X-1B pilots
{| class="wikitable"
! width="125" |Pilot
! width="100" |Agency
! width="50" |Flights
! width="175" |Aircraft
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| Neil Armstrong
| NACA
| 4
| 48-1385
|-
| John McKay
| NACA
| 13
| 48-1385
|-
| Stuart Childs
| USAF
| 1
| 48-1385
|-
| Frank Everest
| USAF
| 2
| 48-1385
|-
| Horace Hanes
| USAF
| 1
| 48-1385
|-
| Richard Harer
| USAF
| 1
| 48-1385
|-
| Stanley Holtoner
| USAF
| 1
| 48-1385
|-
| Arthur Murray
| USAF
| 1
| 48-1385
|-
| Jack Ridley
| USAF
| 2
| 48-1385
|-
| Robert Stephens
| USAF
| 1
| 48-1385
|}
X-1B flights
{| class="wikitable"
! width="65" |Vehicle<br>Flight #
! width="120" |Date
! width="125" |Pilot
! width="50" |Aircraft
! width="65" |Agency
! width="50" |Velocity<br>-Mach-
! width="50" |Altitude<br>- m -
! width="175" |Comments
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| X-1B #1
| September 24, 1954
| Jack Ridley
| 48-1385
| USAF 1
| ?
| ?
| Planned powered flight. Turbopump overspeed caused abort. Glide flight.
|-
| X-1B #2
| October 6, 1954
| Jack Ridley
| 48-1385
| USAF 2
| ?
| ?
| Planned powered flight. High lox-tank pressure caused abort. Glide flight.
|-
| X-1B #3
| October 8, 1954
| Frank Everest
| 48-1385
| USAF 3
| ?
| ?
| First powered flight. Checkout and familiarization.
|-
| X-1B #4
| October 13, 1954
| Robert Stephens
| 48-1385
| USAF 4
| ?
| ?
| -
|-
| X-1B #5
| October 19, 1954
| Stuart Childs
| 48-1385
| USAF 5
| ?
| ?
| -
|-
| X-1B #6
| October 26, 1954
| Horace Hanes
| 48-1385
| USAF 6
| ?
| ?
| -
|-
| X-1B #7
| November 4, 1954
| Richard Harer
| 48-1385
| USAF 7
| ?
| ?
| -
|-
| X-1B #8
| November 26, 1954
| Stanley Holtoner
| 48-1385
| USAF 8
| ?
| ?
| -
|-
| X-1B #9
| November 30, 1954
| Frank Everest
| 48-1385
| USAF 9
| ?
| ?
| -
|-
| X-1B #10
| December 2, 1954
| Frank Everest
| 48-1385
| USAF 10
| 2.3
| 21,336 (70,000 feet)
| Second flight of X-1 over Mach 2 after Chuck Yeager in 1953 in X-1A
|-
| X-1B #11
| August 14, 1956
| John McKay
| 48-1385
| NACA 1
| ?
| ?
| Pilot familiarization. Nose gear failed on landing. Minor damage.
|-
| X-1B #12
| August 29, 1956
| John McKay
| 48-1385
| NACA 2
| ?
| ?
| Cabin pressure regulator malfunctioned. Inner canopy cracked. Low speed, low altitude maneuvers.
|-
| X-1B #13
| September 7, 1956
| John McKay
| 48-1385
| NACA 3
| 1.8
| 17,080
| High speed flight. Heating data gathered.
|-
| X-1B #14
| September 18, 1956
| John McKay
| 48-1385
| NACA 4
| ?
| ?
| Erratic engine start. Glide flight.
|-
| X-1B #15
| September 28, 1956
| John McKay
| 48-1385
| NACA 5
| ?
| 18,300
| Three chamber engine flight. Heating data obtained.
|-
| X-1B #16
| January 3, 1957
| John McKay
| 48-1385
| NACA 6
| 1.94
| ?
| Last aerodynamic heating data flight.
|-
| X-1B #17
| May 22, 1957
| John McKay
| 48-1385
| NACA 7
| 1.45
| 18,300
| Flight instrumentation check. Control pulses at speed.
|-
| X-1B #18
| June 7, 1957
| John McKay
| 48-1385
| NACA 8
| 1.5
| 18,300
| Supersonic maneuvers at speed and altitude to determine dynamic and static stability and control characteristics.
|-
| X-1B #19
| June 24, 1957
| John McKay
| 48-1385
| NACA 9
| 1.5
| 18,300
| Supersonic maneuvers at speed and altitude to determine dynamic and static stability and control characteristics.
|-
| X-1B #20
| July 11, 1957
| John McKay
| 48-1385
| NACA 10
| ?
| ?
| Aborted after launch. Gear door open warning. Propellants jettisoned. Glide flight.
|-
| X-1B #21
| July 19, 1957
| John McKay
| 48-1385
| NACA 11
| 1.65
| 18,300
| Control pulses, 2 g wind-up turn, sideslips.
|-
| X-1B #22
| July 29, 1957
| John McKay
| 48-1385
| NACA 12
| 1.55
| 18,300
| Enlarged wing tips installed to simulate addition of reaction controls.
|-
| X-1B #23
| August 8, 1957
| John McKay
| 48-1385
| NACA 13
| 1.55
| 18,300
| Stability, control tests. Accelerated maneuvers, control pulses, pull-ups.
|-
| X-1B #24
| August 15, 1957
| Neil Armstrong
| 48-1385
| NACA 14
| ?
| ?
| Pilot familiarization. Nose gear failed on landing. Minor damage.
|-
| X-1B #25
| November 27, 1957
| Neil Armstrong
| 48-1385
| NACA 15
| ?
| ?
| First reaction-control flight.
|-
| X-1B #26
| January 16, 1958
| Neil Armstrong
| 48-1385
| NACA 16
| ?
| ?
| Low-altitude, low-mach reaction-control tests.
|-
| X-1B #27
| January 23, 1958
| Jack McKay
| 48-1385
| NACA 17
| 1.5
| 16,775
| Reaction-control tests. Last NACA flight.
|}
See also
- Bell X-1
- Neil Armstrong
- John McKay