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Today in History – April 25, 1956 – Everest conquers speed
25 April 1946 Frank Kendall “Pete” Everest, test pilot at Edwards AFB, CA is airdropped from a Boeing EB-50D Superfortress in a Bell X-3 supersonic rocket plane. This was the 10th flight of the X-2 program and the 3rd powered flight. Everest had test-flown the Bell X-1B to a speed of Mach 2.3 (2.3 times