Nowadays in Germany, however, voices are being heard which cast doubt on the official version according to which Chuck Yeager was the first to break the sound barrier. Anglo American historians will be forced to take cognizance of their arguments. After more than half a century of silence in ...
Was the Me262 the First Airplane to Break the Sound Barrier?André Chelain
Chuck Yeager is an American test pilot who was the first person to break the sound barrier — the point where a speeding object (such as an airplane) passes the speed of sound. Yeager made his history-setting flight on Oct. 14, 1947 in an airplane he dubbed Glamorous Glennis, after his...
Chuck Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier, dead at 97 提交时间:4 年以前 Chuck Yeager, the historic test pilot portrayed in the movie “The Right Stuff,” is dead at the age of 97, according to a tweet posted on his account late Monday. "It is w/...
First pilot to break the sound barrier In 1947, Chuck Yeager of the U.S. Air Force was the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound, piloting the experimentalX-1 rocket-engine powered aircraftbuilt by Bell Aircraft. The X-1 was nicknamedGlamorous Glennisafter Yeager’s wife. ...
Chuck Yeager during a press conference at Edwards Air Force Base during the 50th anniversary celebration of his October 14, 1947 Bell X-1 flight, in which he became the first man to break the sound barrier. Yeager again flew at the speed of sound, on ...
first carrier ship landing, in 1911; the first aerial refueling, in 1923; the first transatlantic plane crossing by a team, in 1919 (Charles Lindbergh did the first solo one, in 1927); the first instrument-only flight, in 1929; and the first flight to break the sound barrier, in 1947....
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Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its first time with a test flight in Mojave, California, on Tuesday.