Bell X-2
The Bell X-2 (nicknamed "Starbuster") was an X-plane research aircraft built to investigate flight characteristics in the Mach 2–3 range. The X-2 was a rocket-powered, swept-wing research aircraft developed jointly in 1945 by Bell Aircraft Corporation, the United States Air Force and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to explore aerodynamic problems of supersonic flight and to expand the speed and altitude regimes obtained with the earlier X-1 series of research aircraft.
| X-2 | |
|---|---|
| Bell X-2 #2 with a collapsed nose landing gear, after landing on the first glide flight, on 27 June 1952 at Edwards Air Force Base. | |
| Role | Research aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Bell Aircraft |
| First flight | 27 June 1952 (first drop glide) 18 November 1955 (first powered flight) |
| Retired | 27 September 1956 |
| Primary users | United States Air Force National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics |
| Number built | 2 |
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