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Space commemorative cover
or Space Cover.
Cosmodrome / Location : USA
Date of Cancellation: Oct. 1, 1997
Exist : 300 copies
Event Type : F.D.C.
Launch Pad / Location : USA Edwards AFB (CA)
Manned / Robotic Mission : Robotic
Mission Objective/Type : Passenger Flight
ou?/where?: au sol - ground
autographe?: non - noneDescription : FDC postage stamp X-1 Bell.
The first manned supersonic flight occurred on October 14, 1947, less than a month after the U.S. Air Force had been created as a separate service. Air Force Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager piloted aircraft #46-062 that he had nicknamed Glamorous Glennis for his wife. The airplane was drop launched from the bomb bay of a modified B-29 Superfortress bomber and reached Mach 1.06 (700 miles per hour (1,100 km/h; 610 kn)). Following burnout of the engine, the plane glided to a landing on the dry lake bed. This was XS-1 flight number 50.
Edwards special post stamp. Keyword(s) :
#Astronaut,
#Aviation,
#NASA,
#Space Shuttle,
#Space station, This is OUTSIDE of a Space Revue. Last modified: 09/03/2015 @ 08h54
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