Captain Charles E. Yeager, in the cockpit of the Bell XS-1 supersonic research aircraft. On October 14, 1947, he became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound an altitude of 45,000 feet. The Bell XS-1 rocket plane named 'Glamorous Glennis. - (BSLOC 2015 1 35)

Captain Charles E. Yeager, in the cockpit of the Bell XS-1 supersonic research aircraft. On October 14, 1947, he became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound an altitude of 45,000 feet. The Bell XS-1 rocket plane named 'Glamorous Glennis. - (BSLOC_2015_1_35) Stock Photo
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