Yeager's Wild Ride in the X-1A
Channel: The Vintage Space
Date: 2014-12-05

When Yeager hit Mach 2.44 in the Bell X-1A, it was a record. But it also nearly killed him. 

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Title image via USAF. Music "The Coup" by AudioQuattro from Music Loops.

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