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English: On September 27, 1956, Captain Milburn G. "Mel" Apt piloted the Bell X-2 research aircraft and set a speed record of 2,094 mph (3,370 km/h), the first human to fly faster than Mach 3. After setting the record, he lost control of the aircraft and crashed in the desert near Edwards Air Force Base.
Date Taken on 27 September 1956
Source National Archives and Records Administration (St. Louis) and Air Force Flight Test Center History Office. Retrieved from https://www.bellx-2.com/photoalbum/6674-final-flight/content/X-2_Accident_03_large.html .
Author US Air Force photographer

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Bell X-2 research aircraft's crash site, California, 1956.

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27 September 1956

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