Bell_X-1-3_being_mated_with_the_motherplane.jpg


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English: Researchplane Bell X-1 number 3 being mated with the B-50 Superfortress motherplane
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Source http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/X-1/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/images/content/340450main_E51-593_full.jpg
Author The NASA source page credits the image to NASA, but that can't be correct since NASA was not created until 1958, seven years later. Since the program was secret (see Bell X-1 ), the image was almost certainly taken by a US Government employee, either USAF or NACA .

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