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Bell X-1 Rocket Plane

Douglas Castleman

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Bell X-1 Rocket Plane Painting

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Loveland, CO - United States

Congratulations on your new sale

Hatfield, pa - United States

That's very interesting. Thank you for the explanation, great looking piece of art! Love the design/paint scheme.

Thanks, I did an earlier painting of the later white X-1, which is in the NASA collection, but the orange painted X-1 is what is hanging in the Smithsonian and is much more famous. Since engineers knew that the .50 cal bullet traveled at supersonic speed, they designed this to mimic that shape, with thin wings and tail attached. I find that interesting. Thanks again!

Hatfield, pa - United States

Looks amazing!!!! Forgive me, but what's happening with the patch of white on the fuselage?

Thanks, John! Rocket planes used LOX (liquid oxygen) that is loaded in a super-cold state, so that is frost on the part of the fuselage that holds the LOX tank....this and the black X-15 really showed the frost...many others were painted white so it doesn't show much on those.

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