Tag: sound barrier

Chuck Yeager, Legendary Test Pilot, Face of “The Right Stuff”, Dies at 97.

Yeager Personified the Daring, Heroic Image of Early Test Pilots, Changed Aviation.…

OTD in 1947, Chuck Yeager Became The First Pilot To “Break” The Sound Barrier

The Right Stuff: the first manned supersonic flight. On Oct. 14, 1947,…

Awesome video shows Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo third supersonic flight

On Jan. 10, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, completed its third rocket-powered test flight.…

Sonic booms and condensation clouds (explained)

Here's a primer on condensation clouds, sonic booms and Prandtl-Glauert Singularity. Pictures…

Air-to-air photography with the F-104D in 1964

Steve McCutcheon left two interesting comments on both my posts "Airborne pickup (rejoining…