Glennis and Chuck

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 10/14/2016 at 07:15 • Filed to: Planelopnik

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Oct 14, 1947

ttyymmnn > f86sabre 10/14/2016 at 08:13

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Orville Wright was still alive, though he died two months later. First flight to Mach 1 within his lifetime.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > f86sabre 10/14/2016 at 08:35

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Did it with broken ribs and everything.

CobraJoe > f86sabre 10/14/2016 at 10:16

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I watched a video of that with my son after visiting the Smithsonian (It’s on youtube, very entertaining).

I knew it was dropped by a bomber, I didn’t realize that Chuck wasn’t already in the cockpit when it took off. There was a small half elevator that dropped down from the bay to allow him to climb into the X1. He was literally out in the breeze below the belly of a bomber before climbing into the orange rocket powered experimental plane.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > f86sabre 10/14/2016 at 10:48

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Wow, I never realized that he was essentially sitting on the floor in the X-1.

f86sabre > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 10/14/2016 at 11:01

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Built for speed. Not for comfort.