60 years since first supersonic flight
Writing by Tolip on Sunday, 14 of October , 2007 at 9:07 pm
60 years ago, history recorded the first time when a man exceeded the speed of sound in controlled and level flight.
On October 14, 1947, US Air Force Captain Charles “Chuck” Yeager smashed the sound barrier aided by the Bell X-1, the first of many X-planes to come.
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