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14th October 1947: Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to officially break the sound barrier in the experimental Bell X-1
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14th October 1947: Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to officially break the sound barrier in the experimental Bell X-1
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20 minutes
Released:
Oct 14, 2023
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Flying at 45,000 feet, Yeager reached Mach 1.06 or approximately 700 miles per hour over the Rogers Dry Lake of the Mojave Desert in ...
Released:
Oct 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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