After the Drop
A B-50 drops the Bell X-2 with pilot Lt. Col. Frank “Pete” Everest on its first unpowered flight in 1954. In the next couple years, he would reach up to Mach 2.87 in the X-2.
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A B-50 drops the Bell X-2 with pilot Lt. Col. Frank “Pete” Everest on its first unpowered flight in 1954. In the next couple years, he would reach up to Mach 2.87 in the X-2.