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Personal: Male. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: Test Pilot (NASA). Inactive Flights on the XS-1 # 2. Hoover Chronology 21 October 1947 - XS-1 Flight 51. NACA glide-familiarization flight for NACA pilot. Stall check. Nosewheel collapsed on landing. 16 December 1947 - XS-1 Flight 59. NACA powered flight 1. Familiarization. Mach 0.84. No telemetry record. 17 December 1947 - XS-1 Flight 60. NACA flight 2. Familiarization. Mach 0.8. 6 January 1948 - XS-1 Flight 61. NACA flight 3. Turns and pull-ups to buffet. Mach 0.74. 8 January 1948 - XS-1 Flight 62. NACA flight 4. Turns and pull-ups to buffet. Mach 0.83. 21 January 1948 - XS-1 Flight 66. NACA flight 7. Stabilizer effectiveness investigation. Mach 0.82 at 8845 m. 23 January 1948 - XS-1 Flight 68. NACA flight 8. Attempted high-speed run aborted at mach 0.83, drop in chamber pressure. 27 January 1948 - XS-1 Flight 69. NACA flight 9. High-speed run to mach 0.925 at 11590 m. Cylinders 2 and 3 failed to fire. 4 March 1948 - XS-1 Flight 72. NACA flight 10. High-speed run to mach 0.943 at 12200 m. 10 March 1948 - XS-1 Flight 73. NACA flight 11. First NACA supersonic flight. First civilian supersonic flight. Mach 1.065. Nosewheel failed to extend for landing. Minor damage. 22 March 1948 - XS-1 Flight 75. NACA flight 12. Stability and loads investigation. Mach 1.12. 30 March 1948 - XS-1 Flight 77. NACA flight 13. Stability and loads investigation. Mach 0.90. 1 November 1948 - XS-1 Flight 95. NACA flight 18. Stability and control. Mach 0.9. Number 4 cylinder failed to fire. 15 November 1948 - XS-1 Flight 96. NACA flight 19. Stability and control. Also pressure-distribution survey. Mach 0.98. Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted. |
