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What was the first airplane to go faster than the speed of sound?
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∙ 11y ago
The American Bell XS-1 rocket aircraft, piloted by Captain Charles (Chuck) Yeager on 14 October 1947. He reached Mach 1.015 (1,078 km/h; (670 mph) at a height of 12,800 m (42000 ft) over Lake Muroc, California, USA. To be technically correct, Chuck Yeager set the record in level flight. There were probably many aircraft that broke the sound barrier in a dive---usually a crash dive. But no one recorded their feat.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe Bell X-1, piloted by Chuck Yeager, exceeded the speed of sound in 1947.
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∙ 14y agoTechnically, it was the Avro Arrow created by the Canadian's, however, the American's destroyed it.
The most common answer you hear will be the Bell X-1.
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the Concord
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