Breaking the sound barrier - Chuck Yeager
Capt. Charles E. Yeager stands next to the Air Force's Bell-built X-1 supersonic research aircraft. He was the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound in level flight on October 14, 1947. (U. S. Air Force illustration/Mike Carabajal)
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