RACING TO MACH 1
Aces Wild : The Race for Mach 1 documents the competition between Chuck Yeager and George Welch to break the sound barrier. Author Al Blackburn, a former Navy and North American Aviation test pilot, offers anecdotal evidence that Welch actually broke the sound barrier in a Sabre prototype before...
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