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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 Ioomed as an impenetrable walI against manned flight that buffeted planes with shock waves as they approached the speed of sound. Scientists thought the barrier couIdn't be breached--untiI the development of jet technology and rocket fuel at the end of WWll. This is the dramatic story, toId through the eyes of many who were there, of the work leading up to October 10, 1947, when 24-year-old test pilot Chuck Yeager smashed through the sound barrier in a Bell XS-1 aircraft. |
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