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Chuck Yeager Signed and Numbered (#5/8) Vintage Bell X-1 Mach Meter Flown to Mach 1 in 1997....
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Flown supersonically by Yeager on the fiftieth anniversary of him breaking of the sound barrier
Chuck Yeager Signed and Numbered (#5/8) Vintage Bell X-1 Mach
Meter Flown to Mach 1 in 1997. The needle on the dial of this
vintage 3.5" diameter Type A-1 machmeter made by Burton
Manufacturing, serial number AF55-1621, is at Mach 1.0 and is
signed in silver felt tip: "Chuck Yeager/ 5-8". On October
14, 1947, Yeager was the first to fly at the speed of sound in a
Bell X-1. Exactly fifty years later he repeated the feat in an AFB
F-15, carrying a group of thirty-one of these meter faces signed in
gold and only eight signed in silver. They were offered by the
History Office and Flight Test Historical Foundation at Edwards AFB
and sold out immediately. Most are firmly ensconced in private
collections as they rarely are offered in the aftermarket. This is
the first Heritage Auctions has encountered and is of the smaller
edition of eight signed in silver. A rare opportunity. Light wear
commensurate with age, fine.
Auction Info
2022 December 15 - 16 Space Exploration Signature® Auction #6262 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
December, 2022
15th-16th
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