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.
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 ...
Supersonic flight began with dangerous experiments in the 20th century and culminated in Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier in 1947 with the Bell X-1. Commercial supersonic travel briefly thrived ...
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