5/21/2023 0 Comments Breaking sound barrier![]() ![]() The X-1 is built by Bell Aircraft.” Local photo ID: 342-C-K-4921 Original Caption: “The Bell X-1 supersonic research aircraft undergoes servicing at Muroc Air Force Base, California, flight test center of the U.S. All are assigned to the Flight Test Division, Air Material Command. Charles Yeager, first to fly through the sonic barrier Major Gus Lundquist, and Capt. Air Force test pilots, all of whom have flown faster than the speed of sound, pose beside the Air Force’s supersonic X-1 aircraft at Muroc Air Force Base, California. Photo taken May 1948 by James Evans.” Local photo ID: 342-C-K-5027 Original Caption: “Three U.S. Charles Yeager, Air Force pilot who was the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound, is shown in the cockpit of the Bell X-1 supersonic research aircraft at Muroc Air Force Base, California. As Yeager passed through the sound threshold, a sonic boom was heard across the Mojave desert.Īs we approach the 75th anniversary of breaking the sound barrier, the Unwritten Record has compiled photographs held in the Still Picture Branch that document Captain Yeager and the historic achievement. The X-1 reached a speed of 700 miles per hour and an altitude of 43,000 feet. Yeager flew a Bell XS-1, nicknamed “Glamorous Glennis” (a tribute to his wife), over Rogers Dry Lake located at Edward’s Air Force Base (formerly named Muroc Air Force Base). “Chuck” Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. On October 14, 1947, USAF Captain Charles E.
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