yeager Bell X1 Model Airplane is made of the finest grade
materials which underwent stages of meticulous and careful sanding,
carving and modeling to its original form. Our craftsmen and
artisans ensure finely handcrafted model airplanes with precise
blueprint details of the original aircraft. The X1 Bell Chuck
Yeager Model Plane's paint scheme, markings and parts are
extremely complete, reflecting the original X-1. This top-quality
Bell X-1 Glennis replica will surely mesmerize anyone who receives
this elegant desktop display as a gift. This X1 Bell Chuck Yeager
Model Plane is definitely the ideal gift to every aviation
enthusiast and avid aircraft collector, reviving the good, old
flight memories for it displays perfect resemblance to the actual
X-1.
Bell X-1 as flown by Chuck Yeager History:
Bell X-1, originally designated XS-1, was the result of a
cooperative program initiated in 1944 by the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and the United States Army Air
Forces (later the US Air Force). On March 16, 1945, Bell Aircraft
Corporation was awarded a contract to develop three transonic and
supersonic research aircraft, and the company built three
rocket-powered XS-1s. The XS-1 was the first high-speed aircraft
built purely for aviation research purposes and was never intended
for production. It was also the first of the X-planes, a series of
experimental US aircraft used for testing of new technologies and
usually kept highly secret during development. But the X-1 is best
known for being the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in
controlled, level flight.
Many important structural and aerodynamic advances were first
employed in the X-1, including extremely thin yet strong wing
sections and a horizontal stabilizer or tailplane that could be
adjusted to improve control, especially at transonic speeds. The
stabilizer was a success and became a standard design for all
subsequent transonic military aircraft. The X-1's shape closely
resembles that of a Browning .50 caliber machine gun bullet.
On October 14, 1947, the first manned supersonic flight took
place. General (then Captain) Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager flew X-1
aircraft #46-062, christened "Glamorous Glennis" after his wife,
past the speed of sound. The plane was launched from the belly of a
specially modified Boeing B-29 Superfortress and reached a speed of
700 miles per hour, Mach 1.06, at an altitude of 13,000 meters.
Consequently, the National Aeronautic Association awarded the
prestigious Collier Trophy for the year 1947 to the three main
participants in the program. Lawrence Dale "Larry" Bell of Bell
Aircraft, John Stack of NACA and General Yeager were honored by
President Harry S. Truman at the White House. General Yeager also
received the MacKay and Harmon International Trophies in 1947 and
1954, respectively.
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