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In 1947, no one knew if it was possible to break the 'sound barrier'. The Bell X-1 was the tiny, rocket-powered craft that finally broke it. It was the result of innovative designers and engineers turning their attention from the pioneering jets of World War II to a new task…
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While scientists in Germany and the U.S. studied aerodynamics and compressibility in wind tunnels long before WW II, no one had “broken the sound barrier” in level flight. Some thought it actually was a barrier to faster flight. Of course, many WW II fighter pilots wanted to be the one to break it.
On October 14, 1947, the Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis, piloted by U.S. Air Force Captain Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager, became the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound, reaching 1,127 kilometers (700 miles) per hour (Mach 1.06). Peter Davies traces the Bell X-1, from…
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