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X-1 rocket flights

List of X-1 rocket plane flights

The X-1 did not get anywhere near space - but it is of historical interest as the first high-perfomance rocket plane.


Flight list from J. Miller, "The X-Planes", 2001.


I note that in 2018 Chuck Yeager disputed the accuracy of the list and reported that Hoover never flew the X-1. - Jonathan McDowell, May 2018

X-1 No. 1

Flight	Date		A/C	Pilot		Alt (km) (C=Captive)

Bell 1			X-1-1			C
Bell 2			X-1-1			C
Bell 3			X-1-1			C
Bell 4			X-1-1			C
Bell 5			X-1-1			C
Bell 6			X-1-1			C
Bell 7			X-1-1			C
Bell 8			X-1-1			C
Bell 9			X-1-1			C
Bell 10			X-1-1			C
Bell 11			X-1-1			C
Bell 12	1947 Apr 11	X-1-1	Goodlin		6
Bell 13 1947 Apr 29	X-1-1	Goodlin		10.7
Bell 14	1947 Apr 30	X-1-1	Goodlin		10.7
Bell 15	1947 May  5	X-1-1	Goodlin
Bell 16	1947 May 15	X-1-1	Goodlin
Bell 17	1947 May 19	X-1-1	Goodlin
Bell 18	1947 May 21	X-1-1	Goodlin
Bell 19	1947 Jun  5	X-1-1	Goodlin
AF 1	1947 Aug 29	X-1-1	Yeager
AF 2	1947 Sep  4	X-1-1	Yeager
AF 3	1947 Sep  8	X-1-1	Yeager
AF 4	1947 Sep 10	X-1-1	Yeager
AF 5	1947 Sep 12	X-1-1	Yeager
AF 6	1947 Oct  3	X-1-1	Yeager
AF 7	1947 Oct  8	X-1-1	Yeager		12
AF 8	1947 Oct 10	X-1-1	Yeager		12.5
AF 9	1947 Oct 14	X-1-1	Yeager		13.7	M=1.0
AF 10	1947 Oct	X-1-1	Yeager		C
AF 11	1947 Oct 28	X-1-1	Yeager
AF 12	1947 Oct 29	X-1-1	Yeager
AF 13	1947 Oct 31	X-1-1	Yeager
AF 14	1947 Nov  3	X-1-1	Yeager
AF 15	1947 Nov  4	X-1-1	Yeager
AF 16	1947 Nov  6	X-1-1	Yeager		14.8
AF 17	1948 Jan 16	X-1-1	Yeager
AF 18	1948 Jan 22	X-1-1	Yeager
AF 19	1948 Jan 30	X-1-1	Yeager
AF 20	1948 Feb 24	X-1-1	Fitzgerald	8.5
AF 21	1948 Mar 11	X-1-1	Yeager		13.7
AF 22	1948 Mar 26	X-1-1	Yeager		15.2
AF 23	1948 Mar 31	X-1-1	Yeager
AF 24	1948 Apr  6	X-1-1	Fitzgerald	12.5
AF 25	1948 Apr  7	X-1-1	Fitzgerald?	C
AF 26	1948 Apr  7	X-1-1	Fitzgerald	11
AF 27	1948 Apr  9	X-1-1	Lundquist
AF 28	1948 Apr 16	X-1-1	Lundquist
AF 29	1948 Apr 26	X-1-1	Fitzgerald	8.5
AF 30	1948 Apr 29	X-1-1	Lundquist	12
AF 31	1948 May  4	X-1-1	Fitzgerald	12
AF 32	1948 May 21	X-1-1	Lundquist	10
AF 33	1948 May 25	X-1-1	Fitzgerald	9
AF 34	1948 May 26	X-1-1	Yeager		19.5*
AF 35	1948 Jun  3	X-1-1	Lundquist	8
AF 36	1948 Dec  1	X-1-1	Yeager		8.5
AF 37	1948 Dec 13	X-1-1	Yeager		6
AF 38	1948 Dec 23	X-1-1	Yeager		18.3
AF 39   1949 Jan  5     X-1-1   Yeager 		Ground launch
AF 40   1949 Mar 11     X-1-1   Ridley
AF 41   1949 Mar 16     X-1-1   Boyd
AF 42   1949 Mar 21	X-1-1	Everest		12
AF 43	1949 Mar 25	X-1-1	Everest		14.6
AF 44	1949 Apr 14	X-1-1	Ridley		12
AF 45 	1949 Apr 19	X-1-1	Everest
AF 	1949 Apr 29	X-1-1	Ridley		15.8
AF 46	1949 May  2	X-1-1	Yeager	
AF 47	1949 May  5	X-1-1	Everest
AF 48   1949 Jul 25	X-1-1	Everest		20.4*
AF 49	1949 Aug  8	X-1-1	Everest		21.9*
AF 50	1949 Aug 25	X-1-1	Everest		21.0
AF 51	1949 Oct  6	X-1-1	Fleming
AF 52	1949 Oct 26	X-1-1	Johnson
AF 53	1949 Nov 29	X-1-1	Everest
AF 54 	1949 Dec  2	X-1-1	Everest
AF 55	1950 Feb 21	X-1-1	Everest
AF 56	1950 Apr 25	X-1-1	Yeager
AF 57	1950 May  5	X-1-1	Ridley
AF 58	1950 May  8	X-1-1	Ridley
AF 59	1950 May 12	X-1-1	Yeager


X-1 No. 2

Bell 1			X-1-2			C
Bell 2			X-1-2			C
Bell 3			X-1-2			C
Bell 4			X-1-2			C
Bell 5	1946 Dec  8	X-1-2	Goodlin		10.7
Bell 6	1946 Dec 20	X-1-2	Goodlin		 8.2
Bell 7	1947 Jan  8	X-1-2	Goodlin		11.3
Bell 8	1947 Jan 17	X-1-2	Goodlin		11
Bell 9	1947 Jan 22	X-1-2	Goodlin		11
Bell 10	1947 Jan 23	X-1-2	Goodlin		11
Bell-11	1947 Jan 30	X-1-2	Goodlin		11
Bell-12	1947 Jan 31	X-1-2	Goodlin
Bell 13	1947 Feb  5	X-1-2	Goodlin
Bell 14	1947 Feb  7	X-1-2	Goodlin
Bell 15	1947 Feb 19	X-1-2	Goodlin
Bell 16	1947		X-1-2	?		C
Bell 17	1947 May 22	X-1-2	Johnston
Bell 18	1947 May 29	X-1-2	Goodlin
NACA 0	1947 Sep 25	X-1-2	Yeager		9
NACA 1	1947 Dec 16	X-1-2	Hoover
NACA 2	1947 Dec 17	X-1-2	Hoover
NACA 3	1948 Jan  6	X-1-2	Hoover
NACA 4	1948 Jan  8	X-1-2	Hoover
NACA 5	1948 Jan  9	X-1-2	Lilly
NACA 6	1948 Jan 15	X-1-2	Lilly
NACA 7	1948 Jan 21	X-1-2	Hoover		9
NACA 8 	1948 Jan 23	X-1-2	Hoover		9
NACA 9	1948 Jan 27	X-1-2	Hoover		11.5
NACA 10	1948 Mar  4	X-1-2	Hoover		12
NACA 11	1948 Mar 10	X-1-2	Hoover		12
NACA 12	1948 Mar 22	X-1-2	Hoover
NACA 13	1948 Mar 30	X-1-2	Hoover
NACA 14	1948 Mar 31	X-1-2?	Lilly		12
NACA 15	1948 Apr	X-1-2	Lilly?		C
NACA 16	1948 Apr  9	X-1-2	Lilly		9
NACA 17	1948 Apr 16	X-1-2	Lilly		12.5	Damaged
NACA 18	1948 Nov  1	X-1-2	Hoover		12
NACA 19	1948 Nov 15	X-1-2	Hoover		12
NACA 20	1948 Nov 23	X-1-2	Champine	9
NACA 21	1948 Nov 29	X-1-2	Champine	13
NACA 22	1948 Nov 30	X-1-2	Champine	12
NACA 23	1948 Dec  2	X-1-2	Champine	12
NACA 24	1949 May  6	X-1-2	Champine	12
NACA 25	1949 May 13	X-1-2	Champine	10
NACA 26	1949 May 27	X-1-2	Champine	11.5
NACA 27	1949 Jun 16	X-1-2	Champine	12
NACA 28	1949 Jun 23	X-1-2	Champine	14.3
NACA 29	1949 Jul 11	X-1-2	Champine	13
NACA 30	1949 Jul 19	X-1-2	Champine	13
NACA 31	1949 Jul 27	X-1-2	Champine	12
NACA 32	1949 Aug  4	X-1-2	Champine	
NACA 33	1949 Sep 23	X-1-2	Griffith	12.6
NACA 34	1949 Nov 30	X-1-2	Griffith
NACA 35	1950 May 12	X-1-2	Griffith	12
NACA 36	1950 May 17	X-1-2	Griffith	13.7
NACA 37	1950 May 26	X-1-2	Griffith	13.7
NACA 38	1950 Aug  9	X-1-2	Griffith	13.7
NACA 39	1950 Aug 11	X-1-2	Griffith	13
NACA 40	1950 Sep 21	X-1-2	Griffith	14
NACA 41	1950 Oct  4	X-1-2	Griffith	13.7
NACA 42	1951 Apr  6	X-1-2	Yeager		
NACA 43	1951 Apr 20	X-1-2	Crossfield
NACA 44	1951 Apr 27	X-1-2	Crossfield	13.7
NACA 45	1951 May 15	X-1-2	Crossfield	13.7
NACA 46 1951 Jul 12	X-1-2	Crossfield	13.7
NACA 47	1951 Jul 20	X-1-2	Crossfield	13.7
NACA 48	1951 Jul 31	X-1-2	Crossfield	13.7
NACA 49	1951 Aug  3	X-1-2	Crossfield	13.7
NACA 50	1951 Aug  8	X-1-2	Crossfield	13.7
NACA 51	1951 Aug 10	X-1-2	Crossfield	
NACA 52	1951 Aug 27	X-1-2	Walker		13.4
NACA 53	1951 Sep  5	X-1-2	Crossfield
NACA 54	1951 Oct 23	X-1-2	Walker

X-1D

USAF  1	1951 Aug 22	X-1D	[Everest]	Exploded,
						jettison prior to launch


X-1A

Bell  1	1952 ?		X-1A	Ziegler		C
Bell  2	1952 ?		X-1A	Ziegler		C
Bell  3	1953 Feb 21	X-1A	Ziegler
Bell  4	1953 Mar 26	X-1A	Ziegler
Bell  5	1953 Apr 10	X-1A	Ziegler
Bell  6	1953 Apr 25	X-1A	Ziegler
X-1A-7	1953 Nov 21	X-1A	Yeager
X-1A-8	1953 Dec  2	X-1A	Yeager
X-1A-9	1953 Dec  8	X-1A	Yeager		18.3
X-1A-10	1953 Dec 12	X-1A	Yeager		22.9
X-1A-11	1954 ?		X-1A	Murray		10?
X-1A-12	1954 ?		X-1A	Murray		
X-1A-13	1954 ?		X-1A	Murray
X-1A-14	1954 ?		X-1A	Murray
X-1A-15	1954 ?		X-1A	Murray
X-1A-16	1954 May 28	X-1A	Murray		26.5
X-1A-17	1954 Jun  4	X-1A	Murray		27.4
X-1A-18	1954 ?		X-1A	Murray
X-1A-19	1954 ?		X-1A	Murray
X-1A-20	1954 ?		X-1A	Murray
X-1A-21	1954 ?		X-1A	Murray
X-1A-22	1954 ?		X-1A	Murray
X-1A-23	1954 ?		X-1A	Murray
X-1A-24	1954 Aug 26	X-1A	Murray		27.56
NACA 1	1955 Jul 20	X-1A	Walker		13.7
NACA 2	1955 Aug  8	X-1A	-		Exploded attached to B29


X-1B

X-1B-1	1954?		X-1B	?		C
X-1B-2	1954?		X-1B	?		C
X-1B-3	1954 Oct  8	X-1B	Murray		
X-1B-4	1954 Oct 13	X-1B	Stephens
X-1B-5	1954 Oct 19	X-1B	Childs
X-1B-6	1954 Oct 26	X-1B	Hanes
X-1B-7	1954 Nov  4	X-1B	Harer
X-1B-8	1954 Nov 26	X-1B	Holtoner
X-1B-9	1954 Nov 30	X-1B	Everest
X-1B-10	1954 Dec  2	X-1B	Everest		20
NACA 1	1956 Aug 14	X-1B	McKay
NACA 2	1956 Aug 29	X-1B	McKay
NACA 3	1956 Sep  7	X-1B	McKay		17
NACA 4	1956		X-1B	McKay		C
NACA 5	1956 Sep 28	X-1B	McKay		18
NACA 6	1957 Jan  3	X-1B	McKay
NACA 7	1957 May 22	X-1B	McKay		18
NACA 8	1957 Jun  7	X-1B	McKay		18
NACA 9	1957 Jun 24	X-1B	McKay		18
NACA 10	1957 Jul?	X-1B	McKay		C
NACA 11	1957 Jul 19	X-1B	McKay		18
NACA 12	1957 Jul 29	X-1B	McKay		18
NACA 13	1957 Aug  8	X-1B	McKay		18
NACA 14	1957 Aug 15	X-1B	Armstrong
NACA 15	1957 Nov 27	X-1B	Armstrong
NACA 16	1958 Jan 16	X-1B	Armstrong
NACA 17	1958 Jan 23	X-1B	Armstrong	17

X-1E

NACA 1	1955		X-1E	Walker		C
NACA 2	1955 Dec 15	X-1E	Walker		
NACA 3	1956 Apr  3	X-1E	Walker		9
NACA 4	1956 ?		X-1E	Walker		C
NACA 5	1956 May 11	X-1E	Walker
NACA 6	1956 Jun  7	X-1E	Walker		13.7
NACA 7	1956 Jun 18	X-1E	Walker		18
NACA 8	1956 Jul 26	X-1E	Walker
NACA 9	1956 Aug 31	X-1E	Walker		18
NACA 10	1956 Sep 14	X-1E	Walker		19
NACA 11	1956 Sep 20	X-1E	Walker		
NACA 12	1956 Oct  3	X-1E	Walker
NACA 13	1957?		X-1E	Walker		C
NACA 14	1957 Apr 25	X-1E	Walker		20
NACA 15	1957 May 15	X-1E	Walker		22
NACA 16	1957 Sep 19	X-1E	Walker
NACA 17	1957 Oct  8	X-1E	Walker
NACA 18	1958 May 14	X-1E	Walker		21
NACA 19	1958 Jun 10	X-1E	Walker
NACA 20	1958 Sep 10	X-1E	Walker
NACA 21	1958 Sep 17	X-1E	Walker
NACA 22	1958 Sep 19	X-1E	McKay
NACA 23	1958 Sep 30	X-1E	McKay
NACA 24	1958 Oct 16	X-1E	McKay
NACA 25	1958 Oct 28	X-1E	McKay
NACA 26	1958 Nov  6	X-1E	Walker?