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Nothing quite matches the achievement that clinched his fame 60 years ago this week, however, when he smashed through the sound barrier, in the process forever changing the face of aviation.
Yeager, who epitomized the hotshot fly-boys of the postwar era, broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, flying the experimental rocket powered Bell X-1 aircraft.
I don't understand why this was such an important thing. The sound barrier had been broken numerous times before Yeager. Just because it was in level flight, why make such a big deal?
Nothing quite matches the achievement that clinched his fame 60 years ago this week, however, when he smashed through the sound barrier, in the process forever changing the face of aviation.
Yeager, who epitomized the hotshot fly-boys of the postwar era, broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, flying the experimental rocket powered Bell X-1 aircraft.
I don't understand why this was such an important thing. The sound barrier had been broken numerous times before Yeager. Just because it was in level flight, why make such a big deal?
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