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.
TaildraggerThe F-100 Super Sabre became the first production fighter to exceed Mach 1 in level flight on May 25, 1953, changing military aviation forever.
TaildraggerPancho Barnes ran the Happy Bottom Riding Club, the legendary desert bar where America's test pilots drank free after breaking records.
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.
TaildraggerThe 1968 XB-70 Valkyrie mid-air collision killed two pilots during a routine GE publicity photo shoot over the Mojave Desert.
TaildraggerPancho Barnes broke speed records, organized Hollywood stunt pilots, and built the legendary bar where test pilots gathered after breaking the sound barrier.
TaildraggerThe five longest US military runways stretch over two miles each, built for space shuttles, nuclear bombers, and experimental aircraft.
TowerHow 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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