US test pilot Chuck Yeager was the first person to break the sound barrier. He did this in 1947 flying the Bell X-1.
Chuck Yeager
the legendary Mr. Chuck Yeager.
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The first man made device to break the sound barrier is the whip. The first pilot to break the sound barrier was Chuck Yeager, flying a Bell X-1 at Mach 1 in October of 1947.
To the best of my knowledge, the sound barrier has never been broken by an automobile.
Jackie Cochran
The whip.
I nominate the whip.
Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X1 to break the sound barrier in 1947Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X1 to break the sound barrier
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The second person to break the sound barrier was Clarence "Chuck" Manning. He was my great-grandfather; he fought in three wars and played professional Basketball for Alabama.
Chuck Yeager is credited with being the first pilot to break the sound barrier on October 14, 1947 in a Bell X-1.