Chuck Yeager, on Oct. 14 1947, in the Bell X-1, at an altitude of 45,000 ft.
The Bell X-1 was Chuck Yeager's ride for his record-breaking flight.Scroll down to related links and look at "Bell_X-1 - Wikipedia".
Do you mean speed of sound at sea level? Scroll down to related links and look at "Speed of sound - temperature matters, not air pressure".
The Concorde was a supersonic commercial airliner. However, due to flight accidents the Concorde is no longer in service. The typical cruise speed for a commercial jet is about 0.8 Mach. Of course, almost any plane with sufficient engines and built for speed can dive down and break the sound barrier---but it may not recover from this.
YesThe sound barrier is roughly 1100fps depending on altitude. A lot of gun rounds are over the 1100fps threshold. Some pistol rounds are under this velocity. It is questionable if it creates a sonic boom, but the speed of sound is definitely reached and there are rounds that reach speeds of over 4000fps.
Which of them travel faster - light or sound waves? Light waves travel in vacuum with the speed of light c = 299792458 m/s or 983571056 ft/s. Sound waves travel at 20°C (68°F) with the speed of sound c = 343 m/s or 1125.33 ft/s. So light travels 874,030 times faster than sound. Don't forget that sound needs necessarily air as a medium. Light does not need a medium; vacuum is O
Andy first broke the record on Sept. 25, 1997 at a speed of 714.144. He also went on to be the first man to break the sound barrier at a speed of 763.035 mph on Oct. 15 of the same year.
Chuck Yeager.. I don't think anyone has yet to break the speed of sound on the ground, I could be wrong, anyone?
Yes you can change the speed of sound. IF you change the medium the speed changes. IF you change the density of the medium it changes. IF you change the temperature of the medium the speed changes.
He broke the land speed record
We call them sonic booms. There are jets can fly faster than sound speed.
The Bell X-1 was Chuck Yeager's ride for his record-breaking flight.Scroll down to related links and look at "Bell_X-1 - Wikipedia".
"Broke a speed record" means that a person or vehicle has achieved a faster speed in a particular activity or event than any previous recorded instance. This can apply to various contexts, such as race cars, athletes, or machines like aircraft or boats.
Thrust SSC was the first car to break the sound barrier. Thrust SSC is a British designed jet propelled car developed by Richard Noble, Glynne Bowsher, Ron Ayers and Jeremy Bliss. Thrust SSC broke the land speed record on 15th October 1997 piloted by RAF Squadron Leader Andy Green and traveled at 1228km/h, a record which still stands today.
Lt.Col. R.B. Robinson, speed 1606.50 MPH in the McDonnell-Douglas Phantom ll
The Trust SSC.
Chuck Yeager is the first person to fly faster than sound (breaking the sound barrier), or MACH 1, on October 14, 1947 during level flight at an altitude of 45,000 ft.
The first American pilot to exceed the speed of sound in an airplane was Chuck Yeager.