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This article is about the 1952 film. For other uses of the term "sound barrier", see Sound barrier (disambiguation). The Sound Barrier is a 1952 British aviation drama film directed by David Lean. It is a fictional story about attempts by aircraft designers and test pilots to break the sound barrier. It was David Lean's third and final film ...
Shock wave. The sound barrier or sonic barrier is the large increase in aerodynamic drag and other undesirable effects experienced by an aircraft or other object when it approaches the speed of sound. When aircraft first approached the speed of sound, these effects were seen as constituting a barrier, making faster speeds very difficult or ...
Through the NACA program, he became the first human to officially break the sound barrier on October 14, 1947, when he flew the experimental Bell X-1 at Mach 1 at an altitude of 45,000 ft (13,700 m), for which he won both the Collier and Mackay trophies in 1948. He then went on to break several other speed and altitude records in the following ...
11 photos of America's fighter jets breaking the sound barrier. AMANDA MACIAS. Updated September 28, 2016 at 9:19 AM. At a speed of about 767 miles per hour, depending on temperature and humidity ...
Herb Hoover. Herbert Henry Hoover (May 18, 1912 – August 14, 1952) [1] was an American NACA experimental test pilot who, on March 10, 1948, became the first civilian and second person to break the sound barrier, [2] a feat for which he was awarded the Air Medal "for meritorious achievement while participating in aerial flight."
Jacqueline Cochran. Jacqueline Cochran (May 11, 1906 – August 9, 1980) was an American pilot and business executive. She pioneered women's aviation as one of the most prominent racing pilots of her generation. She set numerous records and was the first woman to break the sound barrier on 18 May 1953.
Israeli warplanes broke the sound barrier over Beirut and other areas of Lebanon on Tuesday, Lebanese security sources and media reported, rattling nerves as the conflict between the Iran-backed ...
Author, Blogger, educator. Years active. 1976–present. Website. www .specialtyedu .com. Sandra Martin is the author of the highly read Breaking the "Sound" Barrier to Fluent Reading, a curricular reading/spelling intervention designed to reach the at-risk learner. [1] Sandra has been a teacher and curriculum developer for 38 years in the ...