Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier again

General Chuck Yeager (courtesy of Wikipedia)

Sixty five years to the minute he first broke the sound barrier in a jet powered by liquid nitrogen (on October 14, 1947), Chuck Yeager recreated his feat.

 This time, Chuck flew in the rear cockpit seat of an F-15 provided to him by Nellis Air Force base in Nevada. He flew over Edwards Air Force base at a speed of Mach 1.3 and "laid down a pretty good sonic boom..."

 This event took place on the same day that Austrian Felix Baumgartner became the first human skydiver to break the sound barrier in his fall from a balloon 23 miles above the Arizona desert.

 Congratulations to both these brave outstanding men of achievement!