Bell X-1 Rocket Plane
by Douglas Castleman
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$400
Dimensions
24.000 x 8.000 x 0.500 inches
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Title
Bell X-1 Rocket Plane
Artist
Douglas Castleman
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
The Bell X-1 Mach Buster rocket plane of 1947, flown by Capt. Chuck Yeager on the first supersonic flight.
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March 26th, 2018
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Comments (3)
John Wills
That's very interesting. Thank you for the explanation, great looking piece of art! Love the design/paint scheme.
Douglas Castleman replied:
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!
John Wills
Looks amazing!!!! Forgive me, but what's happening with the patch of white on the fuselage?
Douglas Castleman replied:
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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