You Won’t Believe These Planes Never Made It To Production
Nation: United States
Range: 5 minutes
Top Speed: 1,450 mph
Interesting Fact: The shape was inspired by a Browning .50-caliber bullet.
This famously became the first manned airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound in level flight, thanks to test pilot Chuck Yeager’s October 14th, 1947 milestone. The flight would earn the three main participants a National Aeronautics Association Collier Trophy in 1948. They would be honored at the White House by President Harry Truman.
