On 14 October 1947, American Chuck Yeager became the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound. Despite having two broken ribs, Chuck reached Mach 1.06 – a speed of more than 1,100km per hour.
Sixty-five years later to the minute, on Oct. 14, 2012, Yeager commemorated the feat, flying in the back seat of an F-15 Eagle as it broke the sound barrier at more than 30,000 feet (9,144 meters) ...
On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! Yeager was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force who made history by flying an aircraft faster than the speed of sound. He made ...
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How Chuck Yeager’s Flight Launched America’s Space Age
The Problem That Grounded the Future By the late 1940s, American aviation had reached a limit literally. Fighter aircra ...
The man / by Dominick A. Pisano -- The aircraft / by F. Robert van der Linden -- The engine / by Frank H. Winter -- The flights / by F. Robert van der Linden -- The celebrity hero / by Dominick A.
ROSWELL, N.M. -- Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner landed gracefully on Earth after a 24-mile jump Sunday from the stratosphere in a daring, dramatic feat that officials said made him the first ...
(AP) Extreme athlete and record-setting high-altitude jumper Felix Baumgartner hopes no more last-minute cancellations will thwart his death-defying attempt to be the first skydiver in history to ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WTAP) -The Kanawha Airport in Charleston, now known as Yeager Airport, was dedicated on November 3, 1947.
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A legendary American pilot is grounded in a Fresno courtroom, probably for the next couple weeks. Gen. Chuck Yeager is being sued for non-payment by the law firm Wild, Carter ...
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