Pilot's Notes from the Ninth Powered Flight of the XS-1
10/14/1947
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Flight notes of Captain Charles Yeager for the first supersonic flight. Yeager flew the XS-1, an experimental aircraft being tested at Muroc airfield, in the California desert.
This document was featured in “Connecting with the Past” in the November/December 2003 National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) publication Social Education.
This document was featured in “Connecting with the Past” in the November/December 2003 National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) publication Social Education.
This primary source comes from the Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
National Archives Identifier: 295644
Full Citation: Pilot's Notes from the Ninth Powered Flight of the XS-1; 10/14/1947; X-1 Correspondence; Flight Test Project Files, ca. 1945 - ca. 1959; Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Record Group 255; National Archives at Riverside, Perris, CA. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/pilots-notes-from-the-ninth-powered-flight-of-the-xs1, April 26, 2024]Rights: Public Domain, Free of Known Copyright Restrictions. Learn more on our privacy and legal page.