1949 - Color, USA Aviation: X-1 Ground Take Off & In Flight. 05Jan49

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1949 - Color, USA Aviation: X-1 Ground Take Off & In Flight. 05Jan49 MCUs USAF Test Pilot Chuck Yeager, officer & civilian beside Bell XS-1 / X-1, smiling looking at paper work while man works on plane behind. Just plane behind them. 06:47:32 Jeep towing Bell X-1 followed by sedan across desert / Muroc dry-lake airstrip, fire truck alongside. 06:48:12 Plane taking off w/ burst of exhaust smoke from rocket engine, past camera & into air; climbing out of sight. 06:49:04 X1 landing in approx. same way. 06:49:40 Man holding slate. Pilot & ?? walk to plane, door off. Pilot crawls inside & helped into harness; they talk. Door put in place. 06:50:34 Men run out to plane & open door for pilot. Pilot out & handshaking. Pilot poses, MS. Walking away from plane. 06:51:34 Men pose w/ tail of plane behind them. 06:52:02 Slug. 06:52:11 Sky w/ plane visible in distance; overhead climbing. Aerial of horizontal flight, from above. Aerial of landing from above w/ chase plane parallel to landing X1. 05Jan49; Technology; Test Flight; Rocket Aircraft; Aviation; Aircraft 46-062; 1949; Cold War; NOTE: XS-1 was first plane to exceed the speed of sound in controlled, level flight. This flight, 05Jan49, was only conventional (runway) take off during the X-1 program. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk