October 14 in American History
Flying the experimental Bell X-1 over the California desert, Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound. He did it with two cracked ribs he'd hidden from the flight surgeon. The right stuff, in one afternoon.
In 1947: Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier. Flying the experimental Bell X-1 over the California desert, Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound.
Flying the experimental Bell X-1 over the California desert, Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager became the first human to fly faster than the speed of sound. He did it with two cracked ribs he'd hidden from the flight surgeon. The right stuff, in one afternoon.
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