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Episode 29 --- How the Cold War Spurred the Race for Supersonic Flight
Episode 29 --- How the Cold War Spurred the Race for Supersonic Flight
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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Dec 17, 2020
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The age of supersonic flight officially began after World War II, when the late Chuck Yeager pushed the Bell X-1 test aircraft beyond the speed of sound (Mach 1) in October 1947. But bestselling author and highly-decorated fighter pilot Dan Hampton contends that Yeager wasn’t the first pilot to go supersonic in controlled flight. On this week’s episode, Hampton and I discuss how the Cold War spurred the quest for speed and why Yeager might not have been the first American fighter pilot to break the sound barrier.
Released:
Dec 17, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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