Military 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, U.S Air Force Captain Charles “Chuck” Yeager (now 94), flying the rocket-powered Bell X-1 aircraft #46-062 christened “Glamorous Glennis,” dropped from the bomb […]