On October 14, 1947, Captain Chuck Yeager of the United States Air Force became the first human to break the sound barrier. Yeager’s achievement was a result of his work on the Bell X-1 aircraft, which was designed specifically to break the speed of sound. Yeager’s successful flight came after a number of failed attempts…
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Chuck Yeager Breaking The Sound Barrier
On October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier. He did this in the Bell X-1 aircraft. Yeager was born in 1923 in Myra, West Virginia. He joined the military in 1941 and became a fighter pilot. In 1947, the Bell X-1 aircraft was designed to break the sound…
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On October 14, 1947, U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager became the first person to break the sound barrier. Yeager’s record-breaking flight in the Bell X-1 aircraft demonstrated that humans could travel faster than the speed of sound. Born in 1923, Chuck Yeager grew up in the small town of Myra, West Virginia. After graduating…
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The Chuck Yeager sound barrier was a technological barrier that was first broken on October 14th, 1947, by Chuck Yeager. The sound barrier is the point at which the air pressure becomes so great that it inhibits an aircraft’s ability to fly faster. This barrier was created as a result of the limitations of propeller-driven…
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