North American F-100 Super Sabre
Overview 📷 Photo: U.S. Air Force The F-100 Super Sabre was the first USAF fighter capable of supersonic speed in […]
1940s-1950s: Breaking the Sound Barrier
The pioneering era: Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in 1947, the Century Series fighters push past Mach 1 in level flight, and the first Mach 2 designs appear.
North American X-15
Overview 📷 Photo: NASA On October 3, 1967, William “Pete” Knight flew the rocket-powered X-15A-2 to Mach 6.7 (4,520 mph,
Bell X-1
Overview 📷 Photo: NASA The Bell X-1 was the first crewed aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in level