On Oct. 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the first time! Yeager was a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force who made history by flying an aircraft faster than the speed of sound. He made ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - On Oct. 14, 1947, U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager climbed into the experimental Bell X-1 rocket-propelled aircraft for a test flight over the Mojave Desert. Then he did what ...

Six of the US Air Force’s most iconic aircraft were featured in the 1983 film The Right Stuff—each of which played a role in advancing America’s exploration of space. The Right Stuff (1983) is ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - On this date in 1947, West Virginia native Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier for the very first time in human history. The X-1 flight sent him into the history books. He ...