The Right Stuff - Yeager Mach 1

Scene from the movie "The Right Stuff" where Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier for the first time in history.

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• Yeager
• Right
• Stuff
• X1
• Sound
• Barrier
• Mach

[weebles1970]

IF the U.S. had listened to and helped finance Dr Robert H Goddard back in the 20's and 30's, WE would have been in the contending for rocket works BEFORE the Germans. They followed on what Goddard had been working on and that is why they made V1 and V2 rockets.

[Sepemini]

@MovieMad007 The Bell X-1 that Yeager flew used a rocket engine, not a jet engine.

[Rickrolled8024]

My grandfather met Chuck when he was in the Air Force. My grandpa was stationed at Edwards AFB around the time in which Chuck Yeager was trying to break the sound barrier. He was a mechanic on the B-36 and B-29 bombers. In fact since he was a mechanic, he was in the bomber that dropped Chuck in his X-1 during the various amounts of test flights he conducted. It's pretty cool to hear my grandpa's Air Force stories, it's interesting to know how close my Grandpa was to history.

[roo7227]

@DougDreamCatcher It was basically the same design as the German V-2 rocket.. It was called the Redstone..

[DougDreamCatcher]

@Sepemini Yep! it was a rocket plane, not a jet plane.

[DougDreamCatcher]

@weebles1970 That's right. We fell behind in rocketry, and it did not have to be that way.

[blackpearl999999]

So proud my uncle produced this great movie

[MrSkippyTBK]

Love this film, probably watch it 4 times a year!

[1king4all]

The opening title score is pure in your face adrenaline charge.

[Fennec2828]

@MovieMad007 It was called the Bernoulli Effect or Principle and you have it backwards.Lift is generated by a combination of high-pressure under the surface and low-pressure generated by the curvature of the upper surface.Convergent/Divergent nozzles for steam turbines are designed with this pressure drop in mind.The rest is correct.I operate steam turbines for a power company so I used them as an example.