Navy X Planes from the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

by Tony Kaelin  |  February 13, 2013, 2:08am PST  |  Image 1 of 22

The X-1.

View this image gallery of examples of Navy X planes.

The X-1 was rocket-powered research craft that was air-launched from a B-29 or a B-50 Superfortress bomber in 1947.

© NASA Dryden Flight Research Center

This gallery was originally published in February 2008.

The X-1. - Image 1 of 22

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