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Fri, Mar 21, 2003

The Last X-1 Flight?

Certainly, the most-famous X-1 flight took place over Muroc Dry Lake (Edwards AFB, CA) on October 14, 1947, with USAF test pilot then-Capt. Charles E. 'Chuck' Yeager on the stick. That X-1, Glamorous Glennis, was retired to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, where it hangs in the entry atrium, with the Wright Flyer and the Spirit of St. Louis.

[Interestingly, the highest altitude achieved by that plane, 71,902 feet, was achieved on August 8, 1949, flown by -- are you ready for this? --  Maj. Frank K. Everest, Jr., USAF.]

There was more than one X-1 built, though. Here's the question:

When and where did the last X-1 flight take place, and who was the pilot?

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