14 oct. 1947 - Broke the Sound Barrier for the First Time
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On October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound, a feat known as breaking the "sound barrier." At a height of 13,000 meters, Yeager, a US Air Force Captain at the time, reached a speed of 1,127 km per hour.
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