Sound Barrier Cracked
On October 14, 1947 42,000 feet above this
monument, Captain Chuck Yeager, USAF, piloting a Bell X-1 rocket airplane named Glamour Glennis, became the first person to exceed Mach 1. With this flight, the era of supersonic aviation was born.
This monument honors that flight, the aircraft, a loyal ground crew, and its valiant pilot.
Marker is at the intersection of Rosamond Boulevard and Yeager Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on Rosamond Boulevard.
Courtesy hmdb.org
