O4, 1947, Charles "Chuck" Yeager soared faster than any person before him as he piloted the Bell XS-1 beyond the speed of ...

The Bell X-1 rocket plane proved that man was capable of breaking the sound barrier. Chuck Yeager, a pilot who was already well known for his skill behind the flight stick of a P-51 Mustang during ...

On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! Yeager was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force who made history by flying an aircraft faster than the speed of sound. He made ...

(Reuters) - Chuck Yeager, the steely "Right Stuff" test pilot who took aviation to the doorstep of space by becoming the first person to break the sound barrier more than 70 years ago, died on Monday ...

On Oct. 14, 1947, U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager climbed into the experimental Bell X-1 rocket-propelled aircraft for a test flight over the Mojave Desert.

Other Facts: The first supersonic pilot , who has flown more than 200 different types of military aircraft. Trained many of the Gemini, Mercury and Apollo astronauts at the Air Force Aerospace ...

All across the globe Chuck Yeager’s 100th birthday was celebrated. Here at home, Marshall University's Bill Noe Flight School did its part by doing a formation flyby. Yeager died Dec. 7, 2020, at the ...

Let's get the answer out of the way about General Yeager flying Mach 2+. Yes, he did. In December 1953, he reached Mach 2.44. Although his fame is mostly due to breaking the sound barrier on October ...

Breaking the sound barrier, or exceeding Mach 1, is a pivotal aviation achievement first accomplished by Chuck Yeager, characterized by the creation of a "sonic boom." Supersonic flight has seen ...

On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! Yeager was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force who ...