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codytownleysphotos: On October 14, 1947, at what is now Edward’s Air Force Base in California, an ace World War II pilot named Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager climbed into an orange, bullet shaped Bell X-1 rocket and became the first person in history to break the sound barrier in level flight, 670 mph or Mach 1.

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On October 14, 1947, at what is now Edward’s Air Force Base in California, an ace World War II pilot named Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager climbed into an orange, bullet shaped Bell X-1 rocket and became the first person in history to break the sound barrier in level flight, 670 mph or Mach 1.

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