The 64th Anniversary of Supersonic Flight!

On October 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager became the fastest man alive when he piloted the Bell X-1, nick-named Glamorous Glennis (for his wife), to Mach 1 in level flight at 45,000 feet.

                                                  General Charles Elwood Yeager

                                                                    Chuck Yeager with the X-1

                                                                                 Bell X-1