On October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person confirmed to fly faster than sound, reaching Mach 1.06 at 43,000 feet over the Mojave Desert.
TaildraggerJacqueline Cochran was the most decorated aviator of the 20th century - over 200 records, the first woman to break the sound barrier, and architect of the WASP program.
TaildraggerOn October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 with two cracked ribs and a piece of broomstick - a story of calculated risk and cold nerve.
TaildraggerJacqueline Cochran broke the sound barrier in 1953, won the Bendix Trophy, and commanded the WASP - the most decorated pilot in history, male or female.
TaildraggerOn October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis past Mach 1 over the Mojave Desert - with two broken ribs and a piece of broomstick in the cockpit.
TaildraggerJacqueline Cochran rose from poverty in the Florida Panhandle to become the first woman to break the sound barrier and hold more aviation records than any pilot in history.
TaildraggerOn October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 to Mach 1.06 over the Mojave Desert - with two broken ribs and a sawed-off broomstick in his pocket.
TaildraggerOn October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to exceed Mach 1 in the Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis - with two cracked ribs and a piece of broomstick.
TaildraggerPancho Barnes built the Happy Bottom Riding Club near Edwards AFB, creating the human infrastructure behind the golden age of American flight test.
TaildraggerHow Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947 - with two broken ribs, a broomstick, and the calm of a man built for exactly that moment.
TaildraggerJacqueline Cochran rose from a shoeless Depression-era childhood to hold more aviation records than any pilot in history, male or female.
TaildraggerJacqueline Cochran rose from a dirt-floor childhood in the Florida panhandle to become the first woman to break the sound barrier and the most decorated pilot in American history.
TaildraggerOn October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 with two broken ribs and a broom handle - the complete story of how it happened.
TaildraggerHow Pancho Barnes became the fastest woman in the world and built the desert club at the heart of the supersonic age.
TaildraggerHow Pancho Barnes, the fastest woman alive in 1930, built the desert club where test pilots gathered before breaking the sound barrier.
TaildraggerHow Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis on October 14, 1947 - and why she now hangs in the Smithsonian.
TaildraggerThe story of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club, the desert bar where sound-barrier test pilots learned to be human.
TaildraggerHow Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947 - flying with two cracked ribs and a broomstick to close the hatch.
TaildraggerHow Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 on Oct 14, 1947 - with two cracked ribs and a sawed-off broomstick.
TaildraggerHow Jacqueline Cochran rose from a Florida sawmill camp to set more aviation records than any pilot in history.
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