BELL X-1 MODEL SPEED OF SOUND AUTO ROCKET Signed by Pilot Chuck Yeager 35 x 28 x 25 cm Provenance: Private collection of Florian Noller (D) Charles Elwood, who became famous in aviation history as Chuck Yeager, was a U.S. World War II veteran aviator and test pilot who officially became the first person to break the sound barrier in level flight. This happened in 1947, and Bell X-1 was the name of the experimental aircraft that made this milestone possible. The aircraft reached the speed of 1125 kilometers per hour at an altitude of about 13,100 meters. Now his plane is on permanent display at the Smithsonian Institutions National Air and Space Museum. This model of the Bell X-1, signed by Chuck Yeager, is a coveted collectors item. BELL X-1 MODELL SPEED OF SOUND AUTO ROCKET Signiert vom legend?ren Piloten Chuck Yeager. 35 x 28 x 25 cm Provenienz: aus der Sammlung Florian Noller (D) Charles Elwood alias Chuck Yeager war ein US-amerikanischer Fliegerveteran des Zweiten Weltkriegs und Testpilot, der offiziell als erster Mensch die Schallmauer durchbrach. Das geschah im Jahr 1947. Bell X-1 hiess das Experimentalflugzeug, mit welchem dieser Meilenstein m?glich geworden ist. Die Maschine erreichte die Geschwindigkeit von 1125 Kilometer pro Stunde in etwa 13.100 Meter Flugh?he. Yeager nannte die Bell X-1 nach seiner Ehefrau Glamorous Glennis. Zwei Tage vor dem historischen Moment hatte sich Chuck Yeager zwei Rippen gebrochen, und aus Angst, aus medizinischen Gründen zum Flug nicht zugelassen zu werden, ging er nicht in ein Krankenhaus, sondern zu einem Tierarzt. Der Flug konnte durchgeführt werden, nur brauchte Chuck einen Besenstiel, um die Luke der X-1 selbst?ndig schliessen zu k?nnen. Jetzt befindet sich sein Flugzeug in der st?ndigen Ausstellung des National Air and Space Museum der Smithsonian Institution. Dieses von Chuck Yeager signierte Modell der Bell X-1 ist ein begehrtes Sammelobjekt. Der Pilot ist im Alter von 97 Jahren im Dezember 2020 verstorben.notes:*
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