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breaking of the sound barrier |
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breaking of the sound barrier boom of plane heard exceeding speed of about 750 m.p.h. or Mach 1. [Aviation: Misc.] See : Loudness How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In honor of the watershed event in the base's history -- Yeager's breaking of the sound barrier in 1947 -- the show opened with an F-16 popping a 14 during the re-enactment of Chuck Yeager's breaking of the sound barrier 50 years ago. Like many who follow aviation, Knight, now 67, is looking forward to the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the breaking of the sound barrier by Chuck Yeager in an X-1 rocket plane over Edwards on Oct. |
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