Gen. Chuck Yeager Describes How He Broke The Sound Barrier

It was the 40th anniversary of the day Gen. Yeager climbed into the Bell X-1 and became the first man to travel faster than the speed of sound.

Gen. Chuck Yeager describes how he broke the sound barrier

Gen. Chuck Yeager describes how he broke the sound barrier. Posted on Sunday, November 13th, 2016 at 8:55 am. PT. Written by Shawn King. Popular Mechanics:.

How Chuck Yeager, the man who broke the sound barrier, started ...

In July 1985, famed U.S. test pilot Chuck Yeager talked to CBC's Midday about how he got into flying and some of his most memorable ...

Gen. Chuck Yeager, first person to break the sound barrier, dies at 97

Chuck Yeager was active on Twitter in recent years, and a few years ago he tweeted about meeting Orville Wright shortly after he broke the sound ...

71 Years ago Oct. 14th: Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier

Yeager fired the test aircraft's engines, and, “The X-1 began racing toward the heavens, leaving the B-29 and the P-80 far behind. I then ignited [engine] ...

Chuck Yeager [1947] The first man to break the sound barrier in the ...

The fact that O.P. Had to add “in the sky” is really cool. 50 years after Chuck Yeager did it in the air, Andy Green and Thrust SSC broke it on ...

Breaking the Sound Barrier – The Chuck Yeager Foundation

Experts warned that if Captain Chuck Yeager tried to break the sound barrier, he and his airplane would break up into tiny pieces just as many ...

How the Late Flying Legend Chuck Yeager Broke the Sound Barrier

In November 1987, to mark the 40th anniversary of Yeager's signature accomplishment, he retold the gripping story of how he broke the sound ...

The Man Who Broke the Sound Barrier: Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager

After WWII, Yeager became a test pilot for new, faster aircraft. On October 14th, 1947, he became the first person to break the sound barrier ...

Chuck Yeager and the TEAM that Broke the Sound Barrier

Recently we celebrated the 70th anniversary of Chuck Yeager's breaking the sound barrier. I chronicled that event in the last blog Yeager, in ...

Remembering Chuck Yeager, Pilot Who Broke The Sound Barrier

I mean, they're liable to tell you that the sound barrier is a brick wall in the sky. It'll rip your ears off if you try to go through it. If ...

Remembering Chuck Yeager, a Pilot with the Right Stuff

On October 14, 1947, Yeager forever shattered the myth of the so-called “sound barrier” when he piloted his Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis to 700 ...

Chuck Yeager Was the Perfect Pilot to Break the Speed of Sound

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Chuck Yeager – personification of the 'right stuff' – born 100 years ago

Chuck Yeager became the first to break the sound barrier in a Bell XS-1 aircraft he'd nicknamed Glamorous Glennis in tribute to his first wife, ...

Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier | October 14, 1947 | HISTORY

The X-1 was lifted to an altitude of 25,000 feet by a B-29 aircraft and then released through the bomb bay, rocketing to 40,000 feet and ...

Chuck Yeager - Wikipedia

Through the NACA program, he became the first human to officially break the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, when he flew the experimental Bell X-1 at Mach 1 ...

Chuck Yeager, Test Pilot Who Broke the Sound Barrier, Is Dead at 97

A World War II fighter ace and Air Force general, he was, according to Tom Wolfe, “the most righteous of all the possessors of the right stuff.”.

Deseret News archives: Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in ...

On Oct. 14, 1947, Capt. Yeager became the first to break the sound barrier. 65 years later, at age 89, he did it again.

Sound Barrier: The Men - San Diego Air & Space Museum

In effect Goodlin lost the chance to become the man who broke the sound barrier. Yeager did it for Captain's pay. Next page in this exhibit. Breaking the Sound ...

Academy of Achievement Interview – The Chuck Yeager Foundation

As I recall, it was the spring of '42. I was a crew chief on an AT-11, which was a twin-engine bombardier training airplane. I had overhauled one of the engines ...