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79 Years Later, Chuck Yeager's Famous Radio Call Still Captures The First Supersonic Flight

79 Years Later, Chuck Yeager's Famous Radio Call Still Captures The First Supersonic Flight

79 years later, Chuck Yeager’s “screwy Machmeter” radio call still captures the understated moment he broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1.


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