for the run): the experimental Bell XIA, a new relative of the XI, with which Chuck Yeager first cracked the sound barrier in level flight (TIME, April 18, 1949). His speed: more than 1,600 m.p.h ...

A dvances in engineering are only one factor that has driven the evolution of fighter jet design since the mid-20th Century ...

A segment from a U.S. Air Force film follows a single flight by then-Major Charles Chuck Yeager. Before Yeager and Air Force test pilots Albert Boyd and H.E. Tom Collins put the MiG-15 through its ...

The legacy of Chuck Yeager extends beyond his supersonic achievements. This video uncovers his daring WWII combat missions, including his stunning feat as an 'Ace in a Day.' A true story of heroism!

The Barrier Breaker series recognizes Chuck Cooper, the man who officially integrated professional basketball.

The singer-songwriter and social activist best known as one-third of the folk-music group Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at ...

Developing A Plane That Could Fly Faster Than The Speed Of Sound Fifteen years after pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier, France and Britain came together to develop a commercial airliner ...

Explore Boom Supersonic’s remarkable 2024 achievements, from the XB-1’s first flight to the completion of the Overture Superfactory.

Written with all of the fierce intelligence and passion for truth that millions have come to expect from Amy Goodman’s reportage, Breaking the Sound Barrier is, in Arianna Huffington’s words ...

The world's oldest person is now 116-year-old Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, who was born 16 days after Tomiko Itooka.

‘The Brutalist’ Finds Director Brady Corbet in Epic Yet Overlong Mode. The young director’s latest... ‘Mufasa: The Lion King Suffers a Serious Case of Prequelitis as it Turns Back the Cloc ...