Anybody know what this aircraft is and was used for?
Classic warbirds and other aviation vids.
- Thread starter MikeysZ06
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That is a Supermarine S6B. Designed in the late 1920’s for speed racing. It held some speed records until 1933 when the Macchi M72, attached below, beat the Supermarines record.
The S6B was a development that led to the Spitfire.
Spitfire or spitting fire...
Cool jet with a "ricer" tail added... 
The aftermath of war...
The new pilot just showed up...
The Crew...
Neil Armstrong...
The first powered flight of the X-1 was made on Dec. 9, 1946, at Edwards Air Force Base with Chalmers Goodlin, a Bell test pilot, at the controls.
