First Person To Break The Sound Barrier
Olivia Luz
14 1947 yeager then a 24 year old captain pushed an orange bullet shaped bell x 1 rocket plane past 660 mph 1 062 kph to break the sound barrier at the time a daunting aviation.
George welch made a plausible but officially unverified claim to have broken the sound barrier on 1 october 1947 while flying an xp 86 sabre. Air force captain chuck yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. 14 1947 air force pilot chuck yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier or so history tells us. Yeager born in myra west virginia in 1923 was a combat.
The first man to break the sound barrier chuck yeager died on monday in california at the age of 97. Air force captain chuck yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier. Yeager piloted the rocket powered bell x 1 to a speed of mach 1 07 becoming the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. John yang has the story.
Charles elwood chuck yeager the us test pilot of world war ii who was the first pilot to break the sound barrier died at the age of 97 on december 8. Chuck yeager breaks the sound barrier u s. On october 14 1947 u s. His accomplishment launched the era of supersonic flight.
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