Photograph of Captain Charles E. Yeager - NARA - 542345

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Photograph of Captain Charles E. Yeager - NARA - 542345

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Scope and content: Original caption: Captain Charles E. Yeager, the Air Force pilot who was the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound, sits in the cockpit of the Bell X-1 supersonic research aircraft.

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