Breaking the Sound Barrier: Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1
On 14 October 1947 Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 through the sound barrier. The full story: the programme, the broken ribs, the flight and its legacy. Read article
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The Day Concorde First Flew: 2 March 1969
The full story of Concorde’s first flight on 2 March 1969: the treaty that built it, the taxi trials, André Turcat’s maiden flight from Toulouse, Brian Trubshaw’s British first flight five weeks later, and everything that followed. Read article