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The third NF-104A (USAF 56-0762) was delivered to the USAF on 1 November 1963, and was destroyed in a crash while being piloted by Chuck Yeager on 10 December 1963. This accident was depicted in the book Yeager: An Autobiography, and the book and film adaptation of The Right Stuff. The aircraft used for filming was a standard F-104G flying with ...
Chuck Yeager USAF 4 48-1384 ... Familiarization flight. X-1A #8: December 2, 1953 Chuck Yeager 48-1384 ... Attained unofficial world altitude record for that time. ...
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 ...
Charles E. (Chuck) Yeager, retired Air Force general and the first person to break the sound barrier in level flight; Alton G. Keel, Jr., ...
A second flight will take place in October 1948 and will be successful. October 14 – U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager takes the rocket-powered Bell X-1 past the speed of sound in the first controlled, supersonic, level flight. The flight, which achieves Mach 1.06, sets a new world air speed record of 807.2 mph (1,299.1 km/h). A few days ...
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 ...
Bee Curious answers a reader’s question about a plane that was once seen alongside Interstate 80 in Sacramento.
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 ...