[DOC] [TLE] Yeager breaks sound barrier - Oct 14, 1947 - HISTORY.com [PAR] On this day in History, Yeager breaks sound barrier on Oct 14, 1947. ... After the 
war, he was among several volunteers chosen to test-fly the experimental X-1... [DOC] [TLE] Chuck Yeager - Wikipedia [PAR] Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager is a former United States Air Force officer and 
record-setting ... Yeager had gained one victory before he was shot down over 
France in his 1st aircraft (P-51B-5-NA s/n 43-6763) on .... Yeager broke the sound 
barrier on October 14, 1947, flying the X-1 at Mach 1.07 at an altitude of 45,000 ft
... [DOC] [TLE] Bell X-1 - Wikipedia [PAR] The Bell X-1 was a rocket engine powered aircraft, designated originally as XS-1, 
and was a .... The first manned supersonic flight occurred on 14 October 1947, 
less than a ... On 10 June 1948, Air Force Secretary Stuart Symington announced 
that the sound barrier had been repeatedly broken by two experimental airplanes
. [DOC] [TLE] Sound barrier - Wikipedia [PAR] The sound barrier or sonic barrier is a popular term for the sudden increase in 
aerodynamic ... By the 1950s, new aircraft designs routinely "broke" the sound 
barrier. .... The Spitfire, a photo-reconnaissance variant, the Mark XI, fitted with an 
.... He also claimed to have repeated his supersonic flight on October 14, 1947,... [DOC] [TLE] Breaking the Sound Barrier | The Greatest Moments in Flight [PAR] Jul 23, 2012 ... Chuck Yeager and the X-1 research plane that broke the sound barrier. ... clear 
skies of the Mojave Desert on Oct. 14, 1947, as U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck 
Yeager nudged an experimental rocket-powered plane faster than the speed of 
sound. .... occurred 50 years to the day after he broke the sound barrier. [DOC] [TLE] Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis - National Air and Space Museum [PAR] The X-1 proved an aircraft could travel faster than sound and gathered ... On 
October 14, 1947, the Bell X-1 became the first airplane to fly faster than the 
speed of sound. ... this experimental Bell X-1 on the first flight faster than the 
speed of sound. ... Yeager had broken ribs on the day of his historic flight and 
used part of a... [DOC] [TLE] 68 Years Ago Today: Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier ... [PAR] Oct 14, 2014 ... ... killed when his experimental DH-108 aircraft disintegrates at near-supersonic 
speed. ... One of the Bell X-1's, not the aircraft flown by Chuck Yeager to break 
the ... On his first flight he becomes airsick, but in 1942, determined to fly, he is .... 
flight on 14 October when Check Yeager broke the sound barrier. [DOC] [TLE] NASA - Dryden History - Historic Aircraft - X-1 | NASA [PAR] Charles Yeager "broke" the sound barrier on October 14, 1947 ... Beginning in 
1946, two XS-1 experimental research aircraft (later redesignated X-1s) 
conducted ... He conducted research at the then Dryden Flight Research Center 
for almost... [DOC] [TLE] Oct. 14, 1947: Yeager Machs the Sound Barrier | WIRED [PAR] Oct 14, 2009 ... Charles E. Chuck Yeager pilots the rocket-powered Bell X-1 to a ... Oct. 14, 
1947: Yeager Machs the Sound Barrier ... about one of the surprises discovered 
during the experimental test flights: I was ... He'll make a now-routine supersonic 
flyby to kick off Edwards Air Force Base's air show and open house. [DOC] [TLE] The Bell X-1 - 456th F.I.S. [PAR] Charles Yeager on 14 October 1947 exceeded the speed of sound in level flight. 
.... were not flown until 1947, well after the X-1 had broken the "sound barrier". .... 
he was there, he took part in a fueling test of the X-2, another Bell experimental... [DOC] [TLE] Second Edition Chuck Yeager And The Bell X-1: Breaking The ... [PAR] Chuck Yeager Describes How He Broke The Sound Barrier When Yeager Eased. 
Through ... Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier on 14 October 1947 in the Bell 
X-1. ... aceflew an experimental rocket plane called the Bell X-1

Question: On October 14, in the experimental X-1, he broke the sound barrier
Answer: Chuck Yeager