The X-1E with pilot Joe Walker suited up at the NASA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, CA.
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The X-1E with pilot Joe Walker suited up at the NASA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, CA. The dice and “Little Joe” are prominently displayed under the cockpit area. (Little Joe is a dice player’s slang term for two deuces.)
Five years later when Walker reached 354,200 feet in the X-15, that aircraft carried similar artwork – “Little Joe the II.” Walker is shown in the photo above wearing an early partial pressure suit. This protected the pilot if cockpit pressure was lost above 50,000 feet.1958NASA Photo› X-1E Project Description