Day: October 14, 2024

Today in 1947, Chuck Yeager officially breaks the sound barrier when his Bell X-1 rocket plane hits Mach 1.06 or 671 mph. The Second World War ace completes the feat while flying 45,000 feet above California’s Muroc Air Force Base (today known as Edwards Air Force Base). pic.twitter.com/hIRVIfwRCO

— Military History Now (@MilHistNow) October 14, 2024