On This Day in Space: Oct. 14, 1947: Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier
Oct 14, 2020 19:01:10 #
On This Day in Space: Oct. 14, 1947 73 Years ago: Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier
Yeager made his historic flight in a Bell X-1 rocket plane that he named "Glamorous Glennis" after his wife. Yeager had broken two ribs the night before when he fell off a horse, but that didn't stop him! His aircraft was dropped from a Boeing B-29 bomber before accelerating to a speed of Mach 1.07, which is about 821 miles per hour. The speed of sound, Mach 1, is about 760 miles per hour.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/on-this-day-in-space-oct-14-1947-chuck-yeager-breaks-the-sound-barrier/ar-BB1a12wy
Ya Gotta Be Schlitzin Me Dude (2013) Al Gore at Work: $8.7 Billion to 'Repair Sound Barrier'?
https://townhall.com/columnists/markbaisley/2013/08/19/al-gore-at-work-87-billion-to-repair-sound-barrier-n1667603
Yeager made his historic flight in a Bell X-1 rocket plane that he named "Glamorous Glennis" after his wife. Yeager had broken two ribs the night before when he fell off a horse, but that didn't stop him! His aircraft was dropped from a Boeing B-29 bomber before accelerating to a speed of Mach 1.07, which is about 821 miles per hour. The speed of sound, Mach 1, is about 760 miles per hour.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/on-this-day-in-space-oct-14-1947-chuck-yeager-breaks-the-sound-barrier/ar-BB1a12wy
Ya Gotta Be Schlitzin Me Dude (2013) Al Gore at Work: $8.7 Billion to 'Repair Sound Barrier'?
https://townhall.com/columnists/markbaisley/2013/08/19/al-gore-at-work-87-billion-to-repair-sound-barrier-n1667603
Oct 14, 2020 19:50:29 #
JFlorio
Loc: Seminole Florida
Even a bigger deal than that. On Oct. 14 1955, Jim FLORIO was born.
Oldsailor65 wrote:
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Oct 14, 2020 20:13:17 #
JFlorio wrote:
Even a bigger deal than that. On Oct. 14 1955, Jim FLORIO was born.
Did your mom's yell shatter anything?
Oct 14, 2020 20:30:21 #
JFlorio wrote:
Even a bigger deal than that. On Oct. 14 1955, Jim FLORIO was born.
How fast????????
Oct 14, 2020 20:33:15 #
JFlorio wrote:
Even a bigger deal than that. On Oct. 14 1955, Jim FLORIO was born.
Well happy birthday JFlorio For you it certainly is a bigger deal.
Oct 14, 2020 20:34:53 #
JFlorio
Loc: Seminole Florida
nonalien1 wrote:
Well happy birthday JFlorio For you it certainly is a bigger deal.
Thanks. Seems like just yesterday I was a kid. Now I’m an old guy who thinks like a kid.
Oct 14, 2020 20:35:10 #
Oct 14, 2020 20:36:02 #
JFlorio
Loc: Seminole Florida
Liberty Tree wrote:
Did your mom's yell shatter anything?
I wasn’t very big. She was fine.
Oct 14, 2020 20:38:19 #
JFlorio
Loc: Seminole Florida
I actually read the articles. Did we really waste billions on this? Govt. they’d screw up a one horse race.
Oldsailor65 wrote:
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