Chuck YeagerVerified account

Dec 12, 1953 - Went Mach 2.5 in X-1A, discovered inertia coupling, tumbled on all 3 axes, knocked out when I hit the canopy. Woke up. No egress systems. And that's not good. Here's the audio: http://www.chuckyeager.com/x-1a-flight-audio …

What sort of aircraft were designated for chasing? Presumably they could only see a fraction of the flight because of the difference in performance.

F-86 on Oct 14, 1947

Thanks hour the reply. I looked up the performances of the X-1 and the F-86. Seems you could go 300 miles an hour faster and about 30000 feet higher, so it would be like me chasing a 747 in my car.