Pancho Barnes built the Happy Bottom Riding Club at the edge of Edwards AFB, where America's greatest test pilots found refuge during aviation's most dangerous era.
TaildraggerPancho Barnes built the Happy Bottom Riding Club, where test pilots like Chuck Yeager gathered at the edge of the sound barrier.
TaildraggerHow Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947 with two broken ribs and a sawed-off broomstick.
TaildraggerPancho Barnes ran the Happy Bottom Riding Club, the legendary desert bar where America's test pilots drank free after breaking records.
TaildraggerChuck Yeager broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, flying the Bell X-1 past Mach 1 with two broken ribs and a broomstick lever.
TaildraggerPancho Barnes built the Happy Bottom Riding Club, where Cold War test pilots like Chuck Yeager turned hangar flying into an art form.
TaildraggerHow Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, flying the Bell X-1 with two cracked ribs and a broomstick.
TaildraggerHow Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, with two broken ribs and a nine-inch piece of broom handle.
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