A Man Who Flew Faster Than the Speed of Sound

If someone would’ve told us a long time ago that humans could travel faster than the speed of sound, we’d nod our heads in disbelief and laugh. Breaking the sound barrier was as mind-boggling as superman’s ability to defy gravity. But what if I told you that a man achieved this impossible feat more than 70 years ago? So, who is this guy? How did he manage to travel faster than the speed of sound?
Future legend, Charles “Chuck” Yeager, was born in 1923. When he graduated from school, he enrolled in the Army Air Corps. He was great with coordination, and he could carry out almost any task without any difficulty. In March of 1943, he finally got his wings to fly away. Within a year he’d managed to fly more than 270 hours around Europe. In just a few years he’d be able to travel faster than the speed of sound. And, that wasn’t an easy task...
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TIMESTAMPS:
Chuck's childhood 0:40
Flight training 1:55
What the sound barrier is 3:22
How fast does sound travel? 5:44
The X-1 and its mission 6:00
How Chuck achieved the impossible 7:41
... and how he did it again at... 89 years old! 10:30
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SUMMARY:
- Chuck grew up in a small town in West Virginia called Hamlin, and he was the second-born son of Susie and Albert Yeager. He had a very peaceful upbringing, and he sure enjoyed being active and curious.
- His dad owned a natural gas drilling business in Hamlin. There, Chuck developed a passion for generators, pumps and pressure regulators.
- In 1941, Chuck graduated from school; and in September of that year, he enrolled in the Army Air Corps, a choice that would change his life forever.
- He had the whole flying package, and when his training started; he took off…literally and figuratively speaking. His eyesight was 20/10 which was remarkable.
- In March of 1943, he finally got his wings to fly away. Within a year he’d managed to fly more than 270 hours around Europe.
- Scientifically speaking, the sound barrier is a sudden rise in aerodynamic force that happens when an aircraft approaches the speed of sound.
- While the world of aviation was taking off, engineers were trying to figure out a way to build airplanes that could approach the speed of sound without breaking into pieces.
- The speed of sound is Mach 1, which is equivalent to 761 miles per hour. But even at Mach 0.8 (613 mph), the shockwaves that were building up were still dangerous for the aircraft.
- The X-1 had only one mission - to break the sound barrier. So, it had to retain all its fuel in order to make the speed and travel faster than sound.
- It was on October 14th, 1947, right after 10:30 in the morning. Yeager courageously boarded the aircraft, and the mothership took off. At 20,000 feet the X-1 was released from the B-29.
- Chuck had achieved the impossible. He had broken the sound barrier, and travelled faster than the speed of sound.
- In 2012, at 89 years old, 65 years after breaking the Sound Barrier, Chuck Yeager did it again. He flew a McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and he hit 1.3 Mach, like a true aviation champion.
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*dying*

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Something

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TIMESTAMPS: Chuck's childhood 0:40 Flight training 1:55 What the sound barrier is 3:22 How fast does sound travel? 5:44 The X-1 and its mission 6:00 How Chuck achieved the impossible 7:41 ... and how he did it again at... 89 years old! 10:30

[@pogiakolamang]

He is an aviation legend. Still flying an aircraft at mach speed at the age of 89... this man sure is a strong one

[@kellybell2770]

Hes my relative. You can meet him at the yeager airport in Charleston wv.

[@manifar8390]

@@kellybell2770 I think you are lying

[@kellybell2770]

Don't care what you think✌

[@eshhhhhhrock1882]

Flying faster than speed of sound. Most Modern Military Jets : Am I a joke to you?

[@kerbodynamicx472]

These comes after the X1. You mean MODERN jets and rockets

[@cxlvxn6662]

The concord: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@therobloxianaviator685]

Concorde: am i a joke to you?

[@Exotic4M3]

Concorde: *cries in Rolls Royce Olympus engines*

[@eshhhhhhrock1882]

@Vege Nakki I never said they were. I never even mentioned altitude i meant speed they both go rly fast

[@thememefactoryy8277]

People in1950:is there going to be flying cars in 2019 2019: 3 CAMeRas ON PhoNe

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[@ayushonkar850]

This man:Breaks sound barrier Me:Breaks back after falling

[@paraspectr_]

Its called “lag”

[@msyafik5168]

Apparently the"lag" problems become more often in the features earth update

[@112mirai]

@@msyafik5168 lol

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Sierra 22 Its going to get worse in the next season

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Have you guys heard of the flying manhole cover?

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[@entermakesvidz7457]

Me: **goes faster than the speed of sound** Also me: **screaming cowboy noises** Edit: wat, we already got 22 likes? ok... not bad Edit 2: Holy, already 103 likes?! Where did these peeps come from?

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YEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAWW

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Lolololololoolollol

[@msyafik5168]

I only imagine two cowboy screaming at various hill... So sad I can't remember the title

[@dudegaming6560]

Me as a cowboy : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@xandercreates6766]

Me in warthunder

[@ayaanharyani4516]

Imagine the amount of G-forces acting upon this poor guy.

[@stralegaming2597]

A woman when she sees something on sale

[@Kevedsa4esan]

Not much actually, same logic as how you dont feel much in a car on the highway

[@stralegaming2597]

@@Kevedsa4esan i think about 3G

[@st4rship_780]

If he didn't turn or pull up or down fast he wouldn't have felt anything

[@stralegaming2597]

@@st4rship_780 also him lets do a looping

[@mayatarin2545]

Sonic the hedgehog: I’m the fastest thing around! Chuck Yeager: I’m about to end this whole mans career

[@xxalphasaphiredragonxx6103]

Chuck Yeager be savage! >:3

[@prathyushsingh3991]

It ' I'm about to end this "man's whole career"'

[@ifrahjama2215]

Haha

[@rodbutler8069]

Chuck Yeager was also a test pilot who routinely broke the sound barrier flying these new aircraft. He flew the famous x15 to the fringes of outer space. A remarkable person who is viewed as a pilot’s pilot.

[@STSWB5SG1FAN]

Private companies (Scaled Composites) are now replicating those same X-15 flight experiments the government did back then.

[@thepathtogreatness8744]

*Airplane running faster than the speed of sound* Turtle: *ima bout to end this whole man's career*

[@lwl2034]

U meant tortoise?

[@giocido]

A man who flew faster then the speed of sound Fighter jets: am I a joke to you

[@xxalphasaphiredragonxx6103]

Yes. XD

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

He was the first

[@Kevedsa4esan]

Literally half of all military aircraft: am i a joke to you

[@asianman8824]

Thats the earliest jet, what would you expect?

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

@@asianman8824 - It's not the earliest jet and it was rocket powered

[@JimedBro]

Sound: I am really fast you humans. The Guy: I was faster than you before. Sound: Yeah what. Watches video Sound: I don't want to live anymore :(

[@shadowpokemon7313]

well yes he did and no cuz sound's speed depends on how dense the material its traveling on

[@deepthik435]

Man when bright side said 'flew' I thought he got YEETED not fly the plane faster

[@deepthik435]

🤣😂 True

[@IntellectualHazard]

Basically anyone who ever flew on a Concorde has beaten the Speed Barrier

[@indayteray8647]

1940s: First Plane flying faster than sound 2040: First car riding faster than sound

[@JW-gz3nx]

They will be flying cars in 2019 2019.... 😐

[@tubbyqueen]

Actually yes we are flying cars we just haven’t learned how to fly Mother Nature won’t tell us :(

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[@evecardone6599]

1k subscribers with no videos bro I always see u in comments XD

[@JW-gz3nx]

Really

[@BEEutifulProduce]

In 1934 Waldo Waterman invented the first flying car

[@waitthatscopyrighted3198]

Sonic the hedgehog: ima faster than speed of sound! Chuck Yeager: hold my physics textbook

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[@instxnctz2934]

Speed of sound:Big brother, I have been defeated(speaked weakly) Speed of light: Dont worry little brother, I will avenge you

[@crystalpen60]

Months later: *The man who travelled faster than the speed of light*

[@crystalpen60]

Nothing is impossible, we just don't know how to go about it yet!

[@dirtydan6717]

the SHARISHART vlogs, well, there is a camera that can film the speed of light.

[@deyo286]

@@crystalpen60 how about super powers

[@MrammiR]

We would have to go more than 300,000km/h so, we are probably not gonna be alive in that moment

[@kushagragolash]

Control tower: (during yeager's flight) Hey dude! Congrats on travelling faster than the speed of sound Yeager: Sorry, I can't hear you

[@atomicreptiliascreator738]

The REMINGTON D-50 BRITTLITE EDITION can break light speed to the point where rifts begin to appear! And the craft can travel to different places or dimensions! :) Good luck getting to light speed!!

[@tomtommotmot6863]

Yaeger: ( Breaks the sound barrier. ) Me: Breaks wind.

[@dagger6152]

I tried running as fast as this man..but I think all I broke was my hip.

[@novasketch8658]

Chuck Yeager is a pretty chill dude when I talked to him. Great guy

[@ettt4041]

but what about the speed of light? they will probably beat it by 2550

[@prakashgadhavi2953]

I just want to feel that, amazing experience of traveling at the speed more than the sound...

[@Kevedsa4esan]

Just become an air force pilot

[@soleil3gs]

Chuck Yeager is still alive!

[@callumbridgeman3924]

Congrats on 33.5 million subscribers

[@evecardone6599]

I have a question, why do we close our eyes when we sneeze and why can’t we keep them open? Just curious. Lol

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Because if we do that too much, our eyes will fall out because of the air coming out of the eyes. (That's what I was told)

[@deepthik435]

@@xxalphasaphiredragonxx6103 could be true

[@shadowpokemon7313]

@@jayyif5808 they actually wont

[@blockvfive1196]

sound barrier chuck Yeager: exists 50 years later F/a-18 hornet: Psh.. amateurs

[@heystobitt]

well , I clicked this faster than *the speed of light* Am I faster than him?!

[@arianiss]

Joke worse than my grades

[@heystobitt]

Sexy Dude hahahaha,Very funny. Hey what a coincidence, you have the same name as my Dog. It's ok to feel what you are :)

[@arianiss]

@@heystobitt lol 7 year old roast

[@navret1707]

The original test plan for that flight did not include breaking the sound barrier. Yeager did it in his own. He also flew that flight with a broken rib, I think

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Any Aot Fans here? Bright Side Said JAEGER or a YEAGER

[@antisocialdakid4567]

He didn’t break the sound barrier the sound barrier broke him

[@paghezz569]

Man: Fly Faster than a speed of sound Speed of sound: *Am i a joke to you?*

[@dontreadmyprofilepicpls7944]

Good

[@jwlzyy2974]

When I hopped on KZbin I saw this video and I was like WHAATT!!! IM THE NINTH PERSON WATCHING WHAAATTT

[@spencerhibbert3555]

Nice video always cool to watch

[@София-д3р7д]

Good job Jeiger!!

[@jessjulian9458]

Chuck was my hero growing up. I loved everything Chuck Yeager.

[@MordernCrafter]

F11: Hi bro F11 Pro: Don't disturb F11: Why? F11 Pro: flying at the speed of 0.1 centimetres per second. 🤣🤣🤣

[@pinkie_trash5213]

notification: 1 min ago comments: 2 mins ago

[@richard3832]

Waaaaat

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People who got to watch the vid early aka people who joined them aka get stuff reg subs don't get like comment watch and comment on a vid before every one else who did not join

[@thewerewolfgod74]

I thought the title said faster than the speed of light

[@renny4180]

samee

[@rikardkarlsson2729]

ok

[@inxvii]

Same

[@resonance4554]

Barry Allen: MY NAME IS BARRY ALLEN AND I’M THE FASTEST MAN ALIVE Charles Chuck: Lets see about that brother

[@saimyintmyat9373]

He is nothing to Usain Bolt.

[@GamerVincent]

Barry Allen can run faster than the speed of light. Light moves much faster than sound. And Charles chuck moved faster than sound. So barry allen is sill faster

[@jessjulian9458]

@@GamerVincent you are giving that name a bad rap. Consider changing to something different.

[@ifrahjama2215]

Lollllll

[@amanbashercahil]

Gravity: do I look like a joke to you?!

[@adityaboi839]

Bro hes doing this at 4:15 AM (if u live in west coast)

[@cristinemacoy-casiple2794]

This video is amazing! Please make more vids like this one

[@ishantuteja8335]

My maths teacher travels faster than speed of light when she realises it’s our P.E period.

[@ckscks8303]

A pioneer of aviation.

[@tireclan3531]

Bright side: a man flies faster than the speed of sound Concord: am I a joke to u

[@Oofziee]

I Like how everyones hasn't realized naruto is faster than light

[@happygamingboy]

so sad no one knows

[@RRealAsh]

ok that lie do you now how fast a light is ????? 😱😱😱😱😱

[@RRealAsh]

ok that lie do you now how fast a light is ????? 😱😱😱😱😱

[@RRealAsh]

that a lie light is faster the naruto

[@Oofziee]

@@RRealAsh r/woosh

[@sirankleknocker3122]

Man: *flies faster than speed of sound* Concorde: I’m gonna stop you right there

[@thedukeofskull1383]

He once said that he was at a stop light waiting for it to turn green. He was looking at the side of the street for a moment and heard a loud honk from behind him. It was a car load of teenagers, one yelled " Come on old man! Can't you go any faster?!" Chuck Yeager thought this was funny.☺

[@LovelyLaura-p6e]

My great great great grandpa invented the formula for the speed of sound :)

[@nickvinsable3798]

Fun fact: you mentioned that Chuck has/had an older brother? Well his brother had a son who was my mom’s classmate. And Chuck’s nephew had a daughter (I have absolutely no idea what relationship title she’d technically hold) that he named Charlotte Elwyn Yeager, she is technically in the U.S. Air Force’s flying infantry and, due to being born different, I happen to work on her P-51 leggings…

[@patrickstar3802]

*And then his son was a titan shifter*

[@ifrahjama2215]

Lol

[@devbanerji862]

Me: came to see something seemingly impossible The video:**bribed by aerodynamics professors**

[@jnnetixvlog4053]

That's cool dude

[@Nene_760]

I heard of this but didn't know it was that long ago.

[@jeferlygiraffe8408]

UFOs be like: Am I a JoKe To YoU?

[@tushardutta5238]

i want to join the air force. joining the Airforce is my one of the biggest dream so i am now preparing for it . i am in class 12 right now

[@tommylynch7887]

You didn’t mention how he broke his ribs the day before and had to hide the fact. Also, when hit the speed of sound the sonic boom convinced everyone that the X-1 had blown up. Watch the movie “The Right Stuff” It’s about Chuck Yeager and the mercury rockets.

[@ConnorStizzy]

Who else is watching this in OCTOBER 2019

[@paulwilkinson4073]

Connor Moore me

[@mihirbiswas8884]

I would like to travel faster than the speed of light.

[@lordnk3698]

its impossible

[@mihirbiswas8884]

@@lordnk3698 I meant everyone to imagine

[@lordnk3698]

@@mihirbiswas8884 well if we were able to then we would probably be travelling faster than time and we would be in the future🤣

[@ifrahjama2215]

Same

[@abandonedaccount9264]

Technically, Airplane's are going closer and closer to the speed of light, Some stuff is impossible but going the speed of light is quite possible soon

[@AdrianOrig]

I remember Eren Jaeger training 😁 when he want to use the impossible thing in our planet

[@Sudden2724]

I slapped myself seeing the title..... MANY AIRCRAFT BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER.

[@stephenrahul525]

I wanted to do this same with light

[@RandomGuy-xc8rd]

@Ryan Dragone this is 10 percent luck,20 percent skills,15 percent concentrate the power of will,5 percen pleasure,50 percent pain and a 100 percent reason to remember the name

[@Faction]

Man travels faster than sound *Wait, thats illegal*

[@timguerra1694]

Don’t we fly past the speed of sound all the time now?

[@popcycle7169]

No I don't think so, we have to accelerate the Jet almost twice as more as we usually do in the Jet

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

Military aircraft do

[@BoredCapturer]

The higher you go though, the less speed you need to break the sound barrier, since the air is thinner.

[@bear4820]

Breaking the sound barrier is basically a sonic boom

[@kennycoinneach1712]

Speed? I recollect that when railways had been invented and speeds of 30mph could be reached, the air pressure would inflate our lungs and they would burst. That's why when I travel at 30mph or more, I hold my breath..........................................

[@zdabrar363]

Charles:I am speed Eminem:I am rap god

[@SBJCREATORS]

I've learned a lot

[@Kira-lh1qk]

Title: A Man Who Flew Faster Than the Speed of Sound me: *is it KORO SENSEI?*

[@ifrahjama2215]

Lol

[@capplays9718]

Imagine if he was faster than light...

[@dein9956]

Haha

[@screwedd]

lol....he will surpass the time bro

[@yasirpatel9335]

1:01 albert *jeager* _AOT INTRO PLAYS_

[@santoshvellanki1244]

Yes

[@fifamobilegamer9658]

2021- Somebody went into speed of light 😁😁😁😎

[@hughramirez5091]

3:40 u know what I should really get ready for finals

[@unluckypatcher8423]

Some fictional Characters can break the Speed of light But in the Real life we have to break the Speed of light to Time travel

[@ApTo734]

I think you should make more aeroplane videos I like your aeroplane videos

[@Tangledbawlz]

Hey Brightside, what would happen if the coast of California was hit by a tsunami? I've been wondering about this for years, but after having a reoccurring nightmare of a tsunami, around 100ft hitting the coast where I surf, I wanted to ask you guys if you can make a video or something about it.

[@adamdeste7376]

This video should be titled "Chuck Yeager"

[@Codemanlex]

I thought this was infographics video 😂

[@ShadowIsLight]

we dont call that breaking the sound barrier we call that lag, the earth needs a new update feature

[@Kenny_Blender]

2:11 My favorite fighters of ww2.

[@smilergrogan1452]

Don't forget Heini Dittmar. October 1941 in the Me163A V4. 1004.5 Km/h

[@ahmadibrahim7326]

8:13 he sticks the middle finger at him

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I love bright side

[@dreferla]

Every time we fly on planes we do break the sound barrier

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I guess this guy is protected from kaijus

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This is cool and nice ind usful

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Wow ur videos are just amazing ur incredibly smart WOW!!!!

[@antoneteopelena4495]

How can a p-51D MUSTANG go that fast?

[@windowsxpmemesandstufflol]

Yes, sound in rubber goes at 125 mp/h SO ITS SO EASY TO GO FASTER THAN SOUND

[@intoxicatedfighter1065]

30 million subscribers and less views why whats the reason behind it.

[@truyvietnam]

Wait ,does BRIGHT SIDE and Soi Sáng (in Viet Nam) are one ?