Talk:Bell X-2

I replaced this photograph with another one of higher quality. I'm archiving it here in case it can help anyone in the future. Triddle 05:13, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Can somebody confirm the "Starbuster" name? I've never seen it before, & I thought I knew my X-planes... Trekphiler 00:07, 6 December 2005 (UTC)


 * NASA Dryden identifies it as the Bell X-2 Starbuster. The Dark 22:50, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Starbuster was the nickname given the airplane by Pete Everest for his max speed flight. Later Ivan Kinchelo had another nickname. Neither was used by any serious person until very recently when a model maker started publicizing the 'Starbuster' name. I would recommend removing all reference to 'starbuster'. p.s. NACA never received the aircraft, Nasa Dryden has no clue. Mark Lincoln (talk) 18:04, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

It sounds a bit "after-the-fact" to me. Like trying to call the F-106 the "Lockheed-Martin" F-106. Ain't NO way! ("Convair" it will always be!) Phyllis1753 19:50, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

#2
In "Operation" it is stated that aircraft #2 was lost in 1953. Later it is stated that there are more tests with the #2 plane. --DrJos (talk) 21:15, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Also, first paragraph of "Operation" says first flight in June, contradicting caption on initial photo of crash on first fllight in April......--Grant..

I'm flyin', here
"completed the first powered flight in the #1 airplane" Is that "1st powered flight in type" or "1st powered flight of a/c #1"? TREKphiler  hit me ♠  08:44, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

The #2 aircraft 46-675 never made a powered flight.Mark Lincoln (talk) 18:02, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

The pilots are not listed....
The pilots are not listed, as they should be, and as they are for the X-15. It is well-known that Chuck Yeager flew the X-2 in breaking Scott Crossfield's air speed record. Crossfield barely reached Mach 2 in the Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket at Mach 2.0005, but Yeager soon shattered this one at Mach 2.44 in the X-2 !47.215.183.159 (talk) 00:35, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

No, Chuck Yeager reached Mach 2.44 in the Bell X-1A.

Mach 3
The article currently states that Mel Apt was the first person to reach Mach 3, albeit at the cost of his own life. However, a quick series of calculations involving the speed of sound at the altitudes where the X-2 flew suggests this may not have been the case. Pete Everest took the X-2 to an unofficial speed record of 1,957 mph. Given the altitude at which this took place, is it plausible that Everest may have reached Mach 3, and done so before Apt did? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.71.166.188 (talk) 05:19, 9 June 2023 (UTC)