This is a list of flights made in the Bell X-1E airplane.
X-1E pilots
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! width="100" |Agency
! width="50" |Flights
! width="175" |Aircraft
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| John B. McKay
| NACA
| 5
| 46-063
|-
| Joseph A. Walker
| NACA
| 21
| 46-063
|}
X-1E flights
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! 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-1E #1
| December 12, 1955
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 1
| ?
| ?
| Pilot familiarization. Glide flight. Low speed evaluation.
|-
| X-1E #2
| December 15, 1955
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 2
| ?
| ?
| First powered flight. Engine ran overpressure, overspeeds with two automatic shutdowns. Pilot shutdown engine.
|-
| X-1E #3
| April 3, 1956
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 3
| 0.85
| 9,150
| Cylinder 1 did not fire. Damping characteristics good.
|-
| X-1E #4
| April 30, 1956
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 4
| ?
| ?
| Turbopump didn't start. No engine start.
|-
| X-1E #5
| May 11, 1956
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 5
| 0.84
| ?
| Turns from mach 0.69 to 0.84. Control pulses.
|-
| X-1E #6
| June 7, 1956
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 6
| 1.55
| 13,725
| Longitudinal, lateral trim changes in transonic region bothersome to pilot..
|-
| X-1E #7
| June 18, 1956
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 7
| 1.74
| 18,300
| Damaged while landing.
|-
| X-1E #8
| July 26, 1956
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 8
| ?
| ?
| Subsonic flight. Cylinders 3 and 4 didn't fire.
|-
| X-1E #9
| August 31, 1956
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 9
| 2.0
| 18,300
| Sideslips, pulses, rolls.
|-
| X-1E #10
| September 14, 1956
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 10
| 2.1
| 18,910
| Stabilizer, rudder, aileron pulses.
|-
| X-1E #11
| September 20, 1956
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 11
| ?
| ?
| Brief engine power. Engine malfunction. Flight aborted.
|-
| X-1E #12
| October 3, 1956
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 12
| ?
| ?
| Engine fired for only 60 seconds. Flight aborted. Engine and turbopump replaced.
|-
| X-1E #13
| November 20, 1956
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 13
| ?
| ?
| Engine did not start due to lack of manifold pressure.
|-
| X-1E #14
| April 25, 1957
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 14
| 1.71
| 20,435
| Aileron, rudder pulses.
|-
| X-1E #15
| May 15, 1957
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 15
| 1.5
| 22,265
| Aileron pulses, rolls, sideslips, wind-up turns. Aircraft was severely damaged on landing.
|-
| X-1E #16
| September 19, 1957
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 16
| ?
| ?
| Planned velocity not achieved due to loss of power during pushover from climb.
|-
| X-1E #17
| October 8, 1957
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 17
| 2.24
| ?
| Highest speed attained by X-1E.
|-
| X-1E #18
| May 14, 1958
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 18
| ?
| 21,350
| First flight with ventral fins. Longitudinal, lateral stability, control maneuvers tests. Engine air start at altitude.
|-
| X-1E #19
| June 10, 1958
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 19
| ?
| ?
| Flight aborted. Only 1 engine cylinder fired. Aircraft damaged on landing.
|-
| X-1E #20
| September 10, 1958
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 20
| ?
| ?
| Stability, control tests with ventral fins.
|-
| X-1E #21
| September 17, 1958
| Joseph Walker
| 46-063
| NACA 21
| ?
| ?
| Stability, control tests with ventral fins. New stabilizer bell crank allowed greater stabilizer travel.
|-
| X-1E #22
| September 19, 1958
| John McKay
| 46-063
| NACA 22
| ?
| ?
| Pilot familiarization.
|-
| X-1E #23
| September 30, 1958
| John McKay
| 46-063
| NACA 23
| ?
| ?
| Tests of low-speed stability and control.
|-
| X-1E #24
| October 16, 1958
| John McKay
| 46-063
| NACA 24
| ?
| ?
| First flight of modified engine with increased chamber pressure. Flight shortened due to overcast obscuring view of
lakebed.
|-
| X-1E #25
| October 28, 1958
| John McKay
| 46-063
| NACA 25
| ?
| ?
| Good data obtained on new elevated chamber pressure, stability and control.
|-
| X-1E #26
| November 6, 1958
| John McKay
| 46-063
| NACA 26
| ?
| ?
| Low-altitude and low-mach investigation of new U-Deta fuel. Last flight. Aircraft grounded due to significant crack in the fuel tank wall.
|}
See also
- Bell X-1
- John B. McKay
- Joseph A. Walker