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Description Capts. Iven C. Kincheloe (left) and Mel Apt pose with the Bell X-2 rocket-powered aircraft. Captain Kincheloe climbed to 126,200 feet altitude in the X-2 Sept. 7, 1956. Captain Apt reached a speed of Mach 3.2 -- three times the speed of sound -- in the aircraft before it tumbled out of control and he was killed attempting to bail out on Sept. 27, 1956. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Other versions File:Milburn Apt in the Cockpit of the Bell X-2, with Iven Carl Kincheloe, Jr.jpg, File:Captain Mel Apt in Bell X-2 1956.jpg

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