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On October 14 1947, 24 year old Captain Charles E. Yeager piloted the Bell X-1 past the sound barrier on classified flight No. 9. Yeager would make 40 supersonic flights in the X-1.
Ghostly image of Yeager and a Bell technician inspecting the X-1 on Rogers dry lake.
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Dry Lakes Racing in the 1940s (in color!): www.jalopyjournal.com?p=60337

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