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Bell X-1 named, "Glamorous Glennis".

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Who is the first American pilot to exceed the speed of sound in an airplane?

The first American pilot to exceed the speed of sound in an airplane was Chuck Yeager.


What travels faster airplanes or speed of sound?

The speed of sound does not travel. In the event that an airplane's airspeed is below Mach-1, the speed of sound is faster than the speed of the airplane. On the occasion and at the moment when the true indicated airspeed of an airship or an airplane is in excess of Mach-1, the airplane is at that time traveling faster than the speed of sound.


What are some benefits of high speed travel via cartrainor airplane?

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How long does it take for sound to travel from an airplane to the earth if the airplane is traveling 4 miles in the air?

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When an airplane exceeds the speed of sound it is called?

Supersonic.


What happens when an airplane's speed is supersonic?

It is going faster than the speed of sound.


How many miles per hour is the speed of sound on the first jet airplane?

The speed of sound has nothing to do with jet airplanes. About 750 mph, and it was that before jets, and even the Acropolis were built.


Which civil airplane can travel faster than the speed of sound?

They named as ultrasonic planes. They can travel very fast.


How long to travel 55 miles by airplane?

That depends on your speed.


What sound wave hit you first the high medium or low?

They will all hit you at once; they all travel at the speed of sound.


What was the name of the fisrt air craft to fly faster than the speed of sound?

the bell x-1 is the first piloted airplane to fly faster than sound.


How would people travel at the speed of sound?

We can use ultrasonic planes. They can travel with that speed.