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    Airframe Family: Bell X-5
    Latest Model:X-5
    Last Military Serial:50-1838 NACA
    Compressed ID:Bell X-5 sn 50-1838 NACA
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    15 February 1951

    Constructed as a X-5.

    1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 50-1838.

    9 June 1951

    Transferred to NACA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards AFB, CA.

    20 June 1951

    First flight.

    From December 1951 to 25 October 1955

    Flew test flights during this period.

    8 January 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics with s/n 50-1838.

    January 1952


    Photographer: NASA Dryden Flight Research Cent

    Circa 1955


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    From November 1955 to 1958

    Continued in many test programs as a chase plane.

    March 1958

    To United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
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    Circa 1958


    Photographer: unknown

    By October 1963


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    17 October 1970

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    4 August 1995


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    June 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
    Notes: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force fourth building

    17 April 2017


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield


    Photographer: Bell Aircraft Official Photo
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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