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the first manned aircraft that was supersonic was a SR-71(a.k.a. black bird). the person who flew this plane was Joseph Willingham. this plane was made in area 51 in Arizona. this plane can reach speeds up to 4 mocks (4 times the speed of sound).
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This is is completely incorrect (even disregarding the "mocks" for Mach).
The first aircraft to go supersonic (in level flight) was the Bell X-1, piloted by Chuck Yeager. This happened on 14 October 1947.
George Welch claimed (not implausibly) to have exceeded Mach 1 (in a dive) while flying an XP-86 some 13 days (1 October) earlier.
The first flight of the SR-71 did not take place until 22 December 1964 - 17 years after Chuck Yeager.
(And the SR-71 was not made at Area 51 - they were built at Lockheed's Burbank factory).
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