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Offline DERK13

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Who broke it first?
« on: October 22, 2010, 02:43:08 PM »
Chuck Yeager was the first to be credited with breaking the sound barrier in his Bell X-1, but it is said that F86 pilots broke it way before Chuck Yeager ever did. The F86 pilots said they would go up to about 35,000 feet and go into a dive and would soon break the sound barrier. The pilots would break glass in hangers and buildings in the area. So who actually broke it first? (im sure ack ack will have some information on this topic  ;)) <S> tell me what you know.

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Re: Who broke it first?
« Reply #1 on: October 22, 2010, 02:45:34 PM »
The guy who sat on a crate of TNT and lit a smoke. He broke the sound barrier first. Although, he didn't live to enjoy the glory.  :cry
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Re: Who broke it first?
« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2010, 03:07:28 PM »
This one is not going to end well.


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Re: Who broke it first?
« Reply #3 on: October 22, 2010, 03:08:01 PM »
I am sure many people exceeded the speed of sound on the way to their deaths.  Maybe even some survived accidentally.  

What you really must ask yourself is this:
Who has the recorded telemetry, the scientific data necessary to PROVE it.

Think on that a spell and let me know if you need the answer provided to you.
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Re: Who broke it first?
« Reply #4 on: October 22, 2010, 03:10:28 PM »
You are so prejudice when it comes to this subject..........   :rofl

Quote from: Yeager on October 22, 2010, 03:08:01 PM
I am sure many people exceeded the speed of sound on the way to their deaths.  Maybe even some survived accidentally.  

What you really must ask yourself is this:
Who has the recorded telemetry, the scientific data necessary to PROVE it.

Think on that a spell and let me know if you need the answer provided to you.
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Offline Dr_Death8

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Re: Who broke it first?
« Reply #5 on: October 22, 2010, 03:11:51 PM »
Quote from: Yeager on October 22, 2010, 03:08:01 PM
I am sure many people exceeded the speed of sound on the way to their deaths.  Maybe even some survived accidentally.  

What you really must ask yourself is this:
Who has the recorded telemetry, the scientific data necessary to PROVE it.

Think on that a spell and let me know if you need the answer provided to you.
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Re: Who broke it first?
« Reply #6 on: October 22, 2010, 03:13:35 PM »
Just cause you saw it on the Military Channel yesterday doesn't mean it's right :)  Since you are combining stories from the show on Fighters yesterday lets at least clarify it.

Some have suggested that George Welch in the XP86A may have broken the sound barrier in a dive prior to Yeager.  It will always remain speculation at this point as there is no definitive proof.
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Re: Who broke it first?
« Reply #7 on: October 22, 2010, 03:17:22 PM »


Quote from: DERK13 on October 22, 2010, 02:43:08 PM
Chuck Yeager was the first to be credited with breaking the sound barrier in his Bell X-1, but it is said that F86 pilots broke it way before Chuck Yeager ever did. The F86 pilots said they would go up to about 35,000 feet and go into a dive and would soon break the sound barrier. The pilots would break glass in hangers and buildings in the area. So who actually broke it first? (im sure ack ack will have some information on this topic  ;)) <S> tell me what you know.

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Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947, the F-86 entered USAF service in 1949... You be the judge.
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Re: Who broke it first?
« Reply #8 on: October 22, 2010, 03:20:12 PM »
Shifty saved me some typing.
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Offline milesobrian

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Re: Who broke it first?
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2010, 03:23:41 PM »
Quote from: Dr_Death8 on October 22, 2010, 03:11:51 PM
We have a winner, folks. I keep telling everyone I have a Ferrari in the garage at home, doesn't make it true. Sho us the facts.  :cheers: :salute

right but not having the facts or the examples to back something up dosent change the FACT that it happened....im sure a long time ago...when people said the earth was round. and others said prove it, and they really couldnt, besides theory, dosent change the fact that the world is round...

not having the facts to back up a statment does not mean its not a fact.

i can say i have a Lexus in my drive way (its not mine)  but its there....thought i didnt put up a picture proving it....does not change the fact that its the truth....
whether or not people believe it, does not change whether or not it actually happened.
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Re: Who broke it first?
« Reply #10 on: October 22, 2010, 03:25:21 PM »
If you build it...... They will come!!!

Quote from: milesobrian on October 22, 2010, 03:23:41 PM

whether or not people believe it, does not change whether or not it actually happened.
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Re: Who broke it first?
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2010, 03:25:50 PM »
Quote from: Masherbrum on October 22, 2010, 03:20:12 PM
Shifty saved me some typing.
Same here.

Plus, Yeager was the first in level flight.
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Re: Who broke it first?
« Reply #12 on: October 22, 2010, 03:34:41 PM »
This is a nice write-up about the subject.

http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4154
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Offline Captain Virgil Hilts

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Re: Who broke it first?
« Reply #13 on: October 22, 2010, 04:40:32 PM »
Yeager, in level flight. George "Wheaties" Welch in a dive, several days before.
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Re: Who broke it first?
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2010, 04:41:39 PM »
Quote from: Shifty on October 22, 2010, 03:17:22 PM
Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947, the F-86 entered USAF service in 1949... You be the judge.

It broke the sound barrier in testing, before it ever entered service.
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