BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//Zap Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Man flies faster than the speed of sound UID:2008-10-14-20-31-47-63-@americanhistorycalendar.com SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:OPAQUE RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=10;BYMONTHDAY=14 DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20251014 DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20251015 DTSTAMP:20260416T202023 CATEGORIES:Air and Space Events X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n

On October 14, 1947, U.S . Air Force pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. He achieved this milestone in the Bell X-1, a rocket-p owered aircraft, over the desert of southern California. Traveling at Mach 1.06 (about 700 miles per hour at altitude), Yeager's flight proved that controlled supersonic flight was possible. This achievement marked a major breakthrough in aviation history and paved the way for modern high-speed aircraft and space exploration.

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DESCRIPTION:On October 14\, 1947\, U.S. Air Force pilot Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. He achieved this milestone in the Bell X-1\, a rocket-powered aircraft\, over the desert of southern California. Traveling at Mach 1.06 (about 700 miles per hour at altitude)\, Yeager's flight proved that controlled supersonic flight was p ossible. This achievement marked a major breakthrough in aviation history and paved the way for modern high-speed aircraft and space exploration.\n\ n URL:https://americanhistorycalendar.com/component/zcalendar/2,6675-man-flie s-faster-than-the-speed-of-sound?Itemid= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR