The Bell X-2 rocket plane, insisted the grapevine, had flown to 126,000 ft. (23.9 miles), beating the official record of the X-1A by nearly 6.8 miles. Nothing firm had leaked about the details of ...
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Further high-speed flight records were built by the Bell X-2 and X-15. The Bell X-2 was the joint product of Bell Aircraft, the U.S. Air Force, and NACA in the interests of flying between Mach 2 ...