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Property	Value
rdf:type	Aircraft Type
rdfs:label	Bell X-2
rdfs:comment	The Bell X-2 (nicknamed "Starbuster") was a research aircraft built to investigate flight characteristics in the Mach 2–3 range. The X-2 was a rocket-powered, swept-wing research aircraft developed jointly in 1945 by Bell Aircraft Corporation, the U.S. Air Force and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to explore aerodynamic problems of supersonic flight and to expand the speed and altitude regimes obtained with the earlier X-1 series of research aircraft.
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max takeoff weight alt	11300.0
loaded weight main	24910.0
airfoil	2
length alt	11.5 m
span main	982.98
thrust alt	67 kN
height alt	3.6 m
primary user	United States Air Force
Type	Research aircraft
length main	1153.16
area main	260.0
height main	360.68
span alt	9.8 m
Manufacturer	Bell Aircraft
max speed main	Mach 3.196
ceiling main	126200.0
National Origin	United States
empty weight main	12375.0
type of jet	dbkwik:resource/YCQPM6gLj1xgezSLJZ1nVA==
loaded weight alt	11300.0
thrust original	at sea level
area alt	24.2
First Flight	1955-11-18
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engine (jet)	Curtiss-Wright XLR25
max speed alt	2094
jet or prop?	jet
empty weight alt	5600.0
thrust main	15000
number of jets	1
plane or copter?	plane
ceiling alt	38,466 m
max takeoff weight main	24910.0
Retired	1956-09-27
Crew	one, pilot
Number Built	2
ref	Concept Aircraft: Prototypes, X-Planes and Experimental Aircraft
abstract	The Bell X-2 (nicknamed "Starbuster") was a research aircraft built to investigate flight characteristics in the Mach 2–3 range. The X-2 was a rocket-powered, swept-wing research aircraft developed jointly in 1945 by Bell Aircraft Corporation, the U.S. Air Force and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to explore aerodynamic problems of supersonic flight and to expand the speed and altitude regimes obtained with the earlier X-1 series of research aircraft.