THE ORIGINS
CHUCK YEAGER
No person has pushed the limits of man and technology like Chuck Yeager. The year was 1947. Nobody knew if a fixed-wing aeroplane could break the speed of sound or whether a human could survive the tremendous force of that kind of speed. He was already a legend among WWII fighter pilots when he took off in the X-1. Not only did he reach Mach 1 and create the first man-made sonic boom, he did it again 50 years later in an F-15 fighter. His résumé of military and civilian accomplishments is comprehensive enough to consume chapters in aviation history books.
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