Ludicrous Speed

[mikailborg]

Yeager crewmembers: on this day, 61 years ago, Air Force Captain "Chuck" Yeager flew the Bell X-1 in the first verified supersonic flight. Decades later, there are no civilian aircraft in service that attain this speed in normal flight.

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[madwriter.livejournal.com]

Coincidentally, just a couple of days ago I pulled out my copy of Yeager's autobiography with a hankering to read it again.