Read about my visit to the X-2 crash site this past October.
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I’m having too much fun with the Life magazine image search. Case in point: every photographic angle of Bill Bridgeman.
It looks like Life magazine continues to scan their collection of photos. I just completed a search for X-2 and ran into some new pictures, many also from their Air Age story. In addition to the X-2, it looks like new photos of Pete Everest, Iven Kincheloe, Fitz Fulton, program members & more are appearing.
Thanks to J. Goto for sending over some great photos of the X-2 mockup used in the television show Quantum Leap. The pics are from October 1994 at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, CA. The mockup is still there today, but in pretty bad condition. Finding good, technical details of the X-2 is difficult, but that has changed. Edward Williams has self-published a booklet with plenty of photos, drawings, and schematics to make X fans happy. The publication is an update of Bell’s own X-2 Technical Review from the 50s. You can purchase the 41 page book online or download/print yourself (my option) via Lulu.com. Google & Life are at it again – this time with full issues of Life Magazine online. It appears that only select years are online right now. Check out this Edwards AFB / X-2 article from June 18, 1956. The City of Lancaster California has added Jean “Skip” Ziegler to their Aerospace Walk of Honor. Of course, I find out about this just days after I’m in the area! More can be found on Lancaster’s Web site. Hi everyone! I’ve decided to move the X-2 (and etc.) Sightings page to a blog format. It’ll help me manage things a bit better, plus allow you to add your comments. The old Sightings content will remain online where it is now. As I get used to this new format, I’ll jazz things up a bit. Thanks for stopping by. |
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