Source: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Charles "Chuck" Yeager stopped by the Museum last Friday to visit with the Bell X-1, the airplane in which he broke the sound barrier 68 years ago last month.
A remarkable reunion occurred recently at Edwards AFB, California when the two key veterans involved in the breaking of the sound barrier in 1947 returned to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the achievement. Meeting on stage on October 13, the day before the anniversary, were 94-year-old Brig. Gen (Ret.) Chuck...
Clarence Emil Anderson
Nickname(s)
Bud Anderson
Born
January 13, 1922 (age 94)
Oakland, California
Allegiance
United States of America
Service/branch
United States Air Force
United States Army Air Forces
Years of service
1942–1972
Rank
Colonel
Unit
357th Fighter Group
Commands held
355th Tactical Fighter Wing
Battles/wars
World War II
Vietnam War
Awards
Legion of Merit (2)
Distinguished Flying Cross (5)
Bronze Star
Air Medal (18)
Spouse(s)
Eleanor Cosby (1945-2015, her death)
Other work
Test pilot
Clarence Emil "Bud" Anderson (born January 13,...
NASA is trying to revive one of the coolest aviation programs ever, in the hopes of making the future of commercial flight faster, quieter, and way more efficient.
NASA wants to revive its storied “X-plane” division, one of the coolest aviation programs ever, with an eye toward making the future...
The plane that broke the sound barrier can be an object on your subsonic desk
Source: Soon You'll Be Able to 3D Print Chuck Yeager's Supersonic X-1
The Smithsonian's 3D printing project is an effort to scan the museum's vast collection and make it printable at home. Now, one of the...
The space agency is celebrating 70 years of aircraft testing by releasing a trove of old videos showing X-planes, lunar landers, and various space shuttles.
Aviation geeks rejoice: There’s a whole new way to waste time.
NASA is marking 70 years of advanced aircraft testing by releasing a trove of old...
American originals don't come more original than Chuck Yeager.
Even for those whose parents weren't born when he was rewriting the aviation record books, the name rings a bell. Wasn't he the guy who first smashed the sound barrier – something to do with Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff?
He was...
Did an XP-86 beat Yeager to the punch?
Source: Mach Match | History | Air & Space Magazine
Editors’ note: October 14, 1947, was a day of undercover celebration at the Muroc Army Air Field in California’s Mojave Desert. Captain Chuck Yeager had broken the so-called sound barrier in the experimental...
Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Chuck Yeager shares a conversation with Maj. Gen. Christopher Azzano, Air Force Test Center Commander, during U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School 75th anniversary celebration at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 21. Yeager is credited with being the...
On October 14, 1947, US Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager flew a Bell X-1 experimental plane at Mach 1 some 40,000 feet over the Mojave Desert, becoming the first human to travel faster than the speed of sound.
The journey to that flight started in late 1943, at a conference...