Chuck Yeager was the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. He achieved this in 1947.
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Charles Yeager was the first person ever to pilot an aircraft beyond the speed of sound.
Chuck Yeager
The first pilot to break the sound barrier is Charles Elwood Yeager Aka Chuck Yeager. This happened on October 14, 1947 at a speed of 662 miles per hour at an altitude of 40,000ft.
Captain Charles Yeager, flew the aircraft that was faster than sound.
The first flight at faster than the speed of sound occurred on 14 October 1947. The aircraft was the Bell X-1 and the pilot was Captain Charles Yeager.
Chuck Yeager
No. Yeager has travelled faster than sound, but no one has travelled faster than light yet
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After becoming a Fighter Ace in World War II; Chuck Yeager was a test pilot and flew the Bell XS-1 which was built to try to fly faster than the speed of sound. The Bell XS-1 had what was referred to as a "flying tail" so that the shock wave (caused by flying in the trans sonic region), which formed on the hinge of the horizontal stabilizer, would not disable the controls.
Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947 in the Bell X-1, dubbed "Glamorous Glennis".