MONROE, La. (KNOE) - On Oct. 14, 1947, U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager climbed into the experimental Bell X-1 rocket-propelled aircraft for a test flight over the Mojave Desert. Then he did what ...
Modified with rockets and reaction controls, the NF-104A climbed to 118,000 feet in half an hour, training pilots for spaceflight. Chuck Yeager, Jack Woodman, and Robert Smith pushed the Starfighter ...