10-13-2012, 09:40 PM
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Location: North Australia
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1947 ~ Chuck Yeager flew a Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, the first man to do so in level flight.
Dropped from a bomber, riding a rocket with wings. Level flight, himph!
Lightning, Spitfire and Me262 all did it before, albeit in a shallow dive, without the aid of a B-29.
Bah, humbug.
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