Sunday, October 16, 2016

October 14, 1947. Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier

Grass Valley resident Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier on October 14
By this time, the 24-year-old Lincoln County native was already an aviation legend. During World War II, he had flown 64 combat missions over Europe and, in a single dogfight, had killed 13 Germans.

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