Dec 12 1953
From The Space Library
In a Bell X-1A which bad been launched from a B-29, Maj. Charles B. Yeager, USAF, attained a speed of 1,612 mph at Edwards AFB, Calif., about Mach 2.5.
In a Bell X-1A which bad been launched from a B-29, Maj. Charles B. Yeager, USAF, attained a speed of 1,612 mph at Edwards AFB, Calif., about Mach 2.5.