Chuck Yeager on Twitter: "Sept 4, 1947: My 2nd powered flight in the X-1. Almost as good as the first. Inching towards Mach 1 & beyond. Would we make it? We were still the US Army Air Corps @USArmy @HISTORY @USAToday @Bild @VogueParis @AirForceTimes @latimes"

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WWII Fighter Ace,1st person to break the sound barrier, Fighter pilot, like huntin', fishin', 1st to fly faster than Mach 2, author, http://www.chuckyeager.com ;

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1. @Jim‏ @rorrer_jim 5 Sep 2019
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  Like Captain Kirk was fond of saying “going where no man has gone before “. My dad flew The Hump while in the Army Air Corps.
  
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1. Russell Sperry‏ @RussellSperry 5 Sep 2019
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  Did the X-1 really start to shudder before Mach 1 and then go smooth, or was that just movie magic?
  
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1. Sam‏ @SamWest1960 5 Sep 2019
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  Look Chuck! This is my prized possession. It’s autographed by you and has the stamp issued in your honor of the plane you broke the sound barrier with. I was a little girl when u did that - have admired you all my life, you have always been my hero.pic.twitter.com/zGdmVotsZT
  
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1. Sam‏ @SamWest1960 5 Sep 2019
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  Oops- I wasn’t born yet when u did that. I just remember as a little girl always hearing planes break the barrier.
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1. Bryan Carey‏ @RevLimitBryan 5 Sep 2019
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  That's the thing from watching the Right Stuff as a kid you don't appreciate how methodical you guys were about it. As opposed to being recruited from the bar to balls to the wall flight with broken ribs :)
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1. rrlse‏ @priusport 5 Sep 2019
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  Did you really chew gum during those flights?
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