67 years ago today, Bell test pilot Jack Woolams departed the Niagara Falls Intl. Airport on his final flight in Cobra 1 a highly modified P-39 for air racing. Unfortunately the accident claimed the life of a young man who could have been the first to fly the Bell XS-1 through the sound barrier.

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