Bell X-9 Shrike

The Bell X-9 was a prototype powered with liquid fuel surface to air missile. She served as a testbed for the nuclear rocket GAM -63 Rascal.

28 X -9 missiles were produced and shot between April 1949 and January 1953. The program was used to collect aerodynamic and structural information and to test new control and drive systems. None of the rockets fired withstood the test flights. The only fragment that has survived the tests Museum in Mentone, Indiana, is now on display at Larry Bell.

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Mach number Bell X-1 Bell X-2 Douglas X-3 Stiletto Northrop X-4 Bantam Bell X-5 Lockheed X-7 Aerobee North American X-10 SM-65A Atlas SM-65B Atlas Ryan X-13 Vertijet Bell X-14 North American X-15 Bell X-16 Lockheed X-17 Hiller X-18 Curtiss-Wright X-19 Northrop X-21 Bell X-22 Martin X-23 PRIME Martin Marietta X-24A Bensen B-8 Schweizer X-26 Frigate Lockheed CL-1200 Osprey Osprey I Grumman X-29 Rockwell X-30 Rockwell-MBB X-31 Boeing X-32 Orbital Sciences X-34 Lockheed Martin X-35 McDonnell Douglas X-36 Boeing X-37 NASA X-38 Boeing X-40 NASA X-43 Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA Boeing X-45 Boeing X-46 Northrop Grumman X-47B Boeing X-48 Boeing X-50 Dragonfly Boeing X-51 Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing Lockheed Martin X-55 Lockheed Martin X-56 Bell Helicopter Bell 30 Bell 47 Bell 205 Bell 214 Bell 214ST Bell 222 Bell 407 Bell 427 Bell 429 Bell 430 Bell 505 Jet Ranger X Bell 525 Relentless Bell OH-58 Kiowa Tiltrotor Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey Bell-Boeing Quad TiltRotor Bell V-280 Valor Bell P-59 Airacomet Bell P-63 Kingcobra Bell YFM-1 Airacuda Experimental aircraft Bell XV-3 Bell XV-15 Bell XP-77 Bell XP-83

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