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1974
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NOVA
Faster Than Sound 25 Season 2 Episode
55 min
1974
7.1
On the 50th anniversary of the first supersonic flight, Chuck Yeager relives his gutsy assault on the sound barrier and tells how it was done. Other top test pilots of the dayโthose who survivedโdescribe the dangers, mysteries, and thrill of trying to fly faster than sound at the dawn of the jet age.
