{"id":5075,"date":"2020-10-13T21:12:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T02:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/?p=5075"},"modified":"2020-10-13T21:12:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T02:12:56","slug":"chuck-yeager-and-the-73rd-anniversary-of-breaking-the-sound-barrier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/chuck-yeager-and-the-73rd-anniversary-of-breaking-the-sound-barrier\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Yeager and the 73rd Anniversary of Breaking the Sound Barrier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chuck Yeager 70<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of breaking the Sound Barrier occurred this past week.&nbsp; Charles Elwood Yeager first accomplished the feat on October 14, 1947.&nbsp; Seventy years later Chuck was still around to celebrate the big event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note This blog was originally written in 2017<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Albert-Boyd.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Slick-Goodlin.bmp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Colonel Boyd selected Yeager to replace Goodlin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yeager&#8217;s Selection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Yeager was a military test pilot stationed at Wright Field in Dayton Ohio when his commander, Colonel Albert Boyd, selected him for the attempt.&nbsp; Boyd chose Yeager due to the young airman\u2019s keen mechanical ability and calm under pressure.&nbsp; Yeager was tapped to replace a man named Slick Goodlin, who had demanded too much money, as a civilian test pilot, to attempt the feat.&nbsp; Goodlin thus lost his chance at aviation immortality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Yeager-Captain-e1508467968747.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Edwards-AFB-map.bmp\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Yeager-X-1-nose-on-e1508467497263.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Chuck Yeager and the location of Muroc Army Airfield<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yeager was sent out to Edwards AFB, then known as Muroc Army Airfield.&nbsp; He began a series of flights in the Bell X-1.&nbsp; A bullet shaped plane that was built by the Bell Aircraft Company of Buffalo, New York.&nbsp; There were several test flights before the barrier was broken.&nbsp; One of the great technical difficulties was the fact that the pilot was unable to raise or lower the nose of the aircraft at speeds around .95 Mach.&nbsp; Apparently the shock wave removed the air from around the vertical stabilizer causing the issue.&nbsp; Jack Ridley, one of the engineers, cleverly fixed the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Bell-X-1-in-flight-black-and-white.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>How fast is Mach 1, (AKA the sound barrier, the speed of sound)?&nbsp; It is the speed of how quickly sound waves travel and at sea level it is around 760mph.&nbsp; However at the 40,000 foot level where Yeager was flying it is around 660 mph.&nbsp; Ironically, breaking the sound barrier was not planned the day Yeager accomplished the feat.&nbsp; He was supposed to go to around .97 Mach.&nbsp; Yet, while heading towards Victorville, CA the Bell X-1 accelerated more than anticipated and the first sonic boom was heard on the desert floor.&nbsp; The sound barrier was broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mach 1<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/doctoraviation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Yeager-and-Bell-X1-e1508467527553.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The flight remained classified for several months, keeping Yeager from notoriety.&nbsp; It was also kept secret that Yeager was flying with a couple of busted ribs on the flight.&nbsp; Breaks courtesy of a tumble off of a horse the prior weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This past week there were lots of celebrations of the event at Edwards AFB.\u00a0 You can see <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/video\/oct-14-1947-chuck-yeager-breaks-sound-barrier-34653783\">some brief footage<\/a> of the original flight at the following website:\u00a0 A local station also covered some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wlwt.com\/article\/70th-anniversary-of-first-supersonic-flight-celebrated\/13020662\">anniversary events<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a future blog I want to detail what happened to all those intimately involved in Yeager\u2019s historic flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until then, I highly recommend the following blog written by one of the families that has taken the DoctorAviation.com course.\u00a0 They took part in the Anniversary celebration this past week.\u00a0 The blog is a fantastic read with lots of great pictures.\u00a0 It is written by my friends at <a href=\"https:\/\/countingpinecones.blogspot.com\/2017\/10\/70th-anniversary-celebration.html\">Counting Pinecones<\/a>\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chuck Yeager 70th Anniversary of breaking the Sound Barrier occurred this past week.&nbsp; Charles Elwood Yeager first accomplished the feat on October 14, 1947.&nbsp; Seventy years later Chuck was still around to celebrate the big event. 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