Supersonic Jet Pilot Charles Yeager

Captain Charles E. Yeager, USAF with a North American Aviation F-86A Sabre, Los Angeles, 21 January 1949. (© Bettman/CORBIS)

21 Jan 1949, Los Angeles, California, USA — 01/21/1949-Los Angeles, CA.: SUPERSONIC SENIOR. Air Force Captain, Charles Yeager, 25, has spent more time flying supersonic jet planes than anyone else. Slowed down long enough to talk about speed of sound flying, Jan.18,Yeager has spent approx. 20 minutes in the supersonic. — Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS

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