68K views · 2.2K reactions | October 14, 1947: the XS-1 plane, piloted by legendary combat ace, Chuck Yeager, is inching closer to the speed of sound. Suddenly, a thunderous sound erupts–it’s the world’s first man-made sonic boom. Breaking the Sound Barrier | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation | Facebook

Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier -- X-1 -- 1947 - Chuck Yeager had The Right Stuff - February 13, 1923 – December 7, 2020) This from Tom Wolfe's mesmeric The Rigth Stuff : "In any case, by mid-afternoon Yeager's tremendous feat had become a piece of thunder with no reverberation. A strange and implausible stillness settled over the event. Well… there was not supposed to be any celebration, but come nightfall… "Yeager and Ridley and some of the others ambled over to Pancho's. After all, it w

2.4K views · 14 reactions | Sensei said ‘break the block’… lil bro broke the sound barrier ” | jayo | Facebook

225K views · 5.8K reactions | On this day in 1947, US Air Force legend Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier. | We Are The Mighty | Facebook

Remembering Chuck Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier. | PBS NewsHour