COLLECTION NAME:
Dryden Historical Images
Record
Title:
X-1
Creator:
NASA
Description:
EC96-43611-1 What started as a hobby for four rocket fanatics went on to break the sound barrier: Lovell Lawrence, Hugh Franklin Pierce, John Shesta, and Jimmy Wyld the four founders of Reaction Motors, Inc. that built the XLR-11 Rocket Engine. The XLR-11 engine is shown on display in the NASA Exchange Gift Shop, NASA Hugh L. Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards, California. This engine, familiarly known as Black Betsy, a 4-chamber rocket that ignited diluted ethyl alcohol and liquid oxygen into 6000 pounds or more of thrust powered the X-1 series airplanes. 1996 NASA Photo
Date:
01/11/96
Identifier:
340570main_EC96-43611-1_full
MediaType:
Image
MediaType:
image
Collection:
NASA_Dryden_Multimedia_X-1_Image_Gallery
Year:
1996
Where:
California
Where:
Dryden Flight Research Center DFRC
