@GenChuckYeager
Well done sir! 
5 January 1949. Charles "Chuck" Yeager, using a Bell X-1, carried out the only conventional (runway) take off performed during the X-1 program, reaching 23,000 ft in 90 seconds.pic.twitter.com/Ffn1vNDTSf
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Looks like ME 163 copy.
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Glamorous Glennis
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with a broken arm?
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I think you're remembering when he broke the sound 'barrier' in 1947 with a busted rib.
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With 2 broken ribs if Tom Wolfe's 'The Right Stuff' was correct. Respect.
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Lightning F3 quicker.
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In 1949? NOT
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