Chuck Yeager, Pilot Who Broke Sound Barrier, Flies West
Yeager, who died on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, was the first to exceed both the speed of sound and twice the speed of sound.
Chuck Yeager, who died on Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, charted a new course in aviation when he reached Mach 1.06 in his Bell X-1—known as “Glamorous Glennis”—over the Mojave Desert on Oct. 14, 1947. (Photo: United States Air Force Museum)
