[DOC] [TLE] Bell X-1 - Wikipedia [PAR] The Bell X-1, was a rocket engine powered aircraft, designated originally as XS-1
, and was a ... Meanwhile, on 16 March 1945, the U.S. Army Air Forces Flight Test 
Division and ... Yeager piloted USAF aircraft #46-062, nicknamed Glamorous 
Glennis for his wife. ... Both flights were piloted by Bell test pilot Jean "Skip" 
Ziegler. [DOC] [TLE] Yeager, Charles "Chuck" - National Aviation Hall of Fame: National ... [PAR] In an interview, Yeager spoke about his record breaking flight, contending: I didn
't ... the first to exceed twice the speed of sound (1650 mph), flying the Bell X-1A 
and ... the Bell Aircraft Corporation for the United States Air Force with the 
cooperation ... On December 12th, 1953, at Edwards Air Force Base, California, 
Yeager... [DOC] [TLE] Test pilot Scott Crossfield killed in plane crash; set speed records ... [PAR] Apr 20, 2006 ... Yeager did his test-flying as an Air Force pilot. ... pushing his orange, bullet-
shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane, past 660 mph over the Mojave Desert in California. 
... On Dec. 12, 1953, just a few days before the 50th anniversary of the ... an X-1A 
to a record speed of more than Mach 2.4, or more than 1,600 mph. [DOC] [TLE] On Dec. 12, 1953, Maj. Chuck Yeager piloted the Bell X ... - Pinterest [PAR] 12 December 1953: Test pilot Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1A rocket plane to .... 
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird served with the U.S. Air Force from 1964 to 1998. 
... Joseph Vida set a speed record by flying from Los Angeles to Washington,D.C.
,in ..... _ A trio of Commemorative Air Force World War II beauties over the frigid... [DOC] [TLE] On Dec. 12, 1953, Maj. Chuck Yeager piloted the Bell X-1A to Mach ... [PAR] 12 December 1953: Test pilot Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1A rocket plane to ... 
Chuck Yeager piloted the rocket plane to a top speed of Mach 2.44 or 1,650 mph 
Dec. ... The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird served with the U.S. Air Force from 1964 
to ... Joseph Vida set a speed record by flying from Los Angeles to Washington... [DOC] [TLE] Scott Crossfield, 1921-2006: Test pilot set records with 'the right stuff ... [PAR] Apr 20, 2006 ... Air traffic monitors had lost radio and radar contact with Crossfield on ... was a 
puny flying machine compared with the rocket-powered aircraft he flew as a test 
pilot. ... set the Mach 2 record in November 1953, going twice the speed of ... his 
orange, bullet-shaped Bell X-1 rocket plane past 660 mph over the... [DOC] [TLE] Aviation History | Greater Miami Aviation Association [PAR] 11-12, 1935  Amelia Earhart makes first solo flight by a woman, from ... 19, 
1937  Howard Hughes sets transcontinental speed record, 2,453 miles, ... 1, 
1929  Boeing Airplane & Transport Co. spins off United Aircraft ... 1, 1952  The 
US Air Force acquires its first general-purpose computer a ... Cruise speed 189 
mph. [DOC] [TLE] NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: Second Generation X-1 | NASA [PAR] Feb 28, 2014 ... The first glide flight was made on July 24, by Bell test pilot Jean Ziegler. ... The X-
1A was turned over to the NACA for high-altitude/high-Mach flights in ... The X-1A 
was the fourth rocket plane destroyed by explosions. ..... In Air Force flight tests 
on May 1, 1965, the YF-12 set a speed record of 2,070.101 mph... [DOC] [TLE] Up From Kitty Hawk - Air Force Magazine [PAR] Henri Farman sets the recognized absolute speed record of 32.74 mph in a ... 
Army Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois takes his first flying lesson from Wilbur Wright at .... 
at 1,600 feet over water near Annapolis, Md., is thrown from the airplane and ...... 
Charles E. Yeager pilots the rocket-powered Bell X-1A to a speed of Mach 2.435. [DOC] [TLE] X Planes - Stellar-Views [PAR] U.S. Air Force - Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor (a

Question: On December 12 this U.S. Air Force pilot set a speed record by flying his Bell X-1A rocket plane over 1600 MPH
Answer: (Chuck) Yeager