The Bell X-2 (nicknamed "Starbuster") was an X-plane research aircraft built to investigate flight characteristics in the Mach 2–3 range. The X-2 was...
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X-2 Starbuster achieved Mach 3 (2,100 mph) and a height of 126,000 ft in 1955, blazing a technological trail for the development of spacecraft. Bell played...
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Publishing Company, 2002. ISBN 0-7603-1185-4. "NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: Bell X-2 Starbuster". NASA. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2022. "Convair B-58A...
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"Fact Sheet First Generation X-1." NASA Dryden Fact Sheets. Retrieved: March 26, 2013. "Fact Sheet Bell X-2 Starbuster." Archived March 15, 2017, at...
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Milburn G. Apt (section Record-breaking X-2 flight)
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Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 29 June 2020. Merlin, Peter W. (5 October 2011). "Starbuster: 55 years ago Capt. Mel Apt conquered Mach 3, lost life on fated flight"...
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