| On
14 October 1947, General (then Captain) Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager became
the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. At. 10:30 AM on
that fall morning he piloted the X-1 to a speed of Mach 1.06 (700 mph)
@ 43,000 feet above the high desert of California over Muroc Air Base (now
Edwards AFB). In doing this he ushered in a new era, the Space Age, and
put himself into the record books forever. |
All airplane models are Hand Carved, Hand Painted
Mahogany and comes fully assembled with removable desk stand. |