When did we break the speed of sound?
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When did the first creature break the speed of sound? When did humans first break the speed of sound in an aircraft?
a dinosaur's tail 150 million years ago
Oct. 14, 1947
Sound barrier
When did we break the speed of sound?
Sound barrier Chuck Yeager Supersonic speed Sonic boom ThrustSSC Bell X-1 Supersonic aircraft Wings at the Speed of Sound Speed of Sound (song) Budweiser Rocket
... all its high-<b>speed</b> research, data ... M.52, but the <b>U.S.</b> reneged on the ... to 
<b>break</b> the <b>sound</b> barrier in level ... This <b>was the</b> first supersonic flight&nbsp;... Charles Elwood Yeager is a former United States Air Force officer, flying ace, and 
record setting test pilot. In 1947, he became the first pilot in history confirmed to 
have exceeded the <b>speed of sound</b> in level flight. ... As the first human to officially 
<b>break</b> the sound barrier, on October 14, 1947, he flew the experimental Bell X-1&nbsp;... <b>U.S.</b> Navy F/A-18 approaching the sound barrier. The white cloud forms as a 
result of the supersonic expansion fans dropping the air temperature below the 
dew point. Supersonic travel is a rate of travel of an object that exceeds the 
<b>speed of sound</b> (Mach 1). ... To date, only one land vehicle <b>has</b> officially travelled 
at supersonic speed. A sonic boom is the sound associated with the shock waves created whenever 
an object ... A sonic boom <b>does</b> not occur only at the moment an object crosses 
the <b>speed of</b> ... These waves travel at the <b>speed of sound</b> and, as the speed of the 
object ... All <b>we</b> see is the pressure wave moving down the aeroplane – it gives 
an&nbsp;... ThrustSSC, Thrust SSC or Thrust supersonic car is a British jet car developed by 
Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers, and Jeremy Bliss. Thrust SSC holds 
the world land speed record, set on 15 October 1997, when ... This is the first time 
in history that a land vehicle <b>has</b> exceeded the <b>speed of sound</b>. The new&nbsp;... The Bell X-1, (Bell Model 44), is a rocket engine–powered aircraft, designated 
originally as the XS-1, and was a joint National Advisory Committee for 
Aeronautics–<b>U.S.</b> Army Air Forces–<b>U.S.</b> Air Force supersonic research project 
built by Bell Aircraft. Conceived during 1944 and designed and built in 1945, it 
achieved a speed ... to exceed the <b>speed of sound</b> in level flight and <b>was the</b> first 
of the X-planes,&nbsp;... A supersonic aircraft is an aircraft able to fly faster than the <b>speed of sound</b> (Mach 
number 1). ... As the aircraft speed changes, pressure waves <b>will</b> form or move 
around. This can ... Bell X-1 (1946), first to <b>break</b> the sound barrier in level flight. Wings at the <b>Speed of Sound</b> is the fifth studio album by the British–American 
rock band Wings, released on 25 March 1976 as a follow-up to their previous 
album Venus and Mars. Issued at the height of the band&#39;s popularity, it reached 
the top spot on the <b>US</b> ... After a series of concerts in Australia in November 1975, 
Wings took a <b>break</b>&nbsp;... &quot;<b>Speed of Sound</b>&quot; is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all 
members of the ... &quot;<b>Speed of Sound</b>&quot; was released in the <b>US</b> and UK on 18 April 
2005, and then made its radio premiere on BBC Radio ... The band&#39;s opinion 
towards the song, however, <b>has</b> soured. ... &quot;Coldplay&#39;s new single <b>breaks</b> sound 
barrier&quot;. While it <b>has</b> been claimed that the Budweiser Rocket <b>did</b> briefly <b>break</b> the <b>sound</b> 
barrier, it <b>could</b> not gain any official titles because standard ground <b>speed</b>&nbsp;...
14 October 1947
Sound barrier