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The new record flight, however, did not entirely go to plan, since shortly after reaching Mach 2.44, Yeager lost control of the X-1A at about 80,000 ft (24,000 m) due to inertia coupling, a phenomenon largely unknown at the time. With the aircraft simultaneously rolling, pitching, and yawing out of control, Yeager dropped 51,000 ft (16,000 m ...
Pilot again found low-frequency elevator buzz at mach 0.93. Turbopump overspeeding caused powered flight abort. X-1A #7: November 21, 1953 Chuck Yeager 48-1384 USAF 1 1.15 ? Familiarization flight. X-1A #8: December 2, 1953 Chuck Yeager 48-1384 USAF 2 1.5 ? - X-1A #9: December 8, 1953 Chuck Yeager 48-1384 USAF 3 1.9 18,300 First high-mach flight.
Yeager himself downplayed the theory of "the right stuff", attributing his survival of potential catastrophes to simply knowing his airplane thoroughly, along with some good luck. Another test pilot highlighted in the book is Scott Crossfield. Crossfield and Yeager were fierce but friendly rivals for speed and altitude records.
The third NF-104A (USAF 56-0762) was delivered to the USAF on 1 November 1963, and was destroyed in a crash while being piloted by Chuck Yeager on 10 December 1963. This accident was depicted in the book Yeager: An Autobiography, and the book and film adaptation of The Right Stuff. The aircraft used for filming was a standard F-104G flying with ...
Chuck Yeager 46-062 USAF 4 0.91 ? Stability and control test. XS-1 #45: September 12, 1947 Chuck Yeager 46-062 USAF 5 0.92 ? Check elevator, stabilizer and buffet. XS-1 #46: September 25, 1947 Chuck Yeager 46-063 NACA acceptance ? ? Number 4 engine tube burned out. XS-1 #47: October 3, 1947 Chuck Yeager 46-062 USAF 6 ? ? Check elevator ...
On October 14, 1947 the first individual flies faster than sound
A replica of Gen. Chuck Yeager’s P-51 Mustang WWII-era fighter plane, marked with Nazi flags indicating the number of planes shot down by Yeager, waits in 1999 to be lifted by crane atop a 46 ...
The July 1944 unofficial record of the Me 163B V18 was officially surpassed in November 1947, when Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X-1 to 1,434 km/h (891 mph). The official speed record for a seaplane moved by piston engine is 709.209 km/h (440.682 mph), which attained on 24 October 1934, by Francesco Agello in the Macchi-Castoldi M.C.72 seaplane ...