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75 years ago #17696439 10/14/22
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 12,664 West Virginia D Dave_in_WV OP Campfire Outfitter
OP Dave_in_WV Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 12,664 West Virginia	75 years ago, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier. Last edited by Dave_in_WV; 10/14/22. The Karma bus always has an empty seat when it comes around.- High Brass There's battle lines being drawn Nobody's right if everybody's wrong

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Re: 55 years ago Dave_in_WV #17696460 10/14/22
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 11,970 Texas R rainshot Campfire Outfitter
rainshot Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 11,970 Texas	He was quite a man.

Re: 55 years ago Dave_in_WV #17696464 10/14/22
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,086 In the Swamps DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna
DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,086 In the Swamps	Zoom Boom! I am..........disturbed. Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain

Re: 55 years ago Dave_in_WV #17696555 10/14/22
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 10,716 Southern Idaho centershot Campfire Outfitter
centershot Campfire Outfitter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 10,716 Southern Idaho	BIG BALLS on that guy. A true sportsman counts his achievements in proportion to the effort involved and fairness of the sport. - S. Pope

Re: 55 years ago Dave_in_WV #17696678 10/14/22
Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 59,040 Next to the dump that Del Shan... 12344mag Campfire Kahuna
12344mag Campfire Kahuna Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 59,040 Next to the dump that Del Shan...	Quite a man he was. I wonder if he ever got tired of pushing that wheelbarrow around all the time. Paul "I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D. Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards. molɔ̀ːn labé skýla

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Re: 55 years ago Dave_in_WV #17697079 10/14/22
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 12,664 West Virginia D Dave_in_WV OP Campfire Outfitter
OP Dave_in_WV Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 12,664 West Virginia	Originally Posted by DigitalDan Uh, it was 75 years ago..... Zoom Boom! Correct! The Karma bus always has an empty seat when it comes around.- High Brass There's battle lines being drawn Nobody's right if everybody's wrong

Re: 55 years ago Dave_in_WV #17697090 10/14/22
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slumlord Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 66,884 TN	He ain’t no Super Dave but ok I guess

Re: 55 years ago Dave_in_WV #17697270 10/14/22
Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,598 SW WA bcp Campfire Tracker
bcp Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 5,598 SW WA	Maybe he was 2nd or 3rd. Reports of loud booms during F86 testing shortly before. Here's one article: https://nypost.com/2018/07/21/the-untold-history-of-who-really-first-broke-the-sound-barrier/ Bruce Last edited by bcp; 10/14/22.

Re: 55 years ago Dave_in_WV #17697341 10/14/22
Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,086 In the Swamps DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna
DigitalDan Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2004 Posts: 56,086 In the Swamps	People were breaking the sound barrier years before that, every time they shot a rifle. FWIW, there is a difference in "breaking" the barrier and tickling it. Both make a boom. Fact is that now and then chopper rotor blades will make the lion roar. It's exciting, trust me. I am..........disturbed. Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain

Re: 55 years ago Dave_in_WV #17698545 10/14/22
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,910 Quaker Valley 2 257_X_50 Campfire Tracker
257_X_50 Campfire Tracker 2 Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,910 Quaker Valley	XF 86 had 5,000 lbs of thrust. X1 had 4x4,000 as I remember

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Re: 55 years ago Dave_in_WV #17698761 10/14/22
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,730 Southern Oregon USA S Seafire Campfire 'Bwana
Seafire Campfire 'Bwana S Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 42,730 Southern Oregon USA	Originally Posted by Dave_in_WV 75 years ago, Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier. In a C 47?? Dang, and all these years I thought it was in the X 1A.... (Some how I couldn't get the video to play) Chuck was pretty much my hero growing up.. and ever since... "Minus the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the Country" Marion Barry, Mayor of Wash DC “Owning guns is not a right. If it were a right, it would be in the Constitution.” ~Alexandria Ocasio Cortez

Re: 55 years ago Dave_in_WV #17699635 10/15/22
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,882 MID WEST J jbmi Campfire Regular
jbmi Campfire Regular J Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,882 MID WEST	Was part of my youth 75 years ago. "The older I get, the better I was"

Re: 55 years ago Dave_in_WV #17700648 10/15/22
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 21,706 Anywhere people are Less Stupi... C CashisKing Campfire Ranger
CashisKing Campfire Ranger C Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 21,706 Anywhere people are Less Stupi...	Orville Wright met Chuck Yeager in 1945 and was still alive/alert when Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947. I think he even sent Yeager a congratulatory telegram... if memory serves correct form my readings. If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.

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