Bell X-1, first aircraft to break the sound barrier

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Bell X-1, first aircraft to break the sound barrier October 14, 1947 piloted by legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager as told on stone below this orange torpedo like flying machine on display outside the Proud Bird Restaurant just east of the southern runways of Los Angeles International Airport, LAX, at 11022 Aviation Boulevard, Los Angeles, as seen on October 5, 2008. More details can be found and read in this picture

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Size: 5159px × 3427px
Location: 11022 Aviation Boulevard, los Angeles, California, US
Photo credit: © EuroStyle Graphics / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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