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Yeager_supersonic_flight_1947.ogv (Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/Vorbis, length 3 min 4 s, 366 × 274 pixels, 297 kbps overall, file size: 6.51 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons .
The new record flight, however, did not entirely go to plan, since shortly after reaching Mach 2.44, Yeager lost control of the X-1A at about 80,000 ft (24,000 m) due to inertia coupling, a phenomenon largely unknown at the time. With the aircraft simultaneously rolling, pitching, and yawing out of control, Yeager dropped 51,000 ft (16,000 m ...
Engine power 1905 60.91 km/h (37.85 mph) USA Wilbur Wright Flyer III October 5, 1905 38.95 km (24.2 miles) USA Wilbur Wright Flyer III October 5, 1905 15 m (50 ft) USA Wilbur Wright Flyer III September 28, 1905 388 kg (855 lb) USA Wright Brothers Flyer III 37 kW (50 hp) France Léon Levavasseur Antoinette 1907 25 m (82 ft) France Louis Blériot ...
One of the aircraft was destroyed in an accident while being flown by Chuck Yeager. The accident was depicted in the book The Right Stuff and the film of the same name. On December 10, 2019, Edwards Air Force Base released the complete video transcription of films of the 1963 flight and subsequent crash. [1]
Pilot again found low-frequency elevator buzz at mach 0.93. Turbopump overspeeding caused powered flight abort. X-1A #7: November 21, 1953 Chuck Yeager 48-1384 USAF 1 1.15 ? Familiarization flight. X-1A #8: December 2, 1953 Chuck Yeager 48-1384 USAF 2 1.5 ? - X-1A #9: December 8, 1953 Chuck Yeager 48-1384 USAF 3 1.9 18,300 First high-mach flight.
Bee Curious answers a reader’s question about a plane that was once seen alongside Interstate 80 in Sacramento.
U.S. fighter pilot Charles "Chuck" Yeager has passed away at 97. Yeager served in World War Two and in 1947, became the first person to break the sound barrier. After retiring from the military in ...
Chuck Yeager 46-062 USAF glide 1 ? ? Pilot familiarization. XS-1 #39: August 7, 1947 Chuck Yeager 46-062 USAF glide 2 ? ? Glide flight. XS-1 #40: August 8, 1947 Chuck Yeager 46-062 USAF glide 3 ? ? Glide flight. XS-1 #41: August 29, 1947 Chuck Yeager 46-062 USAF powered 1 0.85 ? First USAF powered flight. XS-1 #42: September 4, 1947 Chuck ...