Price: 16,56 EUR Ref: TAMI-60740 Manufacturer: Tamiya Family: Aircraft 1/72 Approximate weight: 0.35 kg - 0.77 lb Description: Bell X-1 Mach Buster
The Bell X-1, originally designated XS-1, was a joint NACA-U.S. Army Air Forces/US Air Force supersonic research project and the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in controlled, level flight. This resulted in the first of the so-called X-planes, an American series of experimental aircraft designated for testing of new technologies and usually kept highly secret.