Who was the first pilot to exceed the speed of sound?
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Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager flew in the Bell X-1 rocket propelled aircraft #46-062, nicknamed "Glamorous Glennis". It reached a speed of Mach 1.06.
Chuck yaeger
If you'd ever read the book "The right stuff" by Tom Wolfe you'd know that that was Chuck Yeager in the Bell X1.
October 14, 1947.
The De Havilland 110 fighter had just broken the sound barrier when it broke up over the spectators, showering them with debris.
Among the dead are the pilot, John Derry, and the flight test observer Anthony Richards.
Mr Derry was the first British pilot to exceed the speed of sound in this country four years ago today - on 6 September 1948 in in a DH 108 research aircraft.
Chuck Yaeger on October 14, 1947, in the Bell X1.
A yank called Chuck Yeager
U.S. Air Force test Pilot Chuck Yeager. Flying the X-1 from Edward's AFB in California in 1950 somthing. The base was called something else back then though, don't remember what.
For a full story read the books ACROSS THE HIGH FRONTIER or YEAGER.
Chuck Yeager became was the first pilot to exceed the speed of sound in the AF XS-1, Tail # 6062). or John Derry. u have to be more specific with this question.
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