The idea that breaking the sound barrier causes turbulence or instability ... as well as no change of sound within the cockpit when flying in excess of the speed of sound. In fact, the only ...

He helped design the X-1, which was the first airplane to break the sound barrier. Slick Goodlin was a test pilot for Bell Laboratories and made numerous flights in the X-1 before it was ...

Almost 22 years after Concorde made its final commercial flights, a prototype passenger jet has broken the sound barrier during ... that I’m not alone in the cockpit. I always say a prayer ...