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History: Modern Marvels Breaking Sound Barrier
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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For decades, the sound barrier loomed as an impenetrable walI against manned flight that buffeted planes with shock waves as they approached the speed of sound. Scientists thought the barrier couldn't be breached--untiI the development of jet technology and rocket fueI at the end of WWlI. This is the dramatic story, toId through the eyes of many who were there, of the work Ieading up to October 10, 1947, when 24-year-old test piIot Chuck Yeager smashed through the sound barrier in a BelI XS-1 aircraft. |
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