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70 Years Ago today......

Jawgap · 2017-10-14 11:45:56

Yeager breaks the sound barrier in level / climbing flight.......not as dramatic as the Right Stuff suggested, but worthy of acknowledgement......the research programme also threw off a lot of innovations and developments that made jet transport a practical proposition..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr02n1b8sUE

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14-10-2017 12:45pm

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Jawgap

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Yeager breaks the sound barrier in level / climbing flight.......not as dramatic as the Right Stuff suggested, but worthy of acknowledgement......the research programme also threw off a lot of innovations and developments that made jet transport a practical proposition.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr02n1b8sUE

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Heard him talk back in the late 80s at Oshkosh. He came across very well .... it was an easy audience in all fairness considering where it was ...

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