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National
Air and Space
Museum
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Bell X-1
Glamorous Glennis
The Bell X-1 was the first airplane to fly faster than
the speed of sound. On 14 October 1947, Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager
reached a speed of 1,127 kilometers (700 miles) per hour, Mach 1.06, at
an altitude of 13,000 meters (43,000 feet). Yeager named the airplane
"Glamorous Glennis" after his wife.
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