How fast did Chuck Yeager fly to break the sound barrier?
1,127 km/hAbout 700 mph · Jet
About Mach 1.06, roughly 700 mph, in 1947.
That's about 20 times a red kangaroo's top speed (56 km/h).
✈️1,127 km/h
🇬🇧the UK speed limit
By speed: Yeager's Bell X-1 is about 10× faster than the UK speed limit.
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