Sujet
Bell X-1-3 And B-50 Mothership
Légende
Edwards Air Force Base, California: November 9, 1951
Bell X-1-3 being mated to the B-50 mothership for a captive flight test. While being de-fueled after this flight it exploded, destroying itself and the B-50, and seriously burning Bell test pilot Joe Cannon. The X-1-3 had completed only a single glide-flight on July 20.
Date
09 nov. 1951
Crédit
Photo12/Underwood Archives/UIG
Notre référence
UMG20A15_285
Model release
Non
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
49,4Mo (6,6Mo) / 40,6cm x 30,5cm / 4800 x 3600 (300dpi)