Chuck Yeager - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager (born February 13, 1923) is a retired General in the United States Air Force and noted test pilot. He is widely considered to be the first pilot to travel faster than so...
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I broke two ribs. And now, as iridescent fingers of sunlight gripped the eastern mountain rims, we made ready to take a stab at cracking the sound barrier–up until that point aviation's biggest hurdle.
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Concorde breaking the sound barrier. ... Thrust SSC -over the sound barrier ! 975915 views ... Plane break sound barrier - sonic boom. 793696 views ...
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By the way, if you are coming here to find out what the 'speed of sound' is, don't email me. Try Wikipedia, Georgia State Univ: Speed of Sound in Air, or Aerospaceweb or Google. For who first broke the sound barrier, try Wikipedia: Sound barrier, Aerospaceweb, this personal account or Google...
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On October 14, 1947, Yeager broke the sound barrier over the town of Victorville, California. Six years later, on another test flight, Yeager pushed his plane, the X-1A, to new heights, but almost lost his life as his plane came within feet of crashing.
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Pilot claims he broke sound barrier first BERLIN (AP) — A former Luftwaffe pilot says he broke the sound barrier first — not Chuck Yeager. But the German's claim cannot be verified, at least not yet. Flying alone over Austria on April 9... ... Pilot claims he broke sound barrier firs...
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www.usatoday.com/news/world/2001-02-22-sound.htm
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2001-02-22-sound.htm
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The X-15 eventually flew to the edge of space at four, five and six times the speed of sound. Yeager went on to direct the Space School at Edward's Air Force Base. And ten years ago, the man who first broke the sound barrier did it once again for his last time.
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I heard that a man jumped from a balloon at the edge of space and broke the sound barrier during his fall. Who was he and when did this happen? - question from Ivan Velasko & Roland...
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