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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 ...
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.
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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 ...
Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles “Chuck” Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the “right stuff” when in 1947 he became the first ...
The World War II fighter pilot ace, who became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947, has died.
The X-1 aircraft #46-062, nicknamed Glamorous Glennis and flown by Chuck Yeager, was the first piloted airplane to exceed the speed of sound in level flight and was the first of the X-planes, a series of American experimental rocket planes (and non-rocket planes) designed for testing new technologies.
Bee Curious answers a reader’s question about a plane that was once seen alongside Interstate 80 in Sacramento.